Students in the new venture track of the program will start their entrepreneurial journey as the founder of a new venture. The program provides resources specific to each founder’s industry and needs, whether that is a student aspiring to launch a business in the B2B or B2C space, a student needing help navigating the unique regulatory, research and development, intellectual property, and other challenges that healthcare startups face, a student needing support with starting a venture located in a developing economy or one with social impact, or a student needing any other type of specialized help.
Businesses that students are working on will be as market-ready and as fundable as possible by graduation, but ultimately, the program aims to provide entrepreneurs with the experiences, tools and frameworks that they can use to continue to grow as entrepreneurs throughout their careers.
Lauren Biegler '23 / RipplTech is a cloud-based SaaS fundraising and events platform that harnesses the power of e-commerce practices, machine learning, and predictive analytics to grow nonprofits’ donor base, revenue, and ability to achieve their missions.
Miguel Caruncho '23 / Habit Food Group is a ghost kitchen startup aiming to improve access to nutritionally balanced food in the Philippines.
Jake Erichson '23 / Renota gives math students feedback on their work and saves teachers time. Our software accepts student handwritten work and understands it, automatically marking correctness and identifying student mistakes.
Ivan Giganov '23 / GeoOpt is geospatial and artificial intelligence platform that provides brick and mortar businesses with cutting-edge tools and high-quality data to plan and optimize their operations.
Will Liao '23 / nomi is an accessible all-in-one cocktail mixer born from the belief that the best way to explore the world is through flavor.
Keyaira Lock Adewunmi '23 / Spice & Sage is a psychedelic media brand catered to Black + Brown communities seeking culturally informed plant medicine education, experiences, and resources rooted in spiritual, ancestral, or communal values.
Christian Nikolopoulos '23 / Play By Numbers is a comprehensive sports betting platform that takes the pain out of research and analysis, saving you time and making it easier for you to bet and win.
Yesuto Shaw '23 / Opto Financial provides personal finance tools targeted at the unique needs of graduate students and workers who do not earn a regular monthly income.
Teghdeep Singh '23 / Weedots is a direct-to-consumer infant and kids apparel brand with a mission to provide innovative apparel solutions for children of millennial parents only using environmentally-friendly, fair-trade and sustainable manufacturing practices while maintaining competitive price points.
Daniel Suh '24 / Soom Shower transforms your body and mind with clean water, healing vitamins, and relaxing aromatherapy. The Soom Showerhead contains filters to remove impurities in shower water, and infuses scented vitamins that nourish skin and hair.
2021-22 Cohort Justin Allen ’22 / Vet EquityNicole Cuervo ’22 / Springrose Jamie Curran ’22 / Jaes Catherine Lamb ’22 / Liquid Confidence Sarah Pinner ’22 / Beni Jonathan Schroeder ’22 / Datum Siddharth Sharma ’22 / GreenGrahi Shanna Traphoner-Liu ’22 / bekome |
2020-21 Cohort Anastasia Evanich ’21 / The Adrenal DrinkSam Jactel ’21 / Agora Health Sara Jandeska ’22 / Blue Comet Medical Solutions Alyssa Marazzo ’21 /Ciclo Emily Mohr ’21 / Nine Times Bakery Sarita Patankar ’21 / HuddleMD Ben Preston ’21 / Gearflow Adam Turville ’21 / FinLit Oliver Yiu ’21 / mySkin |
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2019-20 Cohort Jennifer Daily ’20 / Lana Kila Phil O’Brien ’20 / Limelight Chris Rochester ’20 / Primary Colors Marcus Schneider ’20 / again&again Will Zheng ’20 / Colorfil Michelle Zighelboim ’20 / Zéta |
Adam Cohen ’20 / Stemloop Hanna Colin ’20 / B-Vitals Amit Gupta ’20 / Cardiosense Ana Kakkar ’20 / Every Clinic Kartik Kesavabhotla ’21 / airmid Health Xiao Zhang ’20 / Amasu |
Rafael Leite ’20 / Beniccio Sinthuja Nagalingam ’20 / Tilt Brunna Seabra ’20 / Dindin |
2018-19 Cohort Kimmie Carey '19 / The Dose Co. David Costello '19 / Kengos Alex Eng '19 / SLATE Daniel Kolb '19 / Commit Cara Morphew '19 / BeenThere Adam Motley '19 / Movo Chair |
Kyle Metz '19 / Jabiru Medical LLC Tim Taxter '19 |
Enrique Evoli '19 / KIN Industries Sahar Jamal '19 / Maziwa Stephane Manuel '19 / TrueFiktion Don Meier '19 / LineShift Sam Schiller '19 / Carbon Yield Julian Sheinbaum '19 / Teachability |
2017-18 Cohort Jennifer Barron ’18 / Outfox Kathryn Bernell ’18 / reHarvest Provisions Allison Brown ’18 / Cariset Rei Kawano ’18 / Heed Foods Chase Michalek ’18 / Hilltop Health Brittany Phillips ’18 / Carewaye Milan Raj ’18 / Shaadi Destinations Adam Swick ’18 / Swick Capital |
