Laura Thompson ’09 has spent the past decade working on radical innovations aimed at solving the world’s toughest problems. Laura was an early product lead at Google X, where she drove product strategy for science fiction-sounding technologies including self driving cars, smart contact lenses, and delivery drones. While at X, she spread the team’s learning in […]
Arnell is a Providence local and graduate of Johnson and Wales University, where he discovered a passion for computer science. In 2015, he brought together his love of education and innovation by founding IntraCity Geeks, a K-12 STEM education non-profit organization. He is also CEO and co-founder of CareerDevs Computer Science University, which teaches adolescents […]
Peter Roberts ’83, is Founder and Principal of the immigration law firm Roberts Immigration Law Group. His clients include multinationals, entrepreneurs, founders, investors, start-ups, and start-up accelerators in all fields, including Y Combinator and YC founders. SIGN UP FOR OFFICE HOURS HERE.
Mariel was a Nelson Center Peer-Entrepreneur-In-Residence last semester before graduating. Today, Mariel is here to speak with student founders who are interested in raising on Wefunder or students curious about working/interning at Wefunder. Wefunder is the first & largest equity crowdfunding platform, making it easy for founders to raise venture & debt financing from their fans and […]
Looking for a little startup legal help? Sign up to speak with a lawyer from Howell Legal. Howell Legal provides strategic legal counsel to founders on formation issues and to established operators on funding growth, incentivizing a team, selling products and services, and acquisitions, all with a long view toward the success of the business. You don't want […]
Looking for a little startup legal help? Sign up to speak with a lawyer from Howell Legal. Howell Legal provides strategic legal counsel to founders on formation issues and to established operators on funding growth, incentivizing a team, selling products and services, and acquisitions, all with a long view toward the success of the business. You don't want […]
Looking for a little startup legal help? Sign up to speak with a lawyer from Howell Legal. Howell Legal provides strategic legal counsel to founders on formation issues and to established operators on funding growth, incentivizing a team, selling products and services, and acquisitions, all with a long view toward the success of the business. You don't want […]
Jeff Goldman ’83 is an immigration lawyer with over 30 years of experience advising immigrant entrepreneurs, founders, and individuals about their strategic immigration options. Jeff has successfully filed thousands of H-1B and L-1 petitions and more than 1400 PERM Labor Certification applications. A significant part of Jeff’s practice is working with scientists and entrepreneurs seeking […]
Jayna Zweiman '01 is an architecturally-trained multidisciplinary designer and social entrepreneur. Her independent practice combines architecture, art, craft and new media to focus on experiences that overlap physical, virtual and conceptual spaces. Her work is about civic intimacy, accessibility, and joy. Perhaps best known as the co-creator/co-founder of Pussyhat Project, an international network and movement of […]
Craig is the founder and CEO of happy® coffee. Along with his co-founder Robert Downey, Jr., happy launched in early 2024 with a mission to elevate the every day, and within 6 months saw its beautifully designed products achieved over 50,000 individual points of distribution across 10,000 retail doors, including Target, Walmart, Kroger, CVS, Sprouts, […]
