Technology Innovation Lecture Series

2023

• Suman Talukdar, Founder, AiSprouts VC (April 11, 2023)
  • "Building a Billion-Dollar Business from Scratch: Strategies for Success (Including Tips On How To Raise Your First $1M to $5M of Capital)"

2022

• Gopi Rangan, Founding Partner of Sure Ventures (Oct 6, 2022)
  • "Venture Capital: How It Works”
• Suman Talukdar, Founder, AiSprouts VC (Apr 5, 2022)
  • "Discovering Your Homerun, Lessons From a Rice Owl (& Engineer) Turned Silicon Valley VC"
• Sunil Nagaraj, Founder and Managing Partner of Ubiquity Ventures (Mar 9, 2022)
  • "Why Venture Capitalists are Investing in 'Software Beyond the Screen'"

2021

• Suman Talukdar, Founder, AiSprouts VC ( Apr 20, 2021)
  • "Finding Your Homerun, My Entrepreneurial Journey from Engineering to Investing"
• Sunil Nagaraj, Founder and Managing Partner, Ubiquity Ventures; Serves on the boards of Esper, Halter, Loft Orbital, Parallel Domain, Safehub, and Thruwave (Mar 10, 2021)
  • "Why Venture Capitalists are Investing in 'Software Beyond the Screen'"

2020

• Sunil Nagaraj, Founder and Managing Partner, Ubiquity Ventures; Serves on the boards of Diligent Robotics, Esper, Halter, Jargon, Levl, Parallel Domain (Sep 23, 2020)
  • "Why Venture Capitalists are Investing in 'Software Beyond the Screen'"
• Brent Hecht, Assistant Professor, Northwestern; Director of Applied Science, Microsoft (Feb 26, 2020)
  • "The Origins, Present and Future of Algorithmic Bias"

2019

• Farnam Jahanian, President, Carnegie Mellon University (Nov 5, 2019)
  • "The Future of Higher Education in the Age of Disruption"
• Vinay Pai, Senior Vice President, Bill.com (Sep 24, 2019)
  • "How Fintech, Crypto, and Blockchain are Transforming Commerce"

2018

• Yan-David Erlich, Serial Entrepreneur, Active Early-Stage Investor (Oct 3, 2018)
  • "Recipe for a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Ecosystem"