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Startup Stories Podcast

The UC Davis Student Startup Center’s Startup Stories Podcast features leading entrepreneurs, from startup CEOs to investors!

Podcast Episodes

Tim Bucher’s Startup Story

Tim Bucher is currently CEO of Agtonomy, a company with a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist platform for agriculture vehicles. Tim is a high-tech serial entrepreneur who has created several successful companies over the last 3 decades, taking one of them public and selling six others to tech giants like Microsoft, Apple, Dell, and Seagate.

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.

Maria Salamanca’s Startup Story

Maria Salamanca is a Partner at Unshackled Ventures, where she invests in the ideas of immigrant entrepreneurs. She is also President and founding member of LatinxVC and on the Board of Director at SwingLeft (where she was inaugural COO in 2016). Maria was the first Latina named Forbes 30 Under 30 for Venture Capital; she has also been listed as one of Business Insider’s Under 30 Rising Stars.

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.

Michael Hurlston’s Startup Story

Michael Hurlston is President and Chief Executive Officer of Synaptics. Michael completed his MS in Electrical Engineering and MBA at UC Davis.

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.

Matt Kaufman’s Startup Story

Matt Kaufman is Chief Systems Officer at Roblox. He was previously President and Head of Operations at Crunchbase. He has led engineering and product development at a number of firms, including one he co-founded.

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.

Lisa Morales-Hellebo’s Startup Story

Lisa Morales-Hellebo is Co-Founder and General Partner at REFASHIOND Ventures. She is also Co-Founder of The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation and a member of several advisory boards. Lisa started her career in digital design and later founded a FashionTech startup.

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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