Episode 32: Trisha Beher '25 is empowering the next generation of women leaders

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Last summer, something monumental happened. One of Uncuffed's founding producers, Greg Eskridge, came home after more than 30 years in prison. In this episode we’ll bring you back to that emotional day last summer when he walked out of the San Quentin gates, free at last. Our work in prisons is supported by the California Arts Council, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, independent foundations, and donations from listeners like you. Learn more, sign up for Uncuffed news, and support the program at www.weareuncuffed.org Follow us @WeAreUncuffed on Instagram and Facebook Transcripts are available within a week of the episode coming out at www.kalw.org/podcast/uncuffed…

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Our new episode features Trisha Beher ’25, founder of Women Leaders of Color at Cornell and the Art Shine Foundation. Trisha is a student in the College of Business who founded Women Leaders of Color as a first-year student to unite and empower women of color and prepare them for leadership roles in their fields.

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Episode 32: Trisha Beher '25 is empowering the next generation of women leaders

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Episode 41: Upcycling fruits and veggies into luxury bags 35:38

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Our new episode features Heather Jiang MBA '16, founder of Allegorie, a small-batch accessory company that turns discarded fruits into beautiful wallets, bags and backpacks. The bags reduce food waste and greenhouse gas emissions and are designed and created in New York City’s garment district.

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Episode 40: Helping young VCs learn the ropes 35:52

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Our new episode features Sakib Jamal ‘19, vice president at Crossbeam Venture Partners. Jamal was recently chosen for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, in part for his book, "The Young VC's Handbook," a tactical guide for newcomers to venture capital. In the book, some of the smartest young minds in VC share actionable advice. Proceeds from the book go to help underprivileged children attend primary school in Jamal’s home country of Bangladesh.…

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Episode 39: Breanna Neff '16 is bringing CBD-infused ingredients to the drink mix market 29:18

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Our newest episode features Breanna Neff ‘16, founder and chief food scientist at brelixi, a company that makes drink mixes infused with nano-CBD or THC, as well as electrolytes, adaptogens and nootropics. Neff studied food science, technology, business, nutrition and health at Cornell. Before founding brelixi, she worked with Dannon and Evian, as well as in the startup world.…

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Episode 38: Lloyd Robinson ’87 takes his family’s business to the next level 35:54

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Our newest episode features Lloyd Robinson ’87, president and owner of Awisco, a family-owned welding business started in 1952. With 10 locations across the New York metro area and a sales presence in South Florida, Lloyd has led the company through lots of changes and has hosted Cornell interns for more than 20 summers. Lloyd graduated from the ILR School.…

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Episode 37: Jen Barnwell ’96 is a champion for independent and boutique hotels 39:51

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Our newest episode features Jen Barnwell ‘96, president of Curator Hotel & Resort Collection. Curator is a collection of hand-selected independent hotels and resorts whose mission is to have independent hotels join forces and get the power of scale without sacrificing the spirit of independence.

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Episode 36: Smoke Wallin helps entrepreneurs make the best exit 42:36

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This month, we talk business, mentorship, life lessons and spirituality with Smoke Wallin '88, a serial entrepreneur and managing director & partner at STS Capital, a global boutique investment bank focused on mergers and acquisitions.

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Episode 35: Josh Gully and partners build investment firm for the ultra-wealthy 27:35

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Our newest episode features Josh Gully ‘83, managing director of NewEdge Wealth and founding member of their New York office. NewEdge was started in 2020 and has grown to manage more than $55 billion for ultra-high net worth and family office clients.

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Episode 34: Jamey Edwards is on a mission to fix healthcare 40:58

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Our new episode features Jamey Edwards, president & chief strategy officer at Koko Home, a company providing radar driven, AI-enabled solutions for healthcare and an Entrepreneur in Residence of StartUp Health, which was founded in 2011 to invest in global health entrepreneurs.

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Episode 33: Andrea Ippolito wants to demystify baby feeding and more for new parents 40:39

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Cornell alumna Andrea Ippolito, CEO and founder of SimpliFed, has launched and scaled a maternal health operating system. Her core business focuses on breastfeeding and baby feeding support, but she's also tackling broader maternal health issues.

