Yale INSPIRE

Innovation Series Promoting Inspiration, Research, and Entrepreneurship

 

Yale INSPIRE is a partnership between the Yale Entrepreneurial Society and the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale, dedicated to hosting esteemed founders and entrepreneurially-minded speakers from diverse industries and backgrounds and fostering a culture of innovation on campus.

 

Linda Rottenberg

Founder, Endeavor (April 2024)

Joe Tsai

Founder, Alibaba

Jenny Fleiss

Founder, Rent the Runway (February 2024)

Kevin Ryan

Founder, DoubleClick, MongoDB, Business Insider

Jason Chen

Partner, Contrary

Mariam Naficy

Founder, Minted

Gary Stewart

Managing Director, Techstars NYC

Sara Du

Co-Founder & CEO, Alloy Automation

Michael Redd

Co-Founder, 22 Ventures | NBA Player

Max Mullen

Co-Founder, Instacart

Anne Wojcicki

Founder, 23andMe

Michael Seibel

Co-Founder, Twitch | Partner, YCombinator

 

Below are a few amazing founders, venture capitalists, and journalists who have previously offered advice, mentorship, and/or inspiration to yalies through speaking events, dinners, LAUNCH programming, and our podcast:

 

April Koh

Co-Founder & CEO, Spring Health

 

Tom Lehman

Founder & CEO, Genius

 

Rob Chesnut

General Counsel, Chief Ethics Officer, Airbnb

 

Gina Yoo

Head of Ventures, Entrepreneur First

 

Laila Maidan

Investing Correspondent, Business Insider

 

Priyanka Srinivas

Founder & CEO, The Live Green Co

 

Issam Freiha

Co-Founder & CEO, Blank Street Coffee

 

Sander Daniels

Founder, Thumbtack

 

Jenny Fleiss

Co-Founder, Rent the Runway

 

Emmett Shear

Co-Founder, Twitch

 

Shernaz Daver

CMO, Udacity | Operating Partner, Khosla Ventures

 

Donna Dubinsky

CEO, Palm Inc | Co-Founder, Handspring

 

Jonathan Greechan

Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute

 

Mike Hoey

Founder, Source Meridian

 

Kevin Tan

Founder, Snackpass

 

Alexandra Levine

Senior Writer, Forbes Magazine

 

Ann Miura-Ko

Co-Founder & Partner, Floodgate

 

Domm Holland

Former CEO, Fast

 

Samantha Stokes

VC & Startups Reporter, Business Insider

 

Craig Corbett

Co-Founder & Partner, Publicize

 

Dan Berger

Founder, Neon Coat

 
 

interested in speaking to yale entrepreneurs? email seth.goldin@yale.edu