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
February 05, 2026 at 10:00am - 4:00pm
Tangen Hall 342 and 325
Joel was one of the first 100 employees at each of his last three businesses - Reddit, Pinterest, and the Google Cloud Division. Joel helped scale the growth of each to its first ~1,000 employees, to multiple factors of user/customer growth, and from pre-revenue to $500M+ revenue. Most recently Joel served on the executive team at Reddit responsible for both finance and operations. Throughout his career, Joel has led teams across most major business functions such as SaaS sales, business development, operations, and growth marketing.
This is an ideal opportunity for students interested in Reddit and Google, SaaS and business development, and growing/building a venture.
Interested in also doing a 1:1? Sign up here: https://go.oncehub.com/JoelMeek
This is an ideal opportunity for students interested in Reddit and Google, SaaS and business development, and growing/building a venture.
Interested in also doing a 1:1? Sign up here: https://go.oncehub.com/JoelMeek
February 11, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Virtual via Zoom
Randy Blumenthal is the CEO and owner of Everything But Water, a leading national swimwear and resort wear retailer.
February 12, 2026 at 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual via Zoom
Interested in a 1:1? Sign up here: https://go.oncehub.com/AarthiSrinivasan
This is an ideal opportunity for students interested in AI-driven product innovation, scaling startups, and the future of consumer technology at Target, AWS and Amazon.
This is an ideal opportunity for students interested in AI-driven product innovation, scaling startups, and the future of consumer technology at Target, AWS and Amazon.
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