EII - Cornell Startups

Sumitro Sarkar, MBA ’07: TechStrategyLabs

Quantitative IT Strategy Building by Irene Kim TechStrategyLabs, founded by Managing Partner Sumitro Sarkar in 2007, is an executive advisory firm that differentiates itself by using quantitative techniques and applied […]

Jennifer Dulski ’93, MBA ’99: The Dealmap

Easy access to daily deals by Irene Kim It’s great to find a good deal. But it can take hours of looking through coupon and daily deal websites, plus local […]

Louise Hurlbut, MBA ’79: Beneterre

Green-Bagging it by Irene Kim If you’ve ever packed a lunch for yourself, a spouse, and maybe a kid or two, you know that you can go through a lot […]

Ashish Gambhir, MBA ’09: newBrandAnalytics

What’s that Buzz? by Irene Kim If you’ve ever kvetched on Facebook about the hotel your company books for its annual meetings, or reviewed the incredible taco place next door, […]

Steven Kropper, MBA ’86: WindPole Ventures LLC

The answers are blowin’ in the wind by Irene Kim Steve Kropper sells wind data. His company, WindPole Ventures, leases over 12,000 broadcast towers, each taller than the Statue of […]

Beverly Sastri, MBA ’88: Power Source Now

Live like you mean it! by Irene Kim Ever know someone who could zig and zag with life’s curve balls, who seemed to have nothing but good luck? According to […]

Making green while the sun shines

Gaye Tomlinson, MBA ’05: CMO, Vaha Solar and Green Consulting by Irene Kim As oil reserves shrink, environmental concerns grow, protests fly over hydraulic fracturing, and electricity costs skyrocket, Gaye […]

Change agent

Daniela Peiser, MBA ’00: Founder and managing director, Bold Aspirations by Irene Kim In 2007, when Daniela Peiser mentioned to her colleagues at Deloitte Consulting that she was thinking about […]

Smokin’

Owen Jobson, MBA ’94: Owner/founder, Blue Rock BBQ by Irene Kim With a solid work history in systems integration at Andersen Consulting, in operations and finance for United Airlines, and […]

Slings, Arrows, and Home for Dinner

Rick Cleary, MBA ’98: COO and co-founder, Sharpridge Capital Management, L.P. by Irene Kim When asked about Sharpridge Capital, the investment firm he cofounded, Rick Cleary speaks not about himself, […]