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Starting Companies as Immigrant Founders

On November 12, 2021, Nitin Pachisia, Founding Partner at Unshackled Ventures joined Dr. Sunny Zhang, General Partner of Born Global Ventures at a virtual event to talk about Starting Companies as Immigrant Founders. Starting a company is hard. Starting a company as an immigrant is even harder. Nitin addressed the challenges and opportunities for immigrant […]

Mentor Circle: Share and Ask

On October 29, 2021, Natasha Gorodetsky, who is a Product Strategist, a Startup Advisor, and the Managing Director at Founder Institute, hosted a session on “Mentor Circle: Share and Ask” aka “This is NOT a Pitch Competition” for aspiring founders in energy startups so that they could share what they are working on and ask […]

How do the Sales of a New Product Grow

On October 20, 2021, marketing professor Dr. Krishnan Trichy joined Born Global Ventures General Partner Dr. Sunny Zhang for a virtual event to address How do the Sales of a New Product Grow. The key takeaway from his talk was that it is critical to identify the innovators and early adopters of your new product. […]

Sustainable Innovation in AI and Data Science

On October 15, 2021, the Executive Director of the Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University, Dr. Angela Wilkins, joined our virtual event for a fireside chat with our General Partner Dr. Sunny Zhang to address Sustainable Innovation in AI and Data Science. The event accomplished a deep discussion with a diverse group of people from […]

Fundraising Strategies for Underestimated Founders

On October 8, 2021, Allison Byers, Founder and CEO of Scroobious, joined General Partner of Born Global Ventures, Dr. Sunny Zhang for a virtual fireside chat. Allison addressed the fundraising strategies for underestimated founders. The discussion covered many important aspects of finance strategies such as: how you, as a founder, can identify the best path […]