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.
Here are our speakers for Yale INSPIRE 2023, which kicked off with LAUNCH in August:
Joe Tsai (October 2023)
Founder, Alibaba
Kevin Ryan (September 2023)
Founder, DoubleClick, MongoDB, Business Insider
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