Sarah Betensky is a senior at Brown University, from New York City, concentrating in Classics and Political Science. Her entrepreneurial journey began during her freshman fall semester, when she had the opportunity to pitch a venture idea to a panel of judges (Mayor Smiley, Chris Cocks, Jennifer Todd) as part of The Nelson Center’s Innovation Dojo startup incubator. Since then, she has taught and advised 80+ students developing their own startups as an Innovation Dojo mentor (2024-2025) and co-director (2025-2026). Leading Innovation Dojo has allowed her to connect with founders and investors across a wide range of industries, as well as introduce students to valuable resources and collaborators at early venture-building stages.

She's also gained hands-on entrepreneurial experience through interning at an early-stage food startup and a fashion brand, and through a strategy consulting internship at Ipsos Strategy3 — professional experience that's sharpened her skills in bottom-up research, pitch deck development, brand strategy, competitive analysis, and public speaking. Sarah is happy to advise on idea validation, bottom-up research, pitch deck construction, relationship-building, early-stage go-to-market questions, and any other questions around navigating the entrepreneurial process as a Brown student. Outside of entrepreneurship, she loves to travel and is very interested in the intersection between international affairs, cultural heritage, and business. 

Her experience also spans investment consulting and real estate, with work involving financial analysis, market research, competitive benchmarking, and investment evaluation. She is also a member of Brown’s varsity women’s swimming team and has represented Trinidad & Tobago in international competition.

As a PEIR, Isabella is especially interested in advising students on early-stage idea development, market research and validation, financial and competitive analysis, pitch preparation, and thinking through the business case behind a new venture.

Saajan is an M.D. candidate at Brown and a graduate of Duke University, where he majored in biology and minored in global health. He is the co-founder of Che Innovation Ltd. in Uganda, developing NeoNest, a low-cost, locally manufacturable transport infant warmer for Ugandan ambulances. Che Innovations has been awarded $125,000 in prizes/grants, received multiple regulatory clearances, 2 utility patents, onboarded paying Ugandan hospitals, and has been featured by BBC News Africa, TRT World News, and the Royal Academy of Engineering. Recently, they won Brown's Venture Prize Competition for their development of NeoNest. 

Saajan can provide expertise on: 1) Sourcing funding for early-stage ventures, 2) human-centered design (hardware/electrical/customer and user interviewing), 3) Public speaking and crafting pitch decks. 
 

Razanne is a senior at Brown University studying International & Public Affairs and Entrepreneurship. Her entrepreneurial journey began through MIT Launch X, where she founded an agriculture e-commerce company and led the venture from idea to execution, conducting market research, developing customer personas, and building its monetization and logistics strategy. Her team received the Outstanding Company Award. She has continued exploring entrepreneurship through Handwoven Youth, a mission-driven startup focused on literacy and inclusive representation, and Syria Talent, a human capital acceleration startup.

At Brown, Razanne has discovered that one of her favorite parts of entrepreneurship is helping others believe in their ideas. As a 7x teaching assistant and President of three student organizations, mentorship has become central to her experience. She loves working with people at the early stages of an idea and helping them navigate questions, identify next steps, and turn possibilities into action. She hopes to make entrepreneurship feel collaborative and is always happy to be a sounding board for the next idea.