Yale Entrepreneurs, Engineers & Innovators

Departments: Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Time: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Type: Seminar Series
Presenter: Ann Miura-Ko ('98 BSEE, Timothy Dwight), co-founding partner at Floodgate & Scott Wagner (’92, Silliman College), former CEO of internet company GoDaddy
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Ann Miura-Ko ('98 BSEE, Timothy Dwight) hosts the “Yale Entrepreneurs, Engineers & Innovators” lecture and discussion series.

At the next session Miura-Ko will be speaking with Scott Wagner (’92, Silliman College), former CEO of internet company GoDaddy. Wagner, who led a company that transformed its culture from one that was widely criticized for its sexist ads to what the New York Times called “a lodestar among gender equity advocates,” will discuss potential regulations facing big tech companies and what they mean for consumer rights, competition, and job creation.

Wednesday, October 14
7:30 PM EST (4:30 PM PST)
RSVP: yeei.yale.edu

Yale Entrepreneurs, Engineers & Innovators

What does a CEO do? Or a project manager? Or a venture capitalist? For an inside look at professional life in Silicon Valley after Yale, SEAS is proud to present “Yale Entrepreneurs, Engineers & Innovators,” a lecture and discussion series from Ann Miura-Ko ’98 BSEE. In this multi-part series, Ann will draw from her experience as a co-founding partner of seed-stage venture capital firm Floodgate. She will also host guests who have been instrumental in shaping today’s technology sector.

Ann Miura-Ko is a co-founding partner at Floodgate, a seed-stage VC firm in Palo Alto, CA. A repeat member of the Forbes Midas List and the New York Times Top 20 Venture Capitalists Worldwide, Ann was one of the first investors in companies such as Lyft, Twitter, Twitch and IFTTT. She is also a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford, a co-director of the Mayfield Fellows Program at Stanford, a member of the Yale Corporation and a co-founding member of All Raise, a nonprofit committed to improving diversity in funders and founders.