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Thursday, June 20th, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET

Ilya A. Strebulaev

David S. Lobel Professor of Private Equity and Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business
Author of The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth

Hosted by Alumni Ventures Chief Investment Officer Mark Edwards.

Stanford Professor Ilya Strebulaev has devoted two decades to studying VCs’ counterintuitive approaches to decision-making and the reasons behind the successes and failures of corporate innovations. This session will provide distinct principles that will help you make better decisions, transform your business, and achieve remarkable results, no matter your industry.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET

Julia Boorstin

CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent
Author of When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, and How We Can Learn from Them

Hosted by Alumni Ventures Women’s Fund Managing Partner Laura Rippy.

Julia has been an on-air reporter for the network since 2006. She also plays a central role on CNBC’s bicoastal tech-focused program “TechCheck” delivering reporting, analysis, and CEO interviews with a focus on social media and the intersection of media and technology.  Julia will share perspective on stories of over sixty female CEOs and leaders like Katrina Lake, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jenn Hyman, Whitney Wolfe Herd, Lena Waithe, Shivani Siroya, Julia Collins providing critical insights into how women-founded companies begin, operate, and prosper.

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Thursday, June 6th, 2024 at 1:00 PM ET

Michael Mager

CEO and Co-Founder of Precision Neuroscience

Hosted by Alumni Ventures Doctors Innovate Fund Manager Ludwig Schulze.

Precision Neuroscience was co-founded by Michael Mager and Benjamin Rapoport, who also co-founded Elon Musk’s BCI company called Neuralink.  Michael will shed light on the future of BCI (Brain-Computer Interface), the creation of a brain implant thinner than human hair, and the world’s highest-resolution picture of human thought.

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