Entrepreneurship Office Hours
Get important feedback on your venture or entrepreneurial career goals, delve deeper into your entrepreneurial plans, learn about Lang Center and university resources around entrepreneurship, move your aspirations forward. Lang Center Office Hours are open to current students and alumni.
Important Information:
Office hours are available on a first-come first-served basis. Upon signing up for office hours, you will receive a confirmation email. A reminder email will be sent to you 24 hours in advance of your meeting. You are required to cancel any appointments you can no longer attend at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Failure to do so will result in the inability to schedule future office hour appointments.
Office Hours Practitioners
Rob Delman '98
Managing Director, Golden Seeds
Expertise: Fundraising; Startups; Investor Pitch; Advisory Board Formation; Business Idea Evaluation
Jesse Hertzberg '03
Founder, Redfive Operating Ventures
Expertise: Product Discovery; Customer Discovery; Customer Acquisition; Pitching; Hiring
Liz Leahy '96
Co-Founder, Section 101
Expertise: Pitch Development (Customers and Partnerships); Business Canvas Modeling; Branding and Creative; Audience and Customer Engagement; Website and Email as Direct Marketing Channels
Jack McGourty
Director, Community and Global Entrepreneurship, Founder, Venture For All®
Expertise: Customer Discovery; Market Research; Minimum Viable Product Design; Product Realization; Organizational Culture
Carol Rattray '81
Co-Founder, Zoomdojo
Expertise: Career Strategy; International Business; Working at Early-Stage Ventures; Women in Business; Tech Startups
Brian Rich '87
Managing Partner, Catalyst Investors
Expertise: Venture Capital/Growth Equity; Tech-Enabled Services; Telecom/Media; Capital Formation; C-Suite Coaching
Barbara Roberts
New York Chair, Tiger 21
Expertise: Startups; Coaching; Angel Investing; Growth; Exit Strategies
Scott Smedresman
Partner, McCarter & English
Expertise: Startup Legal; Financing; Technology Transactions; Growth Counseling; M&A
Wendy Xiao Schadeck '16
Investment Manager, Northzone
Expertise: Media; FinTech; Real Estate; Tech; EdTech; Blockchain
Ben Zhuk '11
Serial Founder with Three Exits and Advisor
Expertise: Product; Go-to-Market Strategy; Team; Fundraising; Co-founder Issues
Ashley Zwick
Director, Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center
Expertise: Lang Center and University Entrepreneurship-Related Resources; Social Entrepreneurship; General Support
Peer-to-Peer Advisors
Julia Takeda '18
Expertise: Founding a startup; Working at Early-Stage Ventures; Work/Life Flow; Customer Discovery; Hiring