Will Warby Parker’s IPO be a down round? An S-1 Teardown
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Founded a ten-week startup incubator to help Stanford student entrepreneurs develop business plans and pitch to investors. Created the curriculum, recruited mentors and speakers, selected student teams, and managed marketing and scheduling for the spring 2015 and fall 2015 sessions. Program consists of weekly workshops with venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, mentorship, and a final pitch day. Fall pitch day was attended by 175+ investors and covered by CNBC.
CIO of the financial branch of Stanford's student government, an organization with 100 student employees. Manage a team of financial analysts in a variety of funding and finance-related projects. Member of the Audit and Finance Committee of the ASSU's Board of Directors. •Supervise the management of the ASSU's $18 million endowment. Developed a new endowment management proposal that was approved by the Board of Directors, which included an investment policy statement, internal charter, and liquidity management plan. Collaborated with representatives from the Stanford Management Company and the University Budget Office. •Oversee the disbursal of $3.5 million in funds to Stanford's 800+ student groups. Authored a 50-page bill (approved by students in fall 2015) to make funding more flexible and reduce unspent funds by $500k annually. Wrote the ASSU's $870k overhead budget. •Created the Cardinal Fund, an experiential investment management class for undergraduates focused around managing $1 million of the ASSU's endowment. Recruited two professors from the Stanford Graduate School of Business to teach the 30-student course.
Talks about Warby Parker, Direct To Consumer and S1
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