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17 June 2024
Marissa Saporta ’99: Revamping the world of e-commerce with a firm grip on fun

Marissa Saporta ’99: Revamping the world of e-commerce with a firm grip on fun

Marissa Saporta ’99 followed in her father’s footsteps toward the family business before reimagining her future and the world of e-commerce.

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16 May 2024
Jeremy Brunner ’94: Growing a fourth-generation family business

Jeremy Brunner ’94: Growing a fourth-generation family business

Since 1929, Jeremy Brunner’s family has been in the business of manufacturing environmentally friendly gardening products, from fertilizers to lawn food and potting soil.

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30 April 2024
Malika Grayson, Ph.D. ’16: From graduate school to global inspiration

Malika Grayson, Ph.D. ’16: From graduate school to global inspiration

For Malika Grayson, M.S. ’14, Ph.D. ’16, earning advanced degrees in mechanical engineering at Cornell propelled her entrepreneurial journey in STEM advocacy, inspiring her to motivate others to pursue their […]

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9 April 2024
Engagement is the heart of Tim Chi’s ’98 success

Engagement is the heart of Tim Chi’s ’98 success

Anyone tying the knot or attending a wedding in recent years has likely heard of The Knot Worldwide,

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26 March 2024
Cane ’98 makes it his business to improve lives

Cane ’98 makes it his business to improve lives

During his sophomore year as a full-time student in Applied Economics and Management at Cornell, Dan Cane ’98 co-founded CourseInfo, LLC, which would become Blackboard, Inc., an online learning platform […]

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30 January 2020
Dan Sommer ’97 leveraged higher ed to teach workers valuable skills

Dan Sommer ’97 leveraged higher ed to teach workers valuable skills

Dan Sommer ’97 started Trilogy Education in 2015 to equip workers with sought-after technical skills that would help them to fill demands in the job market. Today, Trilogy partners with 50 universities […]

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18 December 2019
Jake Reisch ’15 makes headphones that improve seniors’ lives

Jake Reisch ’15 makes headphones that improve seniors’ lives

As co-founder and CEO of Eversound, Jake Reisch ’15 leads a team that creates wireless headphones designed to improve quality of life for older adults and ease communication between residents of […]

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18 September 2019
Jenna Kerner ’11 is on the cusp of change in the bra industry

Jenna Kerner ’11 is on the cusp of change in the bra industry

Jenna Kerner ’11 is co-founder and co-CEO of Harper Wilde, an online retailer that aims to improve the bra shopping experience and to empower women and girls. She was named one […]

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25 June 2019
Euwyn Poon ’04, J.D. ’07, is putting his spin on urban transportation

Euwyn Poon ’04, J.D. ’07, is putting his spin on urban transportation

Euwyn Poon ’04, J.D. ’07, is co-founder and president of Spin, a micromobility company whose dockless, rentable electric scooters provide communities with low-cost, convenient transportation. In November 2018, Spin was acquired […]

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29 April 2019
Bottling success: Steve Hindy ’71, MAT ’75, put Brooklyn beer on the map

Bottling success: Steve Hindy ’71, MAT ’75, put Brooklyn beer on the map

As co-founder and chairman of The Brooklyn Brewery, Steve Hindy ’71, MAT ’75, has helped to galvanize the American craft beer movement. Started in 1987 with Hindy’s then-neighbor, Tom Potter, Brooklyn […]

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19 April 2019
Gwen Whiting ’98 and Lindsey Boyd ’98 spun a global business from Cornell fiber science

Gwen Whiting ’98 and Lindsey Boyd ’98 spun a global business from Cornell fiber science

Gwen Whiting ’98 and Lindsey Boyd ’98 met while studying fiber science and apparel design in the College of Human Ecology. Their company The Laundress, a line of premium, nontoxic laundry and cleaning […]

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1 March 2019
Susan Danziger ’86 creates video tools to connect people

Susan Danziger ’86 creates video tools to connect people

College of Arts and Sciences alumna Susan Danziger ’86 is co-founder and CEO of Ziggeo, a technology company whose cloud-based video software is used by companies such as GoFundMe, SAP and Netflix.

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4 February 2019
From family farm to FinTech: Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, MBA ’15, helps farmers grow profits

From family farm to FinTech: Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, MBA ’15, helps farmers grow profits

Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck came to Cornell to learn the skills he would need to run the farm that has been in his family for four generations. Instead, he started a […]

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24 January 2019
Socialfly co-founder Stephanie Cartin ’06 turns social media buzz into measurable results

Socialfly co-founder Stephanie Cartin ’06 turns social media buzz into measurable results

Stephanie Abrams Cartin ’06 is co-founder and co-CEO of Socialfly, a social media agency that helps companies achieve smart, creative and effective digital marketing.

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19 December 2018
John Wu ’92 is building “shovels” for a cryptocurrency gold rush

John Wu ’92 is building “shovels” for a cryptocurrency gold rush

Like gold miners of centuries past, John Wu ’92 is tapping into a currency boom — this one unique to the digital age. As chief executive officer of the Digital […]

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5 December 2018
Saxbys founder Nick Bayer ’00 serves up coffee with social impact

Saxbys founder Nick Bayer ’00 serves up coffee with social impact

When he founded Saxbys in 2005, Nick Bayer didn’t just want to compete in a crowded market for caffeinated brews. Bayer wanted his company to stand out for its social impact. Guided […]

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18 November 2018
Frustration fuels creation for design industry innovator Scott Belsky ‘02

Frustration fuels creation for design industry innovator Scott Belsky ‘02

Scott Belsky is an executive, entrepreneur, author and investor whose passion for business leadership and innovation came alive during his undergraduate years at Cornell. The founder of multiple start-ups including Behance, […]

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14 November 2018
From grad school to big business: Nwamaka Imasogie, M.S. ’16, creates software with global reach

From grad school to big business: Nwamaka Imasogie, M.S. ’16, creates software with global reach

Nwamaka Imasogie applied to graduate programs in computer science with the ambition of expanding her technical skills and starting a software company. Accepted into several top programs, she chose Cornell Tech because, […]

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26 October 2018
Making burger history: Randy Garutti ’97 grew a global brand from an NYC food stand

Making burger history: Randy Garutti ’97 grew a global brand from an NYC food stand

Shortly after graduating from Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration in 1997, Randy Garutti met restaurateur Danny Meyer. Together they started a Madison Square Park hot dog cart that has evolved into Shake Shack — […]

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22 October 2018
For beauty innovator Divya Gugnani ‘98, women’s needs matter most

For beauty innovator Divya Gugnani ‘98, women’s needs matter most

Divya Gugnani is a longtime entrepreneur and co-founder of Wander Beauty, a company that aims to disrupt the beauty industry and streamline makeup routines by creating beauty essentials for busy lifestyles.

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