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Episode 32: Trisha Beher '25 is empowering the next generation of women leaders 36:01

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Episode 31: Tim Barry created the health care system "patients deserve" 39:35

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Our newest episode features Tim Barry ‘93, the chair and CEO of VillageMD, and this year’s Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year. Barry founded VillageMD in 2013 with the idea that he could use technology, population insights and a network of expert health care professionals to provide high-quality care, better patient outcomes and a reduction in total costs.…

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Episode 30:Undergrad helps her peers find off-campus housing 24:47

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Our newest episode features Peyton Johnson, a member of the Class of 2024 and founder of a company that helps students find off-campus housing. Her company is part of this year’s eLab, a Cornell student accelerator powered by Student Agencies Foundation and Entrepreneurship at Cornell. Peyton is also a Milstein Scholar at Cornell and is majoring in math with a concentration in computer science.…

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Episode 29: Ushering high tech into the hospitality industry 32:03

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Our new episode features Harman Singh Narula ‘09, co-founder and CEO of Canary Technologies, a hotel technology company. Canary provides a host of guest-facing operations technologies to thousands of hotels across the globe.

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Episode 28: Tapping the latest tech in marketing for fashion brands 39:41

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Our newest episode features Matt Nastos ’10, CEO of Maison MRKT, a digital marketing agency specializing in growth marketing, customer acquisition, lead generation and business intelligence. Matt founded the agency with his brother, Lexi. Using technology and data analytics, the agency helps brands manage their customer relationships from discovery all the way through to retention and loyalty. They also support early-stage ventures with marketing mentorship, as well as offer marketing help to non-profits and academic organizations.…

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Episode 27: Fighting for better health care in sub-Saharan Africa 42:50

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Our newest episode features Osei Boateng ’18, MHA ‘20, founder of OKB Hope Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to transforming healthcare delivery in Africa especially in rural and low-income communities.The organization offers mobile health clinics that travel to remote locations in Ghana to offer routine medical care. Boateng is also one of the finalists for CNN’s Hero of the Year contest. You can vote for him every day until Dec. 5 at this link: https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/vote/10/…

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Episode 26: Your treat for National Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day! 24:28

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Our new episode features Lauren Brand ’12, co-founder of Fatty Sundays, a company that creates chocolate covered pretzels in an array of unique flavors that are customizable for any occasion. Lauren and her sister Ali founded the business to share their mom’s famous rainbow sprinkle recipe with the world, as well as other gourmet pretzel varieties. We talk about how they choose new flavors, what it’s like to work with your family and some exciting new changes coming for the brand.…

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Episode 25: Switching from CEO to entrepreneurial coach 34:48

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Our newest episode features Colin Day ’97 founder and former CEO of iCIMS, a company that offers cloud software for recruiting to help organizations attract, hire and advance employees who will build a diverse and winning workforce. Now an advisor to iCIMS, Day is helping to give back to the business community through advising and board memberships. He’s also engaged in philanthropy centered on climate justice.…

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Episode 24: A prescription product to help people at risk of suicide 43:13

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Our newest episode features Seth Feuerstein ‘94, founder of Oui Therapeutics, a company developing a digital therapeutic going through the FDA process and seeking to be the first prescription product available for people at risk of dying by suicide. A psychiatrist and an attorney, Seth is also the executive director and founder of Yale School of Medicine’s Center for Digital Health and Innovation. We talk about the incredible impact this new product could have and about Seth's other digital health companies.…

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Episode 23: Alumna’s company creates food for healthy hounds 33:29

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Our new episode features Kim Hehir ’94, cofounder and president of Brutus Broth, a family-run business created from a passion and commitment to enhance canine diets. Kim talks about her journey to founding Brutus Broth with her sister, after starting her career in the hospitality industry, and also shares how they navigated the complicated pet food and supplement marketplace.…

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Episode 22: Steven Izen '13 helps people find balance in life 24:57

