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#21 - Rooney Lee - Founder’s Lessons on Sales and Revolutionizing Subleasing
Rooney Lee is the founder of NewSublease, the largest housing network for MBA/Law/Med students, focused on a hassle-free and affordable option for graduate students to rent a property or become a host with full confidence. Rooney is a former Product Strategy & Operations MBA Intern at Google, and also served as Product Manager and Analytics Lead, among other roles, at Cummins, Inc. Rooney also served for two years in the South Korean army. He graduated from the UVA Darden School of Business in 2023.
We spoke with Rooney about:
The skills he did and did not learn when pursuing his MBA
How he came up with the idea for NewSublease
How that idea has changed over time
Sales and Marketing for a new company
The chicken and egg paradox of a two-sided marketplace
Balancing a full time job with a startup
Much more
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By Justin Guerra, Marlee Reiter, Chapin ZernerRooney Lee is the founder of NewSublease, the largest housing network for MBA/Law/Med students, focused on a hassle-free and affordable option for graduate students to rent a property or become a host with full confidence. Rooney is a former Product Strategy & Operations MBA Intern at Google, and also served as Product Manager and Analytics Lead, among other roles, at Cummins, Inc. Rooney also served for two years in the South Korean army. He graduated from the UVA Darden School of Business in 2023.
We spoke with Rooney about:
The skills he did and did not learn when pursuing his MBA
How he came up with the idea for NewSublease
How that idea has changed over time
Sales and Marketing for a new company
The chicken and egg paradox of a two-sided marketplace
Balancing a full time job with a startup
Much more