Startup Stories Podcast
The UC Davis Student Startup Center’s Startup Stories Podcast features leading entrepreneurs, from startup CEOs to investors!
The UC Davis Student Startup Center’s Startup Stories Podcast features leading entrepreneurs, from startup CEOs to investors!
Michael Hurlston’s Startup Story
/in Podcast, Uncategorized /by Karina Saravia-ButlerMichael Hurlston has been a director and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Synaptics since August 2019. Synaptics (Nasdaq: SYNA) is changing the way humans engage with connected devices and data, engineering exceptional experiences throughout the home, at work, in the car and on the go. Synaptics is the partner of choice for the world’s most innovative intelligent system providers who are integrating multiple experiential technologies into platforms that make our digital lives more productive, insightful, secure and enjoyable. These customers are combining Synaptics’ differentiated technologies in touch, display and biometrics with a new generation of advanced connectivity and AI-enhanced video, vision, audio, speech and security processing. Mr. Hurlston serves on the Board of Executive Trustees of the UC Davis Foundation and on the Dean’s Executive Committee for the College of Engineering and the Dean’s Advisory Counsel for the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis. Mr. Hurlston holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Davis.
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Helen Corey’s Startup Story
/in Podcast /by Karina Saravia-ButlerHelen Corey is a Partner and Co-Founder at 8 Dimension Ventures, where she supports and provide capital to people striving to improve people and planet. Helen has worked in and with companies of all sizes around strategy development, business development, finance, operations, rightsizing, capital sourcing, negotiations, acquisitions, mergers & liquidations.
Get inspired by the startup stories of founders and investors in the UC Davis Student Startup Center community. Learn what got them going and what keeps them motivated. Collect tips to make your startup journey as successful as possible.
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Geoff Davis’s Startup Story
/in Podcast /by Karina Saravia-ButlerGeoff Davis is the CEO at Sorenson Impact. He creates companies & global systems that help people live better and help the planet, and has a background in implementing impact investment strategies, impact measurement, emerging markets, financial services, education, venture & private equity.
Get inspired by the startup stories of founders and investors in the UC Davis Student Startup Center community. Learn what got them going and what keeps them motivated. Collect tips to make your startup journey as successful as possible.
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Seana Day’s Startup Story
/in Podcast /by Karina Saravia-ButlerSeana Day is a partner at Culterra Capital, which provides strategic and transaction advisory services across the Agriculture, Supply Chain and Food Tech sectors. She is also a Venture Partner at Better Food Ventures, exclusively investing in early stage companies that are leveraging information and communications technology to transform and strengthen the food and agriculture sectors. Seana leads the firm’s agtech sector thesis.
Get inspired by the startup stories of founders and investors in the UC Davis Student Startup Center community. Learn what got them going and what keeps them motivated. Collect tips to make your startup journey as successful as possible.
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G Radhakrishnan’s Startup Story
/in Podcast /by Karina Saravia-ButlerAs Director Venture Capital for Micron’s $100M AI Fund, Gayathri is actively investing in startups that apply AI to solve critical problems in the areas of Manufacturing, Healthcare and Automotive. She brings over 20 years of multi-disciplinary experience across product management, product marketing, corporate strategy, M&A and venture investments in large Fortune 500 companies such as Dell and Corning and in startups. She has also worked as an early stage investor at Earlybird Venture Capital, a premier European venture capital fund based in Germany.
Get inspired by the startup stories of founders and investors in the UC Davis Student Startup Center community. Learn what got them going and what keeps them motivated. Collect tips to make your startup journey as successful as possible.
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