Sean Toy was born in Fort Worth, Texas. His family moved around a bit when he was a kid and he wound up in Massachusetts for his high school years. He returned to Texas for college at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas and studied business. He recently completed a …
Nick Mathews is CEO of MainVest. MainVest is on a mission to bring investment capital directly to Main Street, so as to keep our local businesses alive and growing during and after this pandemic crisis. His business has helped small brick and mortar companies since 2018, but their mission to …
Ted Quinn is the CEO and Co-founder of Activate Care, a digital health company helping everybody engaged in the healthcare system – clinicians, patients, families, and communities – act together to make health happen, wherever they are. Ted has decades of experience leading healthcare IT and technology companies. Prior to …
Mary is a Computer Science and Philosophy student at Harvard, and one of the cofounders of Immigrants Like Us, a legal-tech nonprofit that is building a free “turbo-tax” for immigration. After being on the founding team of Upsolve, a legal-tech nonprofit for Chapter 7 bankruptcy which helped discharge more than …
Luigi Ghilardi is a finance and veteran technology entrepreneur. He started his career in mortgage banking in California where he remained until the mortgage crisis in 2008. Luigi serves as director and board member of Clearmove Ltd, a global mobility software company headquartered in London and with offices in New …
Ashish Fernando is the Founder and CEO of the EdTech Startup- iSchoolConnect, a Google-sponsored online admissions platform for international students. While applying for an MBA in the USA in 2012, Ashish realized the errors and bias in the international admissions process. He decided to conduct his own intensive research and …
Follow your intuition and believe in what you can bring to this world. Diana Stelin is an award-winning artist, Best of Boston educator, published author and mother of three. She managed DTR Modern Galleries, a gallery chain with locations in New York, Palm Beach, Washington DC and Boston for …
Learn to focus and seek feedback from peers more quickly. The focused mindshare and capital will drive your success. Patrick Cahill is an entrepreneur and the founder of #twiceasnice Recruiting, a firm that helps clients save money and hire better with custom built searches, 9.9% fee, and an 18-month …
Learn how to listen and really understand other perspectives. Joseph C. Vessecchia was born at Montefiore hospital in the Bronx, New York in 1991. After a few years of living in the city, he moved to Chappaqua, New York–about 45 minutes from Manhattan with his parents. He also has …
You’re more likely to regret the chance you didn’t take than the chance you did and failed, so don’t let the risk of failure hold you back. Comedian and actor Chet Harding first began performing at talent nights in high school. He graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College …