In this series, Karen Guzman talks to student and alumni entrepreneurs about how they are making an impact with their startups.
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Startup Stories: Helping Employees Navigate Their Healthcare Benefits
A conversation with Guy Benjamin ’14, whose startup Healthee provides a comprehensive digital platform that helps employees access and understand their health and wellness benefits.
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Startup Stories: Ethical Investing in Emerging Markets
A conversation with Justin Bernier ’20 who, with four EMBA classmates, launched an index fund that lets Americans invest in emerging markets without supporting companies that threaten U.S. national security.
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Startup Stories: Filling the Succession Gap for Small Business Owners
A conversation with Alyssa Strasser ’23 who, with her EMBA classmate Ali Platon ’23, has launched an investment search fund aimed at acquiring and operating a small or mid-sized business.
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Startup Stories: Expanding the Benefits of Automated Market Trading
A conversation with David Campbell ’22, whose startup ICP Securities (ICPS) leverages its own algorithm to increase liquidity for small- and mid-cap stocks.
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Startup Stories: Bringing Transparency to the Used EV Market
A conversation with Jinqiang Ning ’25, whose startup assesses battery health and remaining life of EV battery packs to make the used EV market more transparent.
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Startup Stories: An Investment Platform for Latin America
A conversation with Renato Carregha ’23, whose startup offers residents of Latin America a crypto investment platform aimed at building wealth in the region.
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Startup Stories: Tracking Infant Development in Real Time
A conversation with Linda Craib ’10, whose startup gathers infant mental health and early childhood development data through an iPhone app and shares it with healthcare providers.
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Startup Stories: Expanding Access to Aesthetic Skin Care
A conversation with Ella Archibald ’22, who collaborated with classmate Tri Hiremath ’22 to create a service to make cosmetic dermatology services more affordable and convenient.
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Startup Stories: A Network Connecting Nepali Students and Professionals around the World
A conversation with Preeti Pandey Adhikary ’21, founder of the Great Nepali Diaspora, a global community that supports and encourages students and professionals with Nepali roots.
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Startup Stories: An Angel Investment Fund Leveraging EMBA Students’ Expertise
A conversation with Alex Hatzis ’24, who collaborated with his classmates to create a fund to invest in startups at Yale and elsewhere, in health tech, fintech, and sustainability.
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