Let's be honest - we never really learn at lectures. It was all about office hours. In this spirit, we're hosting a new monthly series: Stanford Startups Office Hours.
We will have "TAs" available to answer questions - we’re here to talk about new ideas, frame priorities and opportunities, think through tough strategic questions, test new products and provide objective feedback for the issues keeping you up at night.
Come with real challenges you're facing and connect with other alumni.
This month’s TAs will be:
Zack Arnold is the co-founder of The Perfect Jean and RE2UCE. He is also president of Six Lincoln LLC., a wholesale apparel company that operates under licenses such as Kenneth Cole and Paper Denim & Cloth. He is an active e-commerce/logistic investor, including recent investments in Airhouse, Nadine West, Northbeam.io, and The Hedgehog Company. His primary areas of expertise are failing quickly, lean operations, not relying on VC money, digital ad spend, branding, the apparel supply chain, and licensing.
Ravi Srinivasan has nearly 30 years of professional experience in enterprise technology and consulting. He currently runs projects in enterprise cloud procurement and cloud training, digital transformation and governance. He is on the board of Konexio, a firm training migrants in technology skills, and Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition, focused on the use of blockchain for solving major global issues including pollution, climate and sustainability. In addition, he is a co-founder and current treasurer of Stanford Startups New York. He is currently running a practice in cloud partner training with AWS. In his prior professional career, Ravi´s background included cofounding OfficeTiger (sold to RR Donnelley in 2007 for 250mm) and Pride BPO – among the earliest business process outsourcing organizations with large offshore operations. He also program-managed a multi-year business transformation effort at Bridgewater Associates. He holds a MS from Stanford and BSE from Princeton.
Trisha Okubo is the founder and creative director of Maison Miru, the unisex system of jewelry designed to unlock your creativity. In her prior life, she worked in product management and business operations at media and ecommerce companies, where she launched the eBay Facebook app and led product strategy for the eBay global homepage. Areas of expertise include building direct to consumer retail brands, real world product management and operations, branding and creative direction, and bootstrapping high growth companies.
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 21 from 6-8pm.
Location: Maison Miru, 180 Varick Street, Suite 512, New York, NY 10014.
Price: Free