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Startup Cornell
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Startup Cornell is a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell that explores the bold entrepreneurial ideas coming from our students, faculty, staff and young alumni.
Episodes
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Episode 60: Amy Lewis Sweetman '08 forges beauty from the past
The October Startup Cornell podcast features Amy Lewis Sweetman ‘08, artist and owner of Agrisculpture. Sweetman creates metalwork sculptures that use antique farm equipment and are informed by nature. She’s the artist behind the Apple sculpture on the Ithaca Commons and recently created a piece…
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Episode 59: Celebrating Cornell 's #4 ranking in entrepreneurship
Cornell jumped two spots to #4 in the new Pitchbook rankings of entrepreneurial universities, an honor based on the number of founders who have raised venture capital in the last 10 years. It also ranked #4 for female founders. “Cornell is known to be a place where students come to pursue...
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Episode 58: Meet a drone inventory wizard and a weeding robot
Our August podcast features Doris Xu and Katrina Davis, two founders who were part of a summer Prototyping Hardware Accelerator at Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, a business incubator and startup workspace in downtown Ithaca. The 10-week program helps early-stage product teams transform initial “back…
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Episode 57: Alums' company uses AI to streamline cash flow
Our new podcast features Ali Hussain ’11 and Deepak Bapat ’11 MEng ‘12, cofounders of Tabs, a company that offers products and platforms that use AI to power modern finance and accounting functions. Their product helps B2B companies save time analyzing contracts, improves cash flow and avoids...
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Episode 56: Caroline Feldmeier MBA '26 launches locally-sourced food business
Our new podcast features a chat with Caroline Feldmeier MBA ‘26, founder of Grow the Earth, a food company producing high-end charcuterie and other locally sourced meats. Feldmeier’s products were featured at the April Celebration Ezra event on campus . In this episode, we talk about her…
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Episode 55: Dan Cane '98, our Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year, tackles education and healthcare
Our April podcast features a chat with Dan Cane ’98, this year’s Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year and the co-founder of Blackboard Inc. and Modernizing Medicine. Cane will be honored on campus April 9-10 at the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration Erza conference. Modernizing Medicine, founded...
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Episode 54: A 1972 trip to Guatemala ended with a life-long commitment to water projects there
Bruce Clemens ’72 left Cornell after graduation with a one-way ticket to Guatemala and a desire to “cure poverty,” a mindset he says wasn’t unusual among classmates of that time. Fast forward 54 years and the non-profit that Clemens helped to found there, Aqua del Pueblo, has completed more than...
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Episode 53: SWYM founders want you to dive in to find a date for Valentine’s Day
Our February podcast features a chat with Terrence Liverpool ’02 and Jeffrey Chery, founders of SWYM, a dating app that allows users to meet and match with people at events such as concerts, music festivals, conferences or sporting events, or even everyday locations such as supermarkets, gyms,...
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Episode 52: MathGPT founders say site boosts students’ skills, confidence
With more than 10 million users, Nour Gajial ’26 and Yanni Kouloumbis ’26 have found a pain point among high school and college students and answered it with their startup MathGPT. The founders are featured on the January episode of the Startup Cornell podcast. The duo founded the company in 2023...
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Episode 51: Hauwa Otori ’08 spreads the stories of under-resourced entrepreneurs
Our new episode features Hauwa Otori ‘08, creator of the Founders International Network and host of the Building Black podcast, which shares stories about the experiences of under-resourced entrepreneurs from around the globe. Otori has a degree in communications from Cornell and a law degree…
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Episode 50!!!! Live from our NYC conference
This special episode features speakers and attendees recorded live during the 2025 Eclectic Convergence Conference at Cornell Tech in New York City. Listen in as they share advice for new founders, traps to avoid and the stories that motivate them every day. Hear from Javed Singha MBA ’09,...
