We were up at the crack of dawn on Thursday for a breakfast talk hosted by Rod Fergusson, managing director of Panorama Capital (a West coast venture capital fund). Rod spoke very frankly about the life of a VC and what he sees going on in the industry. His talk emphasized the importance of […]
We started the day with a visit to Golden Gate Capital in San Francisco, which is one of the premier private equity funds in the country. Josh Olshansky, one of only 8 Managing Directors at the fund, spoke to the group about the private equity markets generally and Golden Gate’s place within the market […]
Our first stop on the second day of our Entrepreneurship Team Project trip was a visit to the Google campus to meet with Brian Downing, who recently moved from the legal department to become a director of engineering at Google. Brian talked about the challenges a company faces after growing to the size of Google. […]
What would be an exciting thing to do over the Spring Break? Well, a group of us in the MSL program headed out to the Bay Area in California for a class project called the Entrepreneurship Team Project, or EnTP. The EnTP is an elective course in the MSL program, where MSL students participate in […]
Each year more than 25 billion pounds of post-harvest fruits and vegetables are wasted domestically, worth ~$30 billion, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These statistics are astounding – and also heartbreaking when you consider the 42.2 million people, including 6.4 million children, living without enough to eat in the U.S. One Chicago-based company, […]
When I read about the MSL program initially, I immediately identified with the program’s ideals and mission, and felt compelled to apply and become part of this inclusively diverse and trailblazing community. I never imagined how many opportunities and activities outside of classes were available to all students at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, including, […]
Here’s a job search tip: take a 360 view. When you have decided on an industry or sector, consider what is the thing that gets made? Who makes the thing? Who provides services to the industry? Who regulates it? Who helps with compliance? Where are the intersections? By asking these questions, you will find the […]
When I talk to people about the MSL program and mention how our robust curriculum in intellectual property can prepare them for careers at the intersection of law, business, and technology they often say something like this: “Oh yeah, like patent attorneys?” This is my opening. I get to tell them that there are actually […]
Courtney VanLonkhuyzen, general counsel at Lenovo Mobile Business Group, recently visited the Law School to give a talk as part of the DPELC-MSL Speaker Series. Like other speakers in the series, her work is squarely at the intersection of law, technology, and business. As some of you may have heard, Lenovo recently acquired Motorola from […]