"Burger King and Startups" - Ask Me Anything & Co-working ft. Eliam Medina
Join us this Wednesday for an AMA session and co-working with Eliam Medina, founder of Telora, to get feedback on what you are building and hear about his journey!
Meet Eliam: he is currently the founder of Telora, a fellowship that helps hackers build their own startups. But there are more levels to his career 🧊:
🍔 As VP at Burger King, he “turned the $4B Burger company into a $20B software company”: what did he mean by that?
🏙️ Before that, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Co: how does one go from a consultant to the VP of a fast food company?
📝 Shortly after, he suddenly decided to dedicate his life to a startup, Willing (YC S15) for 7 years: how?
🤔 Finally, after selling Willing to MetLife, why did he start Telora?
Come join V1 this Wednesday, March 26th in an AMA session with Eliam to find out the answer to all these questions! After that, there will be 1 hour of co-working time where the most ambitious students in Michigan who are building startups will receive 1-to-1 check-ins from Eliam to get feedback on their projects. If that is you, come through!
Whether you have burning questions to ask Eliam, want feedback on your big project, or just want to see what student builders in Michigan are up to, you will not want to miss this chance to network with fellow hackers and get exclusive insights into the startup world!
Throwback: Mihir’s talk at Ship-It Sunday
Two Sundays ago, Ship-It Sunday, our weekly co-working time for hackers, was hosted by Mihir Arya, who gave a talk about his journey building Quanta, a lightweight research paper feed to replace doomscrolling with knowledge.
You probably wouldn’t be surprised that the creator of a project like this credits much of his inspiration to doing research for places like AMD and UCSB, but how exactly did he come up with Quanta? And where does Drake (yes, the rapper) come into this?
Watch his talk to find out:
V1’s Trek to New York City
This past weekend, V1 had a phenomenal time in New York City visiting 11 startups in various stages like Ramp, Lumos, Pinecone, Shade, … Stay tuned for more content on that 👀.