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Episode 49: Planning a wedding? Tim Chi knows what you need
Listen in as Tim Chi ‘98, former CEO and co-founder of WeddingWire, which became The Knot Worldwide, talks about forming the ultimate wedding planning company. And find out how his own wedding inspired the idea. The company serves millions of engaged couples across 15 countries, helping them plan...
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Episode 48: John Hui founds companies to solve health care challenges
Our new episode features John Hui MBA ‘15, former CEO and co-founder of Twiage, a digital health company that provides communication technology solutions connecting hospitals and ambulances. Twiage was acquired by Tiger Connect in November 2024. Hui is also a co-founder of Rendr, a…
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Episode 47: Jonathan Lowenhar wants to help CEOs enjoy the work
Our newest episode features Jonathan Lowenhar ‘96, founder and one of two managing partners of Enjoy The Work, a company that has worked with more than 200 company CEOs on leadership. He talks to us about the most common mistakes CEOs make and how to avoid them.
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Episode 46: Meredith Oppenheim has some innovative ideas about growing older
Our newest episode features Meredith Oppenheim ‘95, founder of Vitality Society and now a strategic advisor in the senior housing space. Oppenheim, who graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences, worked for 25 years in senior housing and care before starting Vitality Society, a platform…
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Episode 45: Kimberle Lau wants to treat your sweet tooth, but in a healthy way
Our new episode features Kimberle Lau, '01 founder of Bake Me Healthy, a company that offers plant-based, allergen-free and upcycled baking mixes and cookies. Yum!
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Episode 44: Van Hamilton Barbeau boosts healthcare startups
Our new episode features Van Hamilton Barbeau, AVP at Ochsner Ventures, the venture capital arm of Ochsner Health, which invests in healthcare companies from seed-stage to growth-stage. He has spent his career building, advising and investing in healthcare companies. Barbeau earned his undergrad...
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Episode 43: Tech company co-founder John Bicket is Cornell's 2025 Entrepreneur of the Year
Our new episode features John Bicket ’02, chief technology officer and co-founder of tech firm Samsara and this year’s Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2025. He will be honored on campus April 10 and 11 at the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration Ezra Event. Samsara offers an AI-powered…
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Episode 42: Student's business pays tribute to African heritage
Our new episode includes a chat with Cornell student Micere Mugweru ’25, the founder of Mizoma Africa. Mugweru is an economics and Africana studies major in the College of Arts & Sciences and a member of the eLab student business accelerator. She's created a Pan-African luxury bag brand dedicated...
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Episode 41: Upcycling fruits and veggies into luxury bags
Our new episode features Heather Jiang MBA '16, founder of Allegorie, a small-batch accessory company that turns discarded fruits into beautiful wallets, bags and backpacks. The bags reduce food waste and greenhouse gas emissions and are designed and created in New York City’s garment district.
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Episode 40: Helping young VCs learn the ropes
Our new episode features Sakib Jamal ‘19, vice president at Crossbeam Venture Partners. Jamal was recently chosen for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, in part for his book, "The Young VC's Handbook," a tactical guide for newcomers to venture capital. In the book, some of the smartest young minds in…
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Episode 39: Breanna Neff '16 is bringing CBD-infused ingredients to the drink mix market
Our newest episode features Breanna Neff ‘16, founder and chief food scientist at brelixi, a company that makes drink mixes infused with nano-CBD or THC, as well as electrolytes, adaptogens and nootropics. Neff studied food science, technology, business, nutrition and health at Cornell. Before...
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Episode 38: Lloyd Robinson ’87 takes his family’s business to the next level
Our newest episode features Lloyd Robinson ’87, president and owner of Awisco, a family-owned welding business started in 1952. With 10 locations across the New York metro area and a sales presence in South Florida, Lloyd has led the company through lots of changes and has hosted Cornell interns...
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Episode 37: Jen Barnwell ’96 is a champion for independent and boutique hotels
Our newest episode features Jen Barnwell ‘96, president of Curator Hotel & Resort Collection. Curator is a collection of hand-selected independent hotels and resorts whose mission is to have independent hotels join forces and get the power of scale without sacrificing the spirit of independence.
