Yesterday, Career Planning & Resources and the Scripps Professional Network co-hosted an informational workshop on LinkedIn. The room was packed with students of all class years. Attendees learned how to use LinkedIn to further their professional goals. Whether students were beginners or already had accounts, Valinda of CP&R showed them how to create (or improve) a LinkedIn account.

LinkedIn is a social networking site designed specifically for the business community. The goal of the site is to allow registered members to establish and document networks of people they know and trust professionally. The Network is excited to host this event, and others like it, in the future.

Paul Orlando (developer of the Hong Kong startup ecosystem) spoke yesterday, Dec 6th, in the Scripps Career Planning & Resources Library on his experiences creating accelerators and startups. The event was 5C and offered Claremont College students the chance to talk business, startups, accelerators, and entrepreneurship with a highly experienced professional. Those attending were asked to complete a brief survey so Mr. Orlando could provide a more tailored session, addressing participants’ individual goals.

Paul Orlando runs Startups Unplugged Lean Startup Bootcamp, which covers everything you need to know about growing a startup. He is also Co-founder and Director of AcceleratorHK, a mobile startup accelerator. Previously, he co-founded a startup in New York, developed new communication services and most recently helped Hong Kong build its startup ecosystem. He now lives in Pasadena, California.

More about Paul:

http://startupsunplugged.com/about-paul/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshsteimle/2013/08/14/paul-orlando-on-hong-kongs-startup-scene-infographic/

http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/17/meet-acceleratorhk-hong-kongs-very-first-startup-accelerator-program/

http://blogs.wsj.com/accelerators/2013/09/11/paul-orlando-an-example-from-hong-kong/

Hosted by:

Scripps Women in Technology
Scripps Entrepreneurship Club
Scripps Career Planning & Resources

Yesterday, Innovate @ Scripps (FKA: Scripps Entrepreneurship Club) hosted a panel discussion featuring current students who have started their own businesses. Students interested in starting their own businesses had the chance to hear first-hand experiences from founders and CEOs at the 5Cs. The panelists shared their personal journeys and offered advice as student entrepreneurs. The event was followed by a question-and-answer session and a mixer.

The panel included:
Demetri Monovoukas, HMC ’15 – Co-founder of Life Patch Systems and Monolysis Medical
Greg Hoffman, CMC ’15 – Founder of Raffle for Good
Nora Studholme, CMC ’14 – Co-Founder of Tidy and Tasty
Sarah Blumenthal, PO ’15 – Founder of She Devil Sweets

5 Scrippsies attended a Case Study competition last Saturday, and one of them even won! The impACT Case Competition, sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute, was an incredible opportunity to experience social innovation first-hand while competing for a prize.  Teams of four students analyzed a business case and presented their solution from the perspective of world embetterment through social enterprise.  Read Alicen’s personal write-up on it here.