Noah Friedman currently runs Top Shelf Ventures, an alcohol focused VC, and the Uncharted community, which brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and other influential people. He started his journey by meeting Michael Loeb, becoming an intern, running 3×3 insights, and kickstarting his current ventures. Noah’s Info: Twitter – @noahsfriedman Uncharted – https://www.joinuncharted.com/ Top Shelf – https://www.topshelf.ventures/ Welcome to […]

Today we talk with Keyur Shah, a UConn alum building an AI startup at Cornell Tech. Coming from a CS background, he went on to work at Amazon and being a part of the development of Alexa. He has now pivoted to the startup space and is building, Roger, which has just secured funding. Keyur’s […]

Today we talk with Akira Dunham, an investor at Connecticut Innovations. Akira is a Hillside and UConn alumni with an engineering background. His interests and passions lie within helping underserved founders through a new fund at Connecticut Innovations and the issues with urban planning / transportation. Akira’s Info: Twitter – @dunHAMandcheese Welcome to the Hillside […]

Today we talk with Cody Simms, a highly experienced venture capitalist within the sustainability space. Cody is a Partner at MCJ Collective and provides invaluable advice for venture capital and insights into the sustainability space through sharing his journey and what he is currently working on.  Cody’s Info: Twitter – @codysimms Podcast – My Climate […]

Mason Kolean talks about his experiences of being on UConn’s D1 Baseball team while working as a Managing Director at Hillside Ventures. We dive into his philosophy on priorities and taking advantage of opportunities open to students.Mason’s Info:Twitter – @KoleanMason Welcome to the Hillside Ventures Podcast, Shivam Patel and Joseph Roberts talk about the latest […]

Alex Ha shares his experience of breaking into venture capital as a student and co-founding the Ivey Venture Capital Club with over 280 members. His mission is to share his experience, knowledge, and network to help students be successful in the venture capital space through informational sessions, meeting with venture capitalists, and sharing opportunities with […]

Allie Davenport instills key lessons learned through building a company as a college student and the five core principles of networking. She weaves in stories from her journey, like ubering to a USC venture event and how a humbling moment of failure ultimately led to closing a five-figure deal. 2:15 — Be interesting22:22 — Be […]

In this episode we take a deep dive into the EdTech industry where Jeeva Shunmugaraja and Dhanush Kotumraju talk about their experiences as student venture capitalists within the EdTech industry and their journey within Hillside Ventures. Welcome to the Hillside Ventures Podcast, Shivam Patel and Joseph Roberts talk about the latest in venture capital and […]

In this episode we take a deep dive into the Sustainability industry where Joseph Roberts and Dominick Zampino talk about their experiences as student venture capitalists within the Sustainability industry, their fight with the climate change issues, and Hillside Ventures. Welcome to the Hillside Ventures Podcast, Shivam Patel and Joseph Roberts talk about the latest […]

Episode Show Notes: Welcome to the Hillside Ventures Podcast, Shivam Patel and Joseph Roberts talk about the latest in venture capital and entrepreneurship as student venture capitalists in Hillside Ventures, the University of Connecticut’s $1M student run venture fund. In this episode we take a deep dive into the InsurTech industry where Aditya Shah and […]