Emily Baum

Program Director

2022 - Current

Adjunct Professor

2021

Teaching Startup Lab: How to Build a Scalable Startup class to students in the new BS in Business, Technology and Entrepreneurship (BTE) degree program. This course provides real world, hands-on learning on what its like to start a new venture. Startup Lab is a practical class — essentially a lab. The goal is to create a simulated entrepreneurial experience for students with all the pressures and demands of a real world early stage startup within the constraints of the classroom setting. Emily also co-designed and co-taught the first iteration of Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship: The Entrepreneurial Mindset to undergraduate students in the new BS in Business, Technology and Entrepreneurship (BTE) degree program.

Member

2021

Adjunct Professor

2019

Teaching Lean Launchpad class to graduate computer science students at NYU in the MS-CEI program earning a Master's degree in Computing, Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The course is designed for computer science students and technology professionals interested in pursuing entrepreneurship or assuming leadership roles in innovative technology based organizations. The MS-CEI students will go through various stages of technological entrepreneurship including problem conceptualization, idea incubation, product development, pilot deployment and effectiveness evaluation towards nurturing them to pursue their concepts into realities.

Co-Founder and Executive Director

2016

Reboot Democracy was created to bring innovators in technology and politics together. The organization is creating an ecosystem of support for early-stage innovators who are building technology to strengthen democracy. Reboot Democracy mobilized 750+ participants via nationwide events and is currently building the first-ever democracy-focused startup accelerator to support growth in the democracy tech sector. If you’d like to get involved or donate, please visit www.rebootdem.com

CEO / Founder

2013

Investor, Innovation Venture Fund at NYU

2021 - 2023

Lead technology investments for the NYU Innovation Venture Fund, a seed stage fund with the Entrepreneurial Institute at NYU.

Inclusive Entrepreneurship Lead + Senior Programs Manager

2018 - 2021

Emily leads numerous programs and serves as an in-house mentor and coaches NYU entrepreneurs through various stages of launching a startup. The NYU Entrepreneurial Institute at the Leslie eLab leads University-wide initiatives to launch successful startups and commercialize technology created by NYU’s 60,000 students, faculty and researchers. The Institutes' team of startup experts offers educational programming and events, and helps identify funding opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs in the NYU community.

Senior Product Manager

2016 - 2016

From spec writing to post-release analysis, led feature development with the goal of increasing basket size, average order value, and overall growth and retention.

Entrepreneur-in-Residence / Curriculum Designer & Instructor

2013 - 2015

During Emily's time as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Citrix Startup Accelerator, she served as a Curriculum Designer for the Citrix Innovators Program and Design Thinking/Lean Startup Coach. • Designed curriculum for a 12-week Design Thinking and Lean focused accelerator program in collaboration with the Citrix Customer Experience and Startup Accelerator teams • Taught intensive 3-day Lean/Design Thinking boot-camps in Sydney, Redmond, Raleigh, and Santa Clara • Coached 18 enterprise-focused startups and several internal teams through early stages of customer discovery – introducing them to a variety of ethnographic research techniques (interviewing, surveying, etc.)

Mentor

2013 - 2013