Tiger Ventures, Unfiltered

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Adam Bragg is an entrepreneur, speaker and former professional athlete. He is focused on identifying, developing and marketing new ideas and tools that enable individuals to improve and better manage their lives as well as achieve their full potential. Bragg co-founded and is currently managing two startup companies, Quickr and Experience Communities, that are disrupting the health care and education industries, respectively.

This episode features a former TigerLaunch competitor Steven Li who shares his startup journey as a graduate student at Princeton University. His current company, StarSpec, is making space accessible through the availability of standardized sub-orbital technologies – satellites, hardware and software – that can allow researchers and technology developers to get access to space or near-space without the risk, cost and long development times associated with a typical space mission.  Tune in to learn how Steven raised a lot of money without losing any equity and what challenges does such a tech and science heavy startup face when constructing a team.  TigerVentures Season 3 could not have been possible without the support of Prospect Student Ventures (PSV) and Princeton’s Entrepreneurship club! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @tigerventures_unfiltered

This episode has been prepared specifically for this year's TigerLaunch recruiting season. Learn more about TL and the podcast through a more informal medium.

For our last episode of TigerVentures Season 2, this episode features Naomi Benenson, the 2020-2021 Director of TigerLaunch. As her directorship comes to an end, this episode dives into her time and experience at TigerLaunch this season. TigerVentures Season 2 could not have been possible without the support of Prospect Student Ventures (PSV) and Princeton’s Entrepreneurship club! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @tigerventures_unfiltered

This episode features one of the winners of TigerLaunch’s Pitch Competition: Plexus. We discussed their experience at the competition as well as the story behind Plexus’ journey, from an idea in middle school English class to launching Plexus and competing this past weekend. TigerVentures Season 2 could not have been possible without the support of Prospect Student Ventures (PSV) and Princeton’s Entrepreneurship club!

This episode features the winner of TigerLaunch’s Pitch Competition: Junction as well as the co-founder and CEO, Cindy Han. We discuss her experience creating -- from wire jewelry in middle school to coding and building Junction, a user-friendly and flexible feedback ecosystem for education. TigerVentures Season 2 could not have been possible without the support of Prospect Student Ventures (PSV) and Princeton’s Entrepreneurship club! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @tigerventures_unfiltered

This episode features Mandela Schumacher-Hodge Dixon and her journey as a founder, from teaching and working in education to falling head over heels for entrepreneurship, creating Founder Gym, an online program training underrepresented founders on how to raise capital to scale their tech startups across 25 countries and 6 continents. TigerVentures Season 2 could not have been possible without the support of Prospect Student Ventures (PSV) and Princeton’s Entrepreneurship club! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @tigerventures_unfiltered

This episode features Austin Mejia, and is another one of our TigerLaunch Pitch Competition competitor features. We discuss his journey in entrepreneurship, from finding his interest in entrepreneurship at a Princeton hackathon, directing IgniteSTEM and the Princeton Entrepreneurship club, to founding Donera, the plug-in for the planet. TigerVentures Season 2 could not have been possible without the support of Prospect Student Ventures (PSV) and Princeton’s Entrepreneurship club!  Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @tigerventures_unfiltered

This episode features Jailany Thiaw, and marks one of our first TigerLaunch Pitch Competition competitor features. We discuss his journey in entrepreneurship, from growing up between Senegal, West Africa, and Oregon, studying mechanical engineering at Princeton, to founding UPskill and creating a resource for internships and recruiting.