Advice – Dorm Room Fund

How We Source: Finding Founders

Parts of VC are somewhat scientific, others are almost an art. Sourcing startups, the process of finding fabulous founders to… Continue reading How We Source: Finding Founders

If you’re a founder who submitted a Dorm Room Fund application recently, and you just got an email from a… Continue reading Crushing the Coffee Chat

The Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2024 is out! It’s buzzing with young leaders who are making waves in… Continue reading Celebrating Dorm Room Fund’s Forbes 30 Under 30 Trailblazers

DRF alumna Sara Du launched integration infrastructure platform Alloy Automation with her cofounder Gregg Mojica in 2019. Backed by a16z… Continue reading From Dropping Out to Raising $20M: Sara Du’s Journey with Alloy Automation

DRF Partner Chris Liang shares her entrepreneurial experiences. I started college with a very loose idea of what I wanted… Continue reading My journey to DRF, from Duke University

Hi Final Draft friends! We know a lot of you are interested in breaking into venture capital, but might not… Continue reading A Comprehensive Guide to Breaking into Venture Capital (as a STUDENT)

Breaking into venture is hard. Building startups is harder. And yet, at Dorm Room Fund, over 78% of our alumni… Continue reading Hear from Our Alumni: 4 Ways DRF Can Advance Careers in Startups & VC

The hardest part of starting a career in tech – of starting any career, really – is getting your foot… Continue reading Getting your first internship in tech

Co-founders Kyle Collins (left) and Elijah Mishkind (right) of IRON in Chattanooga, TN in April 2022. Courtesy of IRON.

Weight lifting is the second most popular form of exercise, yet weight lifters are left using notebooks, spreadsheets, and the… Continue reading Reducing busy work in gym with IRON founders

Cronk Gate to the Haas School of Business. Courtesy of UC Berkeley.

Content associate Kevin Wu shares his entrepreneurial experiences. Though I came to UC Berkeley aware of the vast entrepreneurial ecosystem,… Continue reading My journey to DRF, from Berkeley