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Visiting Experts
The Visiting Experts Program is a Venture Lab program that provides students with the opportunity to meet alumni founders, entrepreneurs, subject matter experts, and industry experts in one-on-one or small group AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions. The program aims to provide insights into the practical, conceptual, and personal challenges of launching, acquiring, or growing a venture.
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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.
Ask Me Anything Events

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.

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Alumni Visiting Experts

These 1:1 sessions are for students with specific questions that align with the experience, or expertise of the Visiting Expert.

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Legal Experts

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

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Upcoming AMA Sessions

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Explorer
Visiting Experts AMA & 1:1 Sessions: Josh Devon - CEO of Sublime Strategy - 4/22
April 22, 2025 at 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Tangen Hall 342; Tuesday, Apr 22nd at 12:00 PM EDT
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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.  
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Contact Program Team
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
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