Happy Holidays & Thank You for a Great Event! Congratulations to our WINNERS!
Borough of Manhattan Community College Founders Festival is the most diverse entrepreneur event in New York City...
At the end of each semester, we showcase student businesses/ideas live online, and a chance for the audience to invest virtual (free) BMCC Venture Bucks. Even in a pandemic, our students keep innovating.
Join in the fun - You heard pitches & student businesses presented to you. You can now do some shopping from student/alumni entrepreneurs using the new BMCC ALUMNI BUSINESS SHOPPING DIRECTORY
2:05 PM Alicia Tulsee (BMCC Alumni): Founder & CEO, Moxie Apparel Inc., Harvard Innovation Lab Launch Lab X 2020/2021 & MassChallenge Boston 2020
3:00 PM Grant Sahag: Attorney turned entrepreneur. Former public company CEO. Helped build start-up from pre-revenue concept to publicly-traded company. Now @banknovo
3:50 PM David Steingard (BMCC Alumni): He began his career as an entrepreneur, first of a marketing firm and then of a technology company. Following his heart, he departed from life in business to attend law school and become a criminal prosecutor in Brooklyn. Ultimately, he met Hugh Jackman... and that takes to today!
The students will take over from here and show us what they have got! Mentors tour the student demos online. Some student businesses are selling their products. **NEW BMCC Alumni Holiday Shopping Guide
Cash and other prizes will be offered to the students receiving the most amount of the BMCC Virtual Bucks with event code 9923. Cash prizes include: $500 Grand Prize, $300 Next In Charge Prize, $250 Women Entrepreneur Trailblazer, $200 Audience Award
Company's title: Venture Associate
Company's name:
American Family Institute for Corporate and Social Impact
Cliff Bartholomew, currently works with the American Family Institute, an impact venture fund. Most of his day is spent meeting with entrepreneurs building companies in the cleantech and education spaces.
Company's title: VP Operations
Company's name: Bank Novo
Grant Sahag comes with thirteen years of experience building companies and advising 100+ startups on business development, operations, finance, and legal matters. Going from employee #2 to CEO of cleantech startup GlyEco, he helped build the largest glycol recycler in the United States.
Company's title: CEO
Company's name: MRKTVision
John Clarke has developed an excellent reputation on Wall Street building throughout four decades, worked with 100’s of Companies to navigate many objectives throughout various Capital Markets cycles and today maintains many contacts developed throughout this time.
Company's title: CEO
Company's name: USA Martial Arts Fitness Academy
Juan Sanchez, MBA graduated from Manhattan College in 2018 with a Masters in Business Administration. He is the founder and CEO of USA Martial Arts Fitness Academy, serving the public for twelve years and has trained more than 1,500 students in the South Bronx.
Company's title: Co-founder
Company: Stealth
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauline-roteta-cfa-780b4b54/
Pauline is the co-founder of a fintech platform in the US, which will launch in 2021. She is a proud member of the Latinx community and fierce supporter of women.
Company’s title: CEO
Company’s name: DreamGalaxy Advisory
Through his work with startups and consulting, Brian has engaged governments, diplomats, educational institutions, and programs like Creative Lab Paris, Traction Camp by the World Bank, TED Residency by TED, and Entrepreneurs for Impact MBA by ALTIS, Milan (Tangaza University Business Model Winner 2016).
Company's title: Director of Educational Services
Company's name: Visolaris Learning
Umair Warsi is an educator specializing in distance learning and online course design. He has taught at multiple colleges and universities over the last 12 years, teaching in the areas of general business, accounting, finance and entrepreneurship.
Company's title: Founder
Company's name: Greenverd
Sonia Ketkar is the Founder of Greenverd, a platform that helps people live sustainably and Wefym, a finance initiative for professional women. Previously, and before a corporate career at Disney, she was Co-Director at the Center for Emerging Market Policies and Assistant Professor of Global Business and Policy at George Mason University.
Company's titles: CEO (Chikas Closet), Founder (HerWisdom) & Faith Based Coordinator (GABA)
Company's names:Her Wisdom Consulting, Chika's Closet and Global African Business Association (GABA)
Company's Web addresses:
https://www.facebook.com/HerWisdomC
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChikasCloset
https://gabanetwork.com
https://propheticwhirlwind.com
Onleilove Alston
Zachariah Barrientos is an adjunct instructor for colleges, specializing in Entrepreneurship and Marketing. He is leading the revitalization of the entrepreneurship curriculum for them and helping to establish a connection to local communities, which in turn will help establish a pipeline for stimulating local economy.
Company's title: Author/Founder
Company's name: Global Girls Squad
Dina Tate is the Author/Founder of Global Girls Squad - EdTech Company for young girls of color. The flagship product of Global Girls Squad is a chapter book series entitled “Lizzie and McKenzie’s Fabulous Adventures.” Nominated as a “Game changer” - The United State of Women Summit hosted by the White House in 2016.
Company's title: Founder
Company's name: Sustainatopia
John Rosser is one of the world’s leading authorities on impact and sustainability investment issues, including smart cities, climate change and sea level rise. In 2009 Rosser founded Sustainatopia, one of the most important annual conferences for social, financial and environmental sustainability impact.
Pauline Roteta, CFA is a seasoned investor and entrepreneur. Having seen firsthand the fundraising process, she is well placed to provide 1:1 feedback to students on pitches. Pauline will work with you individually for 1 hour to perfect your slides and critique your company elevator pitch ahead of investor meetings.
Romina DenNicola is offering a mentoring service to help an entrepreneur succeed.
Judith Gaffen is offering personal mentoring to who want to succeed and grow their businesses