Category: Summer tracks

How Lauren Gilbert values operator experience in venture capital

Lauren Gilbert poses for a picture in Houston in July 2020 to announce her admission into the Wharton School's MBA program. Courtesy of Lauren Gilbert.

Lauren Gilbert attends The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She’s part of the Blueprint Investor Track aimed at… Continue reading How Lauren Gilbert values operator experience in venture capital

How these sisters conducted interviews and tested pricing for South Asian athleisure

Sisters Astha and Ayushi Sinha created Yustha Yoga, South Asian inspired athleisure. Courtesy of Ayushi Sinha.

Sisters Astha Sinha and Ayushi Sinha joined the 2021 Female Founder Track with Yustha Yoga, which makes South Asian inspired… Continue reading How these sisters conducted interviews and tested pricing for South Asian athleisure

Amelia De Paola: Reflections from Female Investor Track

Amelia De Paola at MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts in August 2021. Courtesy of Amelia De Paola.

This summer, I had the opportunity to participate in Dorm Room Fund’s First-Ever Female Investors Track (FIT), a three-week masterclass… Continue reading Amelia De Paola: Reflections from Female Investor Track

How a Ph.D. student thinks about artificial intelligence, VC

Chinasa T. Okolo at a CRA-Grad Cohort Workshop in Waikoloa, Hawai’ (March 2019). Courtesy of Chinasa Okolo.

Chinasa T. Okolo is a computer science Ph.D. student at Cornell University. She’s part of the 2021 Blueprint Investor Track,… Continue reading How a Ph.D. student thinks about artificial intelligence, VC

How marketing and travels in Egypt inform Kerdany’s VC experience

Ramy Kerdany next to the Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Giza in Cairo, Egypt. Courtesy of Ramy Kerdany.

Ramy Kerdany graduated from the University of Florida with a marketing degree. He’s part of the 2021 Blueprint Investor Track.… Continue reading How marketing and travels in Egypt inform Kerdany’s VC experience

Schwarzman Scholar Austin Mejia on the value of a track for LGBTQ+

Austin Mejia, right, in San Francisco in July 2021. Courtesy of Austin Mejia.

Austin Mejia, an incoming Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University, graduated from Princeton University in 2020. He joined the 2021 PRISM… Continue reading Schwarzman Scholar Austin Mejia on the value of a track for LGBTQ+