Andrew Cabodi ’18 / BackWave Technologies Dianna He ’18 / Sit the Moon Health David Nguyen ’18 / okam health Kyle Wildnauer Haigney ’18 / ScriptPass |
Nakul Khanna ’18 / Instago Alejandro Orvananos Obregon ’18 /Qualtrium Zain Shahzad ’18 / Allif Patrick Tagny Diesse ’18 / Afiri |
2016-17 Cohort Nathan Cooper ’17 / Wise Apple Rachael Feuerborn ’17 / Finch Roshni Khurana ’17 / The Right Hook Jared Scharen ’17 / eRetirements Tiffany Smith ’17 / Tiltas Carolyn Snider ’17 / Welltended Eduardo Uriarte Ruiz ’17 / Kairos Rachel Xanttopoulos ’17 / Daybreak |
Healthcare Track Barath Anandakumar ’17 / ActiWit Gal Ben Dor ’17 / Getoo Todd Cruikshank ’17 / Surgical Innovation Associates Smit Naik ’17 / Actualize Therapy Eloy Vinuales ’17 / PrediCare |
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2015-16 Cohort Jordan Hollander ’16 / Citykey Nidheesh Patel ’16 / Carvenient Blair Pircon ’16 / The Graide Network Bobby Powers ’16 / SharEd Justin Saeheng ’16 / IFM Technologies Beth Santos ’16 / Wanderful Asaf Segev ’16 / Syteful Rebecca Sholiton ’16 / Wise Apple |
2014-15 Cohort Jeremy Bolian ’15 /Acentive Jesse Chang ’16 / MDAR Technologies, Inc. Michael Jung ’15 / UroProx Stephen Lane ’16 / FlyHomes Priya Mathew ’15 / Practico Luciana Silva De Oliveira ’15 / New Hope Ecotech Kieren Patel ’16 / Opticent Health Gaurav Shenai ’15 / Touchtrail Tyler Wanke ’15 / Innoblative |
2013-14 Cohort Christopher Chon ’14 / Leonard & Church Mathew Elenjickal ’14 / Four Kites Vaibhov Goel ’14 / Tuplee Travis Granger ’14 / Arbyl April (Yong Kyung) Kim ’14 /Chatting Cat Daniel Klein ’15 / REPP Jeremy O’Briant ’14 / License Buddy Jason Sandler ’15 / Innoblative |
Skyler Almquist '23
Shuntaro Kanai '23
Ani Narasimhan '23
Matt Ostrowski '23
Rajan Patel '23
Miriam Prosnitz '23
Rahul Puranmalka '23
Samir Siddiqui '23
Brett Sleyster '23
Juan Villegas '23
2021-22 Cohort Matt Brugner ‘22Nick Buege ‘22 Marcus Castro ‘22 Daniel Herrera Kheneyzir ‘22 Hereford Johnson ‘22 Bijeet Mukherjee ‘22 Alex Nay ‘22 Joshua Zhang ‘22 |
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2020-21 Cohort Asad Berani ‘21Edgar Blanco Company ‘21 Dylan Ketcham ‘21 Elwin Ng ‘21 Alexis Osborn ‘21 Adam Root ‘21 Jaison Thomas ‘21 |
2019-20 Cohort Alex Biegler ‘20Caroline Haid ‘20 Erica Hauser ‘20 Jason Luo ‘20 Monte Malhotra ’20 Matthew O'Neill ‘20 Jessica Palfrey ‘20 Juan Reyes ‘20 Spencer Springer ‘20 Dan Violi ‘20 |
2018-19 Cohort Ian Goldberg '19Dan Kish '19 Isauro Reyna Valenciana '19 Fernando Ribeiro '19 Andro Rodriguez '19 Nick Seger '19 Robbie Sutkay '19 Blake Toll '19 Mayank Vijayvergia '19 |
2017-18 Cohort Jose Anguis Horno ’18Nate Barajas ’18 Anthony Cardona ’18 Lauren Davis ’18 Russell Johnston ’18 Carr Lanphier ’18 Marcella Lobo ’18 Timothy Novick ’18 Charlie Pratt ’18 Richard Roman ’18 |
2016-17 Cohort Ayu Djaputra ’17Blair Kessler ’17 Matthew Dellen ’17 Matthew McGarry ’17 Stanley Rodos ’17 Ashish Rohil ’17 Jay Shah ’17 |
2015-16 Cohort Shaun Currie ’16Ray Fan ’16 John Griffin ’16 Tommy Jackson ’16 Elise Krieger ’16 Will Wright ’16 Margaret Yeager ’17 |
Application Dates |
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September 15, 2022
12:15 - 1:15pm |
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September 25, 2022
11:59 PM |
Program Application Deadline
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Weeks of :
October 3, 2022 (Round 1) October 10, 2022 (Round 2) |
Zell Fellows Interviews
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October 14, 2022
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2022-2023 Invitations Issued
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Program Dates |
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October 19, 2022
12:00pm-8:00pm |
Zell Fellows Programming Begins
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November 5-6, 2022
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Fall Trek
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December 4-7, 2022
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Individual Track Treks
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Spring Break 2023
Exact dates TBD |
Israel Trek
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Israeli Zell Program Visit
June 2023, exact dates TBD |
ZGEN Gathering at Kellogg
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New Venture TrackAdjunct Professor in Kellogg’s Sustainability and Social Impact Program Adjunct Professor in Entrepreneurship Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship |
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition TrackAdjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship |
Experts-in-ResidenceClinical Professor of Strategy Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship Expert-in-Residence, Digital Product Design |
Mentors-in-ResidenceMentor-in-Residence Mentor-in-Residence Mentor-in-Residence |
Sarah Stein
Program Manager |
Carrie Kiryakakis
Program Coordinator |