What You'll Gain
Our program provides six unique benefits that help shape you as a founder or joiner on the path to building and scaling your venture.
These sessions are for students with general questions, interested in learning more about a particular industry or role, or interested in hearing about a visiting expert’s career trajectory. Students are expected to come with questions and be prepared to actively engage in discussions.
These 1:1 sessions are for students with specific questions that align with the experience, or expertise of the Visiting Expert.
Practical 1:1 advice and assistance from student and professional legal experts.
These sessions are student-led. Participants are expected to come prepared with questions or requests for the legal experts
Upcoming AMA Sessions
October 26, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Virtual via Zoom
As the Chief Product Officer at Snorkel AI, Anand loves the excitement of working with world-class teams to build and market game-changing AI products.
October 27, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Tangen Hall 342
Rich Cisek is a serial entrepreneur and early stage investor. He is an expert in AI imaging automation.
October 29, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Tangen Hall 342
Can İkinci is the Founder and President of WAM Portfolio & Asset Management, and has experience in growing retail and consumer companies.
Join Venture Lab as a Visiting Expert
As an alum, becoming a Visiting Expert provides 1:1 engagements with aspiring student entrepreneurs in search of real-world guidance from industry experts and trailblazers.
Interested? Get in touch with us below!
Students are looking to engage in one-on-one or small group sessions with:
- Founders, CEOs, and Acquisition Entrepreneurs: Individuals who have successfully launched, acquired, or led companies.
- Funders: This includes Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Debt Financers, Impact Investors, and experts in Philanthropic Giving.
- Lawyers: Professionals specialized in areas like General Practice, Intellectual Property, Startup Law, and Not-for-profit Law.
- Operator/Functional Experts: Roles such as COO, CTO, and Sales Leaders who have practical experience in managing and growing business operations.
- Subject Matter Experts: Those with deep knowledge in emerging and fast-growing fields such as AI, fintech, and other areas of interest.
It was an awesome opportunity to reconnect, to give back a little, and honestly, I’m personally motivated by meeting with these students.
Shelby Zitelman, Founder, Soom Foods