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Is it possible for a 22-year-old college senior to start a company, one that 14 years later is valued at $3.6 billion? Apparently, it is — and Will Ahmed did it. Ahmed is the founder & CEO of WHOOP, a wearable fitness band built to
Bill Gurley, General Partner at Benchmark and one of the most influential venture capitalists of the last three decades has written a book and, in some ways, his recent visit to Questrom was… a book talk. Runnin’ Down a Dream: How to Thrive in a Career You
On April 1, our student-led speaker series, funded by the Raif Dinçkök Student Forum Fund, hosted Alex Sacerdote, CEO and Founder of Whale Rock Capital Management. For over an hour, Sacerdote responded to questions posed by student Yash Seth about all things technology investment related.
That small device we all carry around in our pockets began in 1876 as the first instrument to transmit sound electronically across wires — the telephone. Its inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, was a Boston University professor at the time. Famously, the first words spoken into
Because businesses are such an integral part of our society, how they are run and in particular, how they respond to external risks matter. Our recent “Corporations in Politics” discussion dove into how corporations approach the new paradigm of managing political risk as a core
Since 2013, Bombas has donated over $200 million pairs of socks, tee shirts, and underwear. At the March 18 WBUR Breakfast Club, its founders, David Heath and Randy Goldberg, sat down with journalist Ari Shapiro to talk about their successful mission-driven business. Heath and Goldberg
Our student-led speaker series, funded by the Raif Dinçkök Student Forum Fund, continues to bring exceptional business leaders to campus. On February 25, we hosted Joe Terino, partner at L Catterton, the world’s largest consumer-focused private equity firm. Joe Terino is also a Terrier, having
It’s not every day that you get to ask questions of a Federal Reserve Board governor. On February 9, Questrom students and faculty were able to do just that. For a full day of events, we hosted Federal Reserve Board governor Stephen Miran, a Boston University alum. Probably the highlight of the day was a live
The room was packed and the conversation frank – and full of insights. For an hour on January 22, former NPR host Ari Shapiro interviewed Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert over a range of topics. The Mehrotra Institute’s partnership with WBUR’s Breakfast Club is off to
This episode tackles a challenge facing boardrooms right now: the intersection of geopolitics and corporate governance. For decades, companies followed a playbook built on global integration and efficiency. But now that playbook is being rewritten by trade wars, sanctions, and supply chain disruptions. So how
For students who will soon enter the business world, corporate governance might be something they haven’t given much thought to. What does it entail? What does good corporate governance even mean? And what kinds of questions should we be asking? The 2nd annual Mehrotra Summit on November 10 was
At its core, antitrust is about reining in concentrated power. But in a world where digital platforms shape our choices and markets evolve, the boundaries of competition and fairness seem to be shifting.Who truly gets to compete? What keeps markets open and innovative? And how