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The 22st episode of this Entrepreneurship at Cornell podcast features Steven Izen ’13, founder and CEO of Lokai and Elements. Lokai, the iconic bracelet brand, inspires its community to find balance in life and Izen’s newest venture, Elements of Balance, is a functional beverage brand that uses clinically-effective levels of adaptogens to support energy, focus, calm and sleep. Izen talks about the family member who was his inspiration for starting Lokai, how he grew the company and some of the best advice he’s ever been given as an entrepreneur.…

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Episode 21: Nona Ullman helps teachers know what’s working in their classrooms 34:45

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The 21st episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Nona Ullman ‘88, CEO of LessonLoop and president of Improve LLC, companies focused on the public education and information technology sectors. Ullman talks about building her business to help improve learning for kids in K-12 classrooms by helping teachers to measure student engagement and offers advice for young entrepreneurs. The Startup Cornell podcast, which launched in summer 2021, features interviews with Cornell entrepreneurs, who tell their stories of successes and failures and offer actionable advice for building and growing a business.…

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Episode 20: Some advice for life from Barry Beck, Cornell's Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 25:12

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The 20th episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, features Barry Beck ’90, co-founder and former CEO of Bluemercury, the nationwide luxury beauty brand that was acquired by Macy’s in 2015. Beck is also the founder and CEO of Evenly Technologies, Inc., a technology and telemedicine orthodontic platform, and co-founder of M-61 Laboratories, creators of M-61 Skincare and Lune+Aster Cosmetics, the first clinical vegan and sustainable cosmetic brands. Beck talks about how he built his businesses, offers advice for new entrepreneurs and shares his thoughts on the importance of family.…

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Episode 19: Trishala Dessai is looking out for gig workers 35:41

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Our 19th episode features Trishala Dessai ’17 MBA ‘23, founder of Gig-Up, a startup that matches gig-economy workers to consumers to complete the consumer’s to-do-lists. Dessai is a member of eLab, Cornell’s student business accelerator.

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Episode 18: Creating tech to improve workplace diversity & inclusion 32:52

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Natalie Egan ’02 (she/her), founder of Translator Inc., a startup that builds diversity, equity and inclusion software for corporations, schools and nonprofits, talks about how she started her business.

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Episode 17: Find out who Horatio is and why you should hire him 33:47

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Our new episode features Jared Karson ‘13, co-founder and CFO of Horatio, a business that allows companies to outsource their customer support and back-office support tasks.

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Episode 16: Great wine with no alcohol? You heard that right. 38:06

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Our 16th episode features Julia and Alexander Littauer, co-founders of Sovi Wine, a company that’s created high-quality non-alcoholic wines for times when you want a glass of wine but not the alcohol. They tell the story of how they launched this business after graduating with MBAs from Cornell, how their extensive experience in the wine industry helps them to create their product and what’s next for the company.…

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Episode 15: Save time at work with Tango 37:17

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The 15th episode of our podcast features Ken Babcock ‘13, co-founder of Tango, a company that helps you to create beautiful step-by-step how-to guides with screenshots. He talks about how his product, a free-to-use Chrome extension, works to capture and create written, step-by-step how-to guides in real-time without the need for video recording, solving a time-consuming problem for anyone who has to document a process.…

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Episode 14: At-home medical test company offers privacy, efficiency 35:26

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The 14th episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features David Stein MBA ‘20, co-founder and CEO of Ash Wellness, a company that makes healthcare more accessible and inclusive by offering at-home testing kits. The company started offering kits for sexually-transmitted diseases, but has expanded to offer tests for hormones, metabolism, thyroid and numerous other conditions, as well as screenings and routine testing needed to manage chronic conditions.…

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Episode 13: Aziza Glass juggles her vet practice with a hit show on Disney 36:51

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The 13th episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Aziza Glass D.V.M. ‘15, owner of Personal Touch Veterinary Clinic and a star on the Disney XD and Hulu show“Roman to the Rescue.” She also has her own line of hair, face and body products and is launching a line of planners and organizational tools.…

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Episode 12: Celebrating our one-year anniversary! 47:43

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