Karly Hou is a sophomore at Harvard majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics. With friends, Karly launched Wave Learning Festival back in April 2020 n response to long-standing educational inequities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Within a few months, Wave Learning Festival was able to serve 300+ free, live, engaging seminars on diverse topics like "The Mathematics of Burritos" to "Quantum Physics". Wave Learning Festival was able to serve curriculum to 12,000+ students from all 50 states and 62 countries around the world. Wave Learning Festival partnered with 600+ schools and community organizations serving low-income and homeless youth to ensure their resources can reach those who need them most. Wave Learning Festival has also launched our free tutoring program, college application series, and career series to provide support and guidance to students making their way in online school. In this episode, we discuss Wave's founding story, Karly's career journey, and entrepreneurship experience, as well as advice she has for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Check out Wave Learning Festival: https://www.wavelf.org/

Shriya is a senior at Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business majoring in Business Administration and Marketing. Shriya is a founder of Uncle Harvey, a one-stop-shop for neurosurgeons across America. Uncle Harvey also aims to serve as an information hub – a one-stop-shop where you can find all of the latest information on neurosurgical current events and announcements, cutting-edge research, and even opportunities to get involved. Officially launched in April 2020, Uncle Harvey grew quickly, garnering 55,660 members. In this episode, we discuss Uncle Harvey's founding story, Shriya's entrepreneurship experience, and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Check out Uncle Harvey: https://www.uncleharvey.com/

Podcast Socials: https://linktr.ee/and_this_is_how_it_started

Mikayla is a senior at UC Berkeley majoring in Environmental Economics. Chelsie is a senior at California PolyTech majoring in Communication. Mikayla and Chelsie are co-founded Activism Always, technology and service that allows organizations to flexibly and reliably organize data into easy-to-access insights and visualizations. Their mission is to produce data-driven insights supported with robust research and analysis for their clients, with consideration to current discussions around social issues, online activism, and intersectional action to support the goals of mission-driven organizations. A prototype project they have worked on is called Black Live Matter Always, where online content from the events of Summer 2020 was collected and analyzed to reveal insights about the changing sentiments around the BLM movement. The project was presented at TechSoup x ParsonsTKO's Data for Social Impact Conference in August 2020. In this episode, we discuss Activism Alway's founding story, Mikaya's and Chelsie's career journey and entrepreneurship experience, as well as advice they have for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Check out Activism Always: https://www.activismalways.com/

Podcast Socials: https://linktr.ee/and_this_is_how_it_started

Patricia is a senior at Florida International University majoring in Interdisciplinary Engineering with a Manufacturing Engineering concentration. Patricia is the founder of "college thrifts". College Thrifts is an inclusive peer-to-peer platform for students/alumni to buy/sell their gently used college branded items and network amongst users. In addition to creating these more inclusive and connected college campuses, College Thrifts is also supporting 3 United Nations sustainable development goals focused on sustainable communities and responsible consumption. In this episode, we talk about College Thrift's founding story, Patricia's career journey, her entrepreneurship experience, and advice she has for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Check out College Thrifts: https://www.collegethrifts.com/

Podcast Socials: https://linktr.ee/and_this_is_how_it_started

Yasmeena is a junior at Northwestern majoring in economics and entrepreneurship. She and a few other students were brought together through their love for finding and spending time in interesting places. They decide to share that passion through Unfound, a mobile application that cultivates a community for those who prefer the path less traveled. Users can share and discover new places to go to. In three months of the launch of their web platform, they have had over 8000 site visitors from 94 different countries and featured on popular Instagram accounts. Currently, Unfound soft-launched its mobile app in Chicago. In this episode, we discuss Unfound's story, their participation in Northwestern's pre-accelerator Wildfire, and more!

Check out Unfound: https://unfound.app/

Chinmayi is a sophomore at Columbia Univerisity majoring in neuroscience. What started as a blog to explore neuroscience, Chinmayi quickly expanded and grew the blog into Simple Neuroscience, a student-led non-profit organization focused on interdisciplinary neuroscience and psychology education, outreach, and awareness. Since its launch, Simply Neuroscience has introduced multiple initiatives, including their very own podcast "The Synapse", Humans of Neuroscience Series, Action Potential Advising Program, and more! In this episode, we discuss Chinmayi's interest in neuroscience, her founding story, advice she has for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Sandhya graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Public Relations. When Sandhya was in high school, she and her father created the Geek Girl Careers, a career development platform that helps young women discover their dream careers in tech using personality assessments. The platform offers skill development tools, opportunities, and a network of experts to connect with. Sandhya decided to revisit Geek Girl Careers in June of this year and officially launched the platform. In this episode, we talk about Geek Girl Career's founding story, their plans to disrupt and be a resource for career exploration, the barriers to career resources, the future of Geek Girl Careers, and the advice she has for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Check out Geek Girl Careers: https://geekgirlcareers.com/

Podcast Socials: https://linktr.ee/and_this_is_how_it_started

Tejas is a recent graduate from Northwestern, and Jessika is currently attending Washington University in St. Louis. Due to the pandemic and the social inequities that rose, they founded Compass, an SMS triaging solution to increase accessibility to preventative healthcare. In this episode, we discuss Compass's founding story, their entrepreneurship experience during undergrad, forming their team, and the future of Compass.

Check out Compass: https://www.linkedin.com/company/covidcompass/

Podcast Socials: https://linktr.ee/and_this_is_how_it_started

In this episode, Isabela and Hayley discuss the indoor plant boom that's popular among Gen Z and Millennials. They discuss popular plant trends, plant care tips, and the benefits of owning a plant.

Podcast Socials: https://linktr.ee/and_this_is_how_it_started

Abigayle Peterson is a current freshman attending Western Washington University as a CS/M scholar, majoring in Computer Science. Abigayle is revolutionizing mental health with Magnify Wellness, an IOS app that aims to make mental health accessible by sharing and documenting resources and hosting mental health x STEAM events. Magnify Wellness is fiscally sponsored by Hack Club Bank. Check out Magnify Wellness on the App Store. In this episode, we discuss Abigayle's story on founding Magnify Wellness, her computer science background, and founding a non-profit called CodeHers Collective, and advice she has for aspiring ios developers, entrepreneurs, and mental health advocates.

Magnify Wellness: https://www.linkedin.com/company/magnifyapp/

IOS App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magnify-wellness/id1526188573

Podcast Socials: https://linktr.ee/and_this_is_how_it_started