Join the Wharton Entrepreneurs- Education and Resource Network (WE-EARN) for Office Hours.

We’re here to help you think through issues regarding your venture.

Our three “TA’s” will be:

Dmitry Koltunov:
  • Co-founder and CTO of ALICE, a hospitality platform used by hotels.
    • ALICE raised a total of $47 million and built a global customer base of over 2,500 hotels before being acquired by Expedia.
  • Serves as the director for the NYC chapter of Startup Leadership Program, a program for high-caliber founders to learn to build companies through community-driven learning.
  • Advises early-stage startups with his group Collective Catalyst.
  • Currently working on a new start-up designed to help families capture their stories so they can share their history.
  • BSE in Computer Science and BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Jordan Scott:
  • Decision-making entrepreneur and content creator.
  • Founder & CEO of Cobble, an app designed to help people make better, faster decisions together.
  • Profiled in the New York Times, Forbes, FOX 5 Good Day New York, and more.
  • Won the NYU & New York Jets No Huddle Challenge and Entrepreneur Magazine’s LIVE 5-minute pitch competition.
  • Raised $3.3 million in seed funding, growing Cobble to tens of thousands of users who have swiped over 2M times on curated places and experiences in-app.
Paul Sethi
  • Fund Manager/Partner
    • Managing Partner of Trajectory Capital Partners, a PE fund focused on enterprise tech corporate divestitures and founder-controlled companies;
    • Founding Partner of 3SE Holdings, a fund of funds focused on the Web3 sector;
    • Venture Partner of Punja Global, a fund focused on AI/Web3; and
    • Founding Partner of 2048 Ventures, a pre-seed tech venture fund.
  • From 2011 to 2018 was CEO of Redbooks, a leading sales intelligence platform focused on the marketing and advertising industry.
  • In 2014 co-founded Robuzz, an AI/NLP platform providing real-time alerts.
  • Earlier in his career was a Partner/Analyst in public equities, focused on the tech sector.
  • Investor in 50+ companies with 8 unicorns, including Postmates, Flexport, SeatGeek, LearnVest and Notion.
  • Undergraduate degree from Penn (Wharton) and MBA from Columbia.
Bring your questions and real-world challenges (regardless of what stage you’re at), learn from our TA’s and network with fellow alumni.

We’ll create breakout rooms and have our TA’s rotate through before we open up the format.

We’d like to make this a recurring event and crowd-source the experts. Please email us at weearn@whartonny.com if you can recommend someone or would like to help!

When:
Thursday, June 8, 2023
6:30 PM ET - 7:15 PM ET

Where:
Virtual Via Zoom

Cost:
WCNY Supporting Members - $5 (WCNY supporting membership costs $95/yr at Join/Renew Membership)
Other Wharton Alumni & Alumni Guests - $25
Gold & Benefactor Members - $0

Notes:
- Would you or someone you know make a great speaker for a future event?  If so, feel free to reach out.
- Ross Klenoff, Chair, Wharton Entrepreneurs - Education and Resource Network (WE-EARN)

Meeting Access Information:
Registered guests will receive a unique link to join this meeting within a few days of succesfully registering for this event.  The link will be sent directly from Zoom to the email address provided during registration.  If you have not received your unique Zoom link, please contact Gabriela Sanchez no later than 9:00 AM ET on Thursday, June 8th so that we have ample time to assist you.

By registering for this event, you agree to the following:
I understand that this session may be recorded and made available, and that my image, name, comments, or questions may appear on-screen.
 


Pre-registration is required. Please register early as events can and do sell out quickly.
Registration is subject to availability and will close on Thursday, June 8th at 2:00pm.

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