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Episode 36: Smoke Wallin helps entrepreneurs make the best exit
This month, we talk business, mentorship, life lessons and spirituality with Smoke Wallin '88, a serial entrepreneur and managing director & partner at STS Capital, a global boutique investment bank focused on mergers and acquisitions.
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Episode 35: Josh Gully and partners build investment firm for the ultra-wealthy
Our newest episode features Josh Gully ‘83, managing director of NewEdge Wealth and founding member of their New York office. NewEdge was started in 2020 and has grown to manage more than $55 billion for ultra-high net worth and family office clients.
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Episode 34: Jamey Edwards is on a mission to fix healthcare
Our new episode features Jamey Edwards, president & chief strategy officer at Koko Home, a company providing radar driven, AI-enabled solutions for healthcare and an Entrepreneur in Residence of StartUp Health, which was founded in 2011 to invest in global health entrepreneurs.
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Episode 33: Andrea Ippolito wants to demystify baby feeding and more for new parents
Cornell alumna Andrea Ippolito, CEO and founder of SimpliFed, has launched and scaled a maternal health operating system. Her core business focuses on breastfeeding and baby feeding support, but she's also tackling broader maternal health issues.
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Episode 32: Trisha Beher '25 is empowering the next generation of women leaders
Our new episode features Trisha Beher ’25, founder of Women Leaders of Color at Cornell and the Art Shine Foundation. Trisha is a student in the College of Business who founded Women Leaders of Color as a first-year student to unite and empower women of color and prepare them for leadership roles...
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Episode 31: Tim Barry created the health care system "patients deserve"
Our newest episode features Tim Barry ‘93, the chair and CEO of VillageMD, and this year’s Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year. Barry founded VillageMD in 2013 with the idea that he could use technology, population insights and a network of expert health care professionals to provide high-quality...
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Episode 30:Undergrad helps her peers find off-campus housing
Our newest episode features Peyton Johnson, a member of the Class of 2024 and founder of a company that helps students find off-campus housing. Her company is part of this year’s eLab, a Cornell student accelerator powered by Student Agencies Foundation and Entrepreneurship at Cornell. Peyton is...
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Episode 29: Ushering high tech into the hospitality industry
Our new episode features Harman Singh Narula ‘09, co-founder and CEO of Canary Technologies, a hotel technology company. Canary provides a host of guest-facing operations technologies to thousands of hotels across the globe.
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Episode 28: Tapping the latest tech in marketing for fashion brands
Our newest episode features Matt Nastos ’10, CEO of Maison MRKT, a digital marketing agency specializing in growth marketing, customer acquisition, lead generation and business intelligence. Matt founded the agency with his brother, Lexi. Using technology and data analytics, the agency helps…
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Episode 27: Fighting for better health care in sub-Saharan Africa
Our newest episode features Osei Boateng ’18, MHA ‘20, founder of OKB Hope Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to transforming healthcare delivery in Africa especially in rural and low-income communities.The organization offers mobile health clinics that travel to remote locations in Ghana to…
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Episode 26: Your treat for National Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day!
Our new episode features Lauren Brand ’12, co-founder of Fatty Sundays, a company that creates chocolate covered pretzels in an array of unique flavors that are customizable for any occasion. Lauren and her sister Ali founded the business to share their mom’s famous rainbow sprinkle recipe with…
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Episode 25: Switching from CEO to entrepreneurial coach
Our newest episode features Colin Day ’97 founder and former CEO of iCIMS, a company that offers cloud software for recruiting to help organizations attract, hire and advance employees who will build a diverse and winning workforce. Now an advisor to iCIMS, Day is helping to give back to the...
