EP 001 – Introduction to the Hillside Ventures Podcast
Welcome to the Hillside Ventures Podcast, Shivam Patel and Joseph Roberts talk about the latest in venture capital and entrepreneurship as student venture capitalists in Hillside Ventures, the...
View ArticleEP 002 – Breaking into VC as a Student
Welcome to the Hillside Ventures Podcast, Shivam Patel and Joseph Roberts talk about the latest in venture capital and entrepreneurship as student venture capitalists in Hillside Ventures, the...
View ArticleEP 003 – InsurTech Deep Dive from Student Venture Capitalists
Episode Show Notes: Welcome to the Hillside Ventures Podcast, Shivam Patel and Joseph Roberts talk about the latest in venture capital and entrepreneurship as student venture capitalists in Hillside...
View ArticleEP 004 – Sustainability Deep Dive | Rise and Need of Thrifting
In this episode we take a deep dive into the Sustainability industry where Joseph Roberts and Dominick Zampino talk about their experiences as student venture capitalists within the Sustainability...
View ArticleEP 005 – EdTech Deep Dive
In this episode we take a deep dive into the EdTech industry where Jeeva Shunmugaraja and Dhanush Kotumraju talk about their experiences as student venture capitalists within the EdTech industry and...
View ArticleEP 006 – Pursuing Curiosities as a Student Entrepreneur
Allie Davenport instills key lessons learned through building a company as a college student and the five core principles of networking. She weaves in stories from her journey, like ubering to a USC...
View ArticleEP 007 – The Journey of Educating Students with a Venture Capital Club
Alex Ha shares his experience of breaking into venture capital as a student and co-founding the Ivey Venture Capital Club with over 280 members. His mission is to share his experience, knowledge, and...
View ArticleEP 008 – Student Athlete Venture Capitalist
Mason Kolean talks about his experiences of being on UConn’s D1 Baseball team while working as a Managing Director at Hillside Ventures. We dive into his philosophy on priorities and taking advantage...
View ArticleEP 009 – Seasoned Venture Capitalist Making a Huge Difference Within Climate
Today we talk with Cody Simms, a highly experienced venture capitalist within the sustainability space. Cody is a Partner at MCJ Collective and provides invaluable advice for venture capital and...
View ArticleEP 010 – From Engineering to VC
Today we talk with Akira Dunham, an investor at Connecticut Innovations. Akira is a Hillside and UConn alumni with an engineering background. His interests and passions lie within helping underserved...
View ArticleEP 011 – Building an AI Startup as a Technical Founder
Today we talk with Keyur Shah, a UConn alum building an AI startup at Cornell Tech. Coming from a CS background, he went on to work at Amazon and being a part of the development of Alexa. He has now...
View ArticleEP 012 – Noah Friedman on raising a fund at 28 years old | How execution is...
Noah Friedman currently runs Top Shelf Ventures, an alcohol focused VC, and the Uncharted community, which brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and other influential people. He started his...
View ArticleEP 013 – Rich Vogel on starting Loeb.nyc | His philosophies on business
Rich Vogel is the COO and CFO of Loeb.nyc a venture collective based in NYC. As startup investors Rich and his business partner, Michael, have invested in many successful startups with Fetch Rewards...
View ArticleEP 014 – Cole Clark on running a company at 26 | The impact of genuine...
Cole Clark is the President of AmygdaLaunch, a part of Loeb.nyc a venture collective based in NYC. Cole is also a sports model for Wilhelmina with his background being a D1 track athlete at William...
View ArticleEP 015- Meeting the STEM Fund Founders
The STEM Fund started operating in the Fall semester of 2023 and is led by our own UConn students. In this episode, we talk with seniors Joseph Roberts, a Finance major, and Nicholas Janus, an...
View ArticleEP 016 – Michael Loeb on the idea of entrepreneurship | The effects of world...
Michael Loeb is the CEO of Loeb.nyc a venture collective based in NYC. He started it with Rich Vogel, CFO and COO of Loeb.nyc, after selling his previous company, Synapse Group, to Time Inc. Michael...
View ArticleHillside Ventures EP 017 – Professor Greg Reilly on kickstarting Hillside...
Greg Reilly is the Head of the Boucher Management & Entrepreneurship Department while also leading Hillside Ventures at the University of Connecticut. He graduated from the University of Michigan...
View ArticleEP 018 – Jack Navarro on servicing 2M+ mortgages – Giving back and leading...
Hillside Ventures EP 018 – Jack Navarro on servicing 2M+ mortgages | Giving back and leading Hillside Ventures Jack is the founder of MysticRiver LLC where he uses his extensive background and...
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