Entrepreneur

MSL-DPELC Special Event: From Chaos to Clarity: Reflections and Learnings on the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem During COVID with Bobby Achettu, Founder, Accelerated Growth

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Bobby Achettu is the founder of Accelerated Growth (AG), a company that provides accounting, finance, and technology services for entrepreneurial organizations to help them drive scalable growth.  He and his 90-person team have provided their services to 300+ companies in multiple industries over the past 10 years. Because of his unique vantage point as an […]

MSL Alumni Andrew Nguyen (MSL ‘19) Launches COVID Testing Company

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Andrew Nguyen, a 2019 graduate of the MSL full-time residential program, has been on-the-go since graduating from the Master of Science in Law program: he started a COVID testing company and recently began medical school. Andrew recently connected with MSL Senior Program Coordinator Nicole Schneider to discuss his activities and the importance of the MSL program in […]

MSL Alumna Jenna Dobry (MSL ’20) Launches re:give

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MSL alumna Jenna Dobry has recently launched a social impact start-up in Canada; her company, re-give, is collecting unused or partially-used gift cards, consolidating them, and distributing them to community organizations around Calgary.  Jenna credits the MSL with helping her develop the mindset and knowledge to start this company; see Jenna’s student profile here. I […]

Laurelle Banta (MSL ’18) and NUMiX Materials Win Inaugural U.S. Bank Cleantech Inclusion Award

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MSL alumna Laurelle Banta (MSL ’18) (second from right in above picture) came to the MSL program after graduating from Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering, where she studied mechanical engineering, with a focus on materials and thermodynamics. Laurelle was interested in learning more about intellectual property and how to protect the ideas she was coming […]

The MSL Staff Reflects on Industry Associates Night 2020: Virtual Edition

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Industry Associates Night is always one of the biggest MSL events of the year, but this year, the MSL Program hosted the first ever virtual Industry Associates Night on Friday, April 17, 2020. The event featured seven amazing panelists across a variety of industries,  including consulting, privacy, medicine, venture capital, food safety, intellectual property, and […]

MSL Students Participate in Northwestern Hackathon

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This past February, Northwestern held the first-ever NU Health Hacks healthcare hackathon at Feinberg’s McGaw Pavilion and the new Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center. The inaugural event brought Northwestern Pritzker law students together with students from the Feinberg School of Medicine, the Kellogg School of Management, the McCormick School of Engineering, and the Weinberg College […]

Euler Bropleh, Founder and Managing Director of VestedWorld Speaks to Northwestern Law Students

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As part of the DPELC-MSL Speaker Series, we recently welcomed Euler Bropleh, Founder and Managing Director of VestedWorld, to share his interesting journey from law to venture capital. Euler began his career at top global law firms; it was his law firm experience that sparked his belief in economic development as the best way to […]