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Scripps Women in Finance Accounting and Consulting

Inaugural StockSessions Lecture: Stock Trading 101 with Corey Rosenbloom

Want to learn the basics of investing and trading stocks for income? Scripps Women in Finance Accounting and Consulting (FAC) is partnering with Jeffrey Lin (HMC ’05) of StockSessions.com to organize on-campus seminars on practical investing skills. This seminar will teach you how to research & analyze opportunities, plan low-risk strategies for each trade, and know when to buy and sell–skills you can use even while balancing work and/or school. No prior experience/knowledge is necessary!

Presenter Corey Rosenbloom, CMT (Chartered Market Technician), is the founder and president of Afraid to Trade http://afraidtotrade.com/, which details trading strategy for the public. Mr. Rosenbloom regularly contributes to TradeStation’s “Morning Market Briefing” and is a speaker at MoneyShow financial conferences. He is also the author of “The Complete Trading Course: Price Patterns, Strategies, Setups, and Execution Tactics”.

Mr. Rosenbloom will also share about his career path, with a brief Q/A following the session. This event is open to all Claremont Colleges students, faculty, and staff. FMI contact us at [email protected] or visit http://stocksessions.com/

Scrippsie Spotlight

Scrippsie Spotlight: Rochelle Bailis (2009)

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Welcome to this week’s Scrippsie Spotlight with Rochelle Bailis, an English Major turned Tech/Startup Writer and Content Producer (read on to find out why she got to pet a tiger!)

SCRIPPS PROFESSIONALS NETWORK: So how did an English Major end up falling into the startup world?

ROCHELLE BAILIS: First of all, as someone with a liberal arts degree, let me confirm your biggest fear: it’s unfortunately true that unless you have a desirable degree or a personal connection, most companies won’t hire you without at least some experience. And yet because nobody will hire you, it’s impossible to get said experience—Catch 22, anyone?

I spent awhile teaching in Thailand before searching for a job in the US, but even when I returned I was still unsure the direction I wanted to take my career, but I knew I wanted it to be involved in something exciting, creative and cutting-edge. I had a really hard time finding a job, so I moved back in with my dad and started interning for free at several; different companies as a miscellaneous content/communications/marketing/blogging intern. Continue reading Scrippsie Spotlight: Rochelle Bailis (2009) →

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Sage Tank: 4th Workshop

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Wednesday, April 16 will be our fourth and a half (of five) workshop to prepare you for Sage Tank. The Tech: In today’s entrepreneurial climate, technology startups have become increasingly common. Successful entrepreneurs now (have to) leverage technology in order to achieve their current and future goals. Two of our speakers (both Pomona alumni) from last week’s workshop will be returning :

1. Zach Risher PO’10 is currently the CTO at RideApart Media but was the founder of and general partner at Zanobo Partners, co-founder of WagonChain, associate at The Starkenburg Group, and an analyst at Morgan Stanley.

2. Nolan Zandi PO’10 is currently the COO at RideApart Media but was also the founder of and managing partner at Zanobo, an associate at The Starkenburg Group, and an analyst at the ACA Compliance Group.
CS majors or enthusiasts are especially welcome!!

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5C Hackweek

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April 7-April 10

Hack Week is a week-long tutorial on how to program for the web, designed for both students with little to no prior coding experience, as well as those who have more experience. We will have student teachers and mentors to help every step of the way so you will be ready to make something awesome at the 5C Hackathon!

The tutorials will be held from 7-9PM on April 7-10, the week leading up to the 5C Hackathon on Friday. While we strongly encourage students to attend all four sessions, we understand that you may have other commitments. We will provide starter code at the beginning of each night to catch you up on anything you might have missed. Continue reading 5C Hackweek →

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Entrepreneurship & Leadership Luncheon with Dave Capper

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Monday, April 7at 12:00pm – 1:00pm in PDT

The first event of the second annual Entrepreneurship Week!

This talk will feature inventor Dave Capper, whose innovations include HitClips, Tooth Tunes, and VideoNow. Mr. Capper is praised by his colleagues as a “marketing machine” and “genius when it comes to conceptualizing a project and getting it made.”

The talk will include Mr. Capper’s personal story and Q&A.