An Insider’s Guide to the Husky Startup Challenge: Rachna Lewis
Release Date: 02/23/2022
VC in the Green Transition: Mary King, Aligned Climate Capital
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Welcome back to Bright IDEAs podcast! In bringing back the podcast, the aim for this season is to cast a wide net across the landscape of entrepreneurship, facilitating diverse conversations which will offer perspective into the startup space, wherever your interests may lie. Today, we welcome Mary King, a NU alum and VP at Aligned Climate Capital. She gives incisive insight into the clean energy investing space, across industry outlooks, hurdles in regulation, the future of cleantech VC, and her own experiences in the field.
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Locking down Success: The Story of Mount with Madison Rifkin
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Madison Rifkin is the CEO and founder of Mount. Her journey began at 15 when received her patent for a retracting bike lock. That same lock was the beginning of Mount’s story, and the inspiration for the IOT company that Mount is today. Mount leverages a smart lock data analytics platform to track mobility patterns, locate lost vehicles and provide a holistic approach to mobility asset management. Learn about how a lock 🔒 becomes an IOT company💻 serving a niche industry by listening to this podcast where Madison takes us through her journey. Madison has been featured in Colorado...
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An Insider’s Guide to the Husky Startup Challenge: Rachna Lewis
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Join Rachna Lewis, President of The Entrepreneurs Club, as she walks us through her journey and experience with the Husky Startup Challenge. In this podcast, she tells us how to navigate through HSC, and succeed at Demo Day. Rachna manages a team of 29 members and a community of 2000+ members. Her team oversees ~50 events per year across 5 programs. She tells us about her journey through E-club, and all about being a student leader. Tune in to learn more about E-club, Rachna and all the cool things they are up to! Learn more about them on their or .
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Welcome Back to Bright IDEAs!
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Introducing our new host - Ananya Shah! We will be speaking to the best and brightest founders, innovators and leaders within the Northeastern community to learn from their journey. Tune in to be inspired, influenced and educated. New episodes weekly!
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Networking as a Student: Neil Bhammar, Entrepreneurs Club
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Join Neil Bhammar, President of Entrepreneurs Club, as he walks us through how he is able to manage a team of 23, a community of 1000+, and oversee ~50 events per year across 4 programs while being the Head of Ops for BusRight, a Partner at Dorm Room Fund, and a busy college student. He dives into the topic of networking, as he is instrumental in organizing E-Club's Tuesday Speaker Series, where world-renowned CEOs and Founders come in to share their stories and invaluable advice.
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Leading IDEA During a Pandemic: Elizabeth Cavallo, IDEA CEO
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A. Elizabeth Cavallo is the 11th Altschuler-Meyer CEO of IDEA Venture Accelerator for the 2020-2021 year. She's a senior at Northeastern University and has been heavily involved with the NU entrepreneurial ecosystem for several years.
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Finding a Co-Founder: Josh Belinsky, Slate Milk
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If you're an entrepreneur, finding a co-founder has probably crossed your mind at some point. On the show today, we have Josh Belinsky, who co-founded Slate Milk (one of IDEA's 80 launched ventures) with his partner in crime, Manny Lubin.
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The Power of Why: Rachel Domb, Rooted Living
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To wrap up 2020, the Bright IDEAs podcast is proud to present: Rachel Domb! Rachel is the Founder of Rooted Living — a young, mission-driven, eco-friendly, plant-based snack company that is making waves in NU's entrepreneurship community.
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Beating Imposter Syndrome: Eliana Berger, Envision Accelerator
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From founding a non-profit in high school, to creating WISE on campus, to building her own venture accelerator, Eliana Berger is a rising star that proves that you're never too young to change the world — having just turned 20.
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Standing Out as an Entrepreneur: Kyle Dolce, IDEA Venture Director
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Kyle Dolce is an Investment Analyst at Glasswing Ventures, as well as our Venture Director at IDEA — leading a team of 8 analysts and 4 coordinators to support our entrepreneurs in taking their ventures from concept to launch.
info_outlineJoin Rachna Lewis, President of The Entrepreneurs Club, as she walks us through her journey and experience with the Husky Startup Challenge. In this podcast, she tells us how to navigate through HSC, and succeed at Demo Day. Rachna manages a team of 29 members and a community of 2000+ members. Her team oversees ~50 events per year across 5 programs. She tells us about her journey through E-club, and all about being a student leader. Tune in to learn more about E-club, Rachna and all the cool things they are up to!