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Episode 24: A prescription product to help people at risk of suicide
Our newest episode features Seth Feuerstein ‘94, founder of Oui Therapeutics, a company developing a digital therapeutic going through the FDA process and seeking to be the first prescription product available for people at risk of dying by suicide. A psychiatrist and an attorney, Seth is also…
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Episode 23: Alumna’s company creates food for healthy hounds
Our new episode features Kim Hehir ’94, cofounder and president of Brutus Broth, a family-run business created from a passion and commitment to enhance canine diets. Kim talks about her journey to founding Brutus Broth with her sister, after starting her career in the hospitality industry, and…
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Episode 22: Steven Izen '13 helps people find balance in life
The 22st episode of this Entrepreneurship at Cornell podcast features Steven Izen ’13, founder and CEO of Lokai and Elements. Lokai, the iconic bracelet brand, inspires its community to find balance in life and Izen’s newest venture, Elements of Balance, is a functional beverage brand that uses...
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Episode 21: Nona Ullman helps teachers know what’s working in their classrooms
The 21st episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Nona Ullman ‘88, CEO of LessonLoop and president of Improve LLC, companies focused on the public education and information technology sectors. Ullman talks about building her business to help improve...
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Episode 20: Some advice for life from Barry Beck, Cornell's Entrepreneur of the Year 2023
The 20th episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, features Barry Beck ’90, co-founder and former CEO of Bluemercury, the nationwide luxury beauty brand that was acquired by Macy’s in 2015. Beck is also the founder and CEO of Evenly Technologies, Inc., a technology and...
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Episode 19: Trishala Dessai is looking out for gig workers
Our 19th episode features Trishala Dessai ’17 MBA ‘23, founder of Gig-Up, a startup that matches gig-economy workers to consumers to complete the consumer’s to-do-lists. Dessai is a member of eLab, Cornell’s student business accelerator.
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Episode 18: Creating tech to improve workplace diversity & inclusion
Natalie Egan ’02 (she/her), founder of Translator Inc., a startup that builds diversity, equity and inclusion software for corporations, schools and nonprofits, talks about how she started her business.
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Episode 17: Find out who Horatio is and why you should hire him
Our new episode features Jared Karson ‘13, co-founder and CFO of Horatio, a business that allows companies to outsource their customer support and back-office support tasks.
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Episode 16: Great wine with no alcohol? You heard that right.
Our 16th episode features Julia and Alexander Littauer, co-founders of Sovi Wine, a company that’s created high-quality non-alcoholic wines for times when you want a glass of wine but not the alcohol. They tell the story of how they launched this business after graduating with MBAs from Cornell,...
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Episode 15: Save time at work with Tango
The 15th episode of our podcast features Ken Babcock ‘13, co-founder of Tango, a company that helps you to create beautiful step-by-step how-to guides with screenshots. He talks about how his product, a free-to-use Chrome extension, works to capture and create written, step-by-step how-to guides…
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Episode 14: At-home medical test company offers privacy, efficiency
The 14th episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features David Stein MBA ‘20, co-founder and CEO of Ash Wellness, a company that makes healthcare more accessible and inclusive by offering at-home testing kits. The company started offering kits for...
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Episode 13: Aziza Glass juggles her vet practice with a hit show on Disney
The 13th episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Aziza Glass D.V.M. ‘15, owner of Personal Touch Veterinary Clinic and a star on the Disney XD and Hulu show“Roman to the Rescue.” She also has her own line of hair, face and body products and is…
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Episode 12: Celebrating our one-year anniversary!
The 12th episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features highlights of each episode this past year, including; Nick Nickitas, Brooke Wingo, Jehron Petty, Jamie Kim, JP Pollak, Stephanie Cartin, Laura Ciccone, Taly Matiteyahu, Rich Horgan, Kayla Foley, Jasheah...
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Startup Cornell episode 11: Stephanie Wisner'16
The 11th episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Stephanie Wisner ’16, co-founder of Centivax, a therapeutics company that’s creating universal vaccines to reduce and eradicate the remaining complex pathogens of the 21st century. She is also the…
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