Explore the emotional highs and lows of entrepreneurship. Join Becca Xiong for a roundtable to share challenges, insights, and growth.
The entrepreneurial journey is full of emotional ups and downs: excitement when you first come up with an idea, frustration when things aren't working, and fear when you don’t want to disappoint your customers, investors, or teammates. In this roundtable discussion moderated by managing director Becca Xiong and/or an alumni founder, we’ll share our challenges and experiences, learn from each other, and grow together. We'll then break into smaller groups who are facing similar issues for more discussion.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rebecca Xiong is managing director of programs and engagement. She spearheads a strategic portfolio of programming and resources for the Harvard Innovation Labs’ community of student and alumni innovators across industry sectors, including health and life sciences, social impact, consumer products and services, business-to-business, and technology. Becca brings two decades of experience in the MIT startup ecosystem. She previously served as the program director of MIT Startup Exchange, which promotes collaboration and partnerships between 2,000 MIT-connected startups and industry. Prior to that, Becca co-founded two startups: social analytics and marketing startup SocMetrics, and Going.com, an events social network that grew to one million members and was acquired by AOL. Becca has also held positions at DataPower (acquired by IBM) and Akamai Technologies. Becca has a PhD in computer science from MIT, and did her thesis research at the MIT Media Lab. Becca has been an active member of her community, including serving as president of the MIT Club of Boston (the largest alumni club, serving 17,000 area alumni).
GETTING TO THE HARVARD INNOVATION LABS
The Harvard Innovation Labs is located on the first floor of Batten Hall at 125 Western Avenue, Allston, MA 02134. We are situated on the Harvard Business School campus, a 15-20 minute walk from Harvard Square. You can also use the Harvard shuttle. The University offers daily parking for faculty, staff, students, visitors, and guests in the HBS lot on Western Avenue. The HBS lot is available 24/7 and accepts both cash and credit card payments.
ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
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