The Up & Coming

To round out season one for the Up & Coming, we had the pleasure of discussing the legal aspect of entrepreneurship with attorney turned entrepreneur, Anjie Vichayanonda. She is the CEO & founder of Leg Up Legal, the first nationwide prelaw mentoring program helping members explore various legal career paths, build career skills, and connect with real lawyers. Listen in as she shares the problem she sought to solve, the various obstacles she has overcome, and the best entrepreneurial resources at UTD. 

Connect with Anjie: https://bit.ly/3gFzb0F

"The currency of modern business is attention" - Gary Vaynerchuck.  In today's episode, we talk to Joseph Alexander, CEO of the Uptown Agency,  a growth marketing firm helping startups and Fortune 500 companies differentiate their marketing campaigns and content through rapid data-driven marketing experimentation. Attention is a scarce commodity and if you are running a business, you have to look past traditional marketing techniques understanding that potential customers are going to be bombarded with information for most of their waking hours. How do we differentiate ourselves as aspiring entrepreneurs? What are the best tools to use? Listen to Joseph's take on these crucial questions and his insight about what growth marketing really means.

College can come with many challenges but eating healthy should not be one.  Inspired by their own lifestyle changes, four current UTD students have teamed up to create Campus Oven: a startup that's on a mission to help make healthy food accessible and affordable to all. On this show, we chat with Benny Rubanov & Rohit Shenoy, two of four co-founders of Campus Oven about their personal health journeys and how they've transformed their passions and skills to develop an on-demand food catering idea into a fully functioning, value-driven business. Listen in as they share their story and key startup tips for anyone wanting to start on their next big venture. 

College undergraduates, Akshat Sharma and Mario Flores are making it a priority to leverage software automation to make the real estate field, real easy for people. In a time where automation, machine learning, and artificial intelligence is gaining rapid traction, it now more important than ever to focus on prioritizing efficiency with our time and the work that is important to us.  Reallos is truly an E-Club success story of two college entrepreneurs redefining how anyone, given the time, the drive and the right support, can make an impact to make the world around us a little better than before.  

UT Dallas Computer Science alumni and founder of Hashing Systems, Pablo Peillard is redefining the possibilities that come with being a college student. His diverse upbringing, passion for technology and his drive to build on ideas are paving ways to disrupt the blockchain industry through Hedera Hashgraph. New to blockchain or wanna learn more? Listen in as Pablo shares his passions, his company's journey and most importantly, his visions for the upcoming years.  

Founder of Sahai Tech, Maithreya Chakravarthula leads a company that’s striving to make tech accessible to all. By developing wearable products for people with blindness and vision loss, Sahai is combining advancements in consumer IoT, computer vision and artificial intelligence to help disabled people lead safe, independent and active lifestyles. Listen as Maithreya shares his experience in the US growing as an innovator, as an entrepreneur, and most importantly, as a service-oriented individual. 

Meet Varika Pinnam: an undergrad marketing junior, an aspiring entrepreneur, and most importantly, a change maker. Varika is the co-founder of IDA,  a digital platform connecting female founders to mentors, investors, and resources using AI to make entrepreneurship more accessible and simpler. In a world where only about 2.2% of female founders land startup funding, Varika is breaking boundaries by redefining what it means to be a female entrepreneur. Listen as she shares her upbringing, her college experience, and her advice to anyone wanting to start something new. 

Welcome to our first student spotlight: Anish Hegde! He is the recent winner of the UT Dallas Big Idea Competition and his company Resume Puppy has been listed to be showcased at NTX 'Startups to Watch' list! In this episode, we showcase Anish's story, his insight and most importantly, his entrepreneurial journey in helping people find their dream job!