What if the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, investors, and product visionaries held office hours just for student founders?
What would you ask? What stories would they tell? What lessons would product builders teach the next generation of game-changers? We had the same questions. So we asked them.
This is Office Hours with Dorm Room Fund. To learn more about DRF and apply to be considered for an investment, visit our website: www.dormroomfund.com.
Andrew Xu and Daniel Aboul-Hassan speak with Miranda Wang (@mirandaywwang (https://twitter.com/mirandaywwang)) from Novoloop (https://www.novoloop.com/)!
Novoloop is an advanced upcycling company that invents sustainable ways to convert end-of-life plastic into specialty materials.
(0:30) - Introduction
(1:00) - Where did the idea for Novoloop come from?
(2:45) - Key Novoloop moments while in college
(6:34) - Challenges while fundraising as a startup in a less-common industry
(9:04) - Most surprising lesson learned since co-founding Novoloop
(11:06) - What makes the Novoloop team special?
(15:08) - Co-founder dynamics (Miranda and her co-founder, Jeanny Yao, started Novoloop together in high school!!)
(18:47) - At what point did Miranda decide to raise a Series A?
(21:51) - What does Novoloop look in board members?
(22:57) - Andrew tells a funny joke
(23:34) - Miranda's must-visit botanical garden spots & more
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Get in touch with Miranda!
Website: novoloop.com (//novoloop.com)
Twitter: @mirandaywwang (https://twitter.com/mirandaywwang)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirandaywwang (https://www.linkedin.com/in/talia-goldberg-a3819431/)
23 Jun 2022
Jonathan Chang, XIR at Brex + Founder of Gen Z Scouts
Jonathan Chang is a XIR at Brex, where he works with startups and venture funds. He's also the founder of GenZScouts, a startup sourcing platform and quarterly fellowship for college students to leverage their networks and identify burgeoning startups.
He previously worked in data and analytics roles at NBC and Yumi, as well as numerous venture and investing roles at Lionsgate, Ground Up Ventures, and Global Silicon Valley.
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To get in touch with Jonathan, shoot him an email at jchang@brex.com
15 Jun 2022
Connor McEwen, Engineering Lead at Uniswap Labs
Andrew Xu and Daniel Aboul-Hassan speak with Connor McEwen (@ (https://twitter.com/anshnanda_)connormcewen (https://twitter.com/connormcewen)) from Uniswap Labs (https://uniswap.org/)!
Uniswap allows people to swap, earn, and build on the leading decentralized crypto trading protocol.
(0:32) - Introduction
(1:22) - What led Connor to join Dorm Room Fund
(2:52) - Deciding whether or not take a gap year during college
(4:24) - Important lessons learned from returning to school
(6:11) - Experience launching makeBU
(8:48) - Being on the engineering side & what people on the Business and Engineering sides can learn from each other
(10:55) - How Connor approached joining a large company vs. startup
(14:20) - Is Connor a Bitcoin millionaire?
(14:30) - Connor's funny story about mining Bitcoin
(15:31) - How to land an engineering role at an attractive startup
(18:10) - 2013 startups vs. 2022 startups
(20:06) - Hottest Web3 take
(21:43) - How should engineers working at early-stage startups view fundraising?
(23:31) - Staying up to date in the crypto space
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Get in touch with Connor!
Twitter: @ (https://twitter.com/anshnanda_)connormcewen (https://twitter.com/connormcewen)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmcewen/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/talia-goldberg-a3819431/)
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