january 2021
06jan1:00 pm1:30 pmVirtual EventWildcat Wellness Lunch Buddies: How I Got Here with The Garage
Grab your lunch and join seniors Katie Hoffman, SoC ’21 and Arshya Srinivas, McCormick ’21 for a conversation about the first episode of How I Got Here, a podcast
Grab your lunch and join seniors Katie Hoffman, SoC ’21 and Arshya Srinivas, McCormick ’21 for a conversation about the first episode of How I Got Here, a podcast produced by The Garage at Northwestern about how Northwestern alumni landed their dream jobs and how entrepreneurship helped them on their journey from college to career.
(Wednesday) 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
The Garage + Resident Life
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12jan12:00 pm1:00 pmVirtual EventPathways for Women in Venture Capital
Fewer than 10% of decision-makers at U.S. VC firms are women. In this Lunch and Learn talk, Samara Mejia Hernandez KSM ’14 will share advice for women
Fewer than 10% of decision-makers at U.S. VC firms are women. In this Lunch and Learn talk, Samara Mejia Hernandez KSM ’14 will share advice for women interested in VC including required skills, pathways, and what the job really entails.
Samara is the founder of Chingona Ventures. She has over 15 years of investing, selling and advising experience on both public and private markets and a background in sales, operations and technology at Goldman Sachs. She was an early-stage investor with MATH Venture Partners and is a proud Mexican immigrant and mama to a toddler.
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(Tuesday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Garagethegarage@northwestern.edu
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Grab your lunch and join seniors Katie Hoffman, SoC ’21 and Mateo Price, Weinberg ’21 – both members of The Garage community – to learn all about entrepreneurship
Grab your lunch and join seniors Katie Hoffman, SoC ’21 and Mateo Price, Weinberg ’21 – both members of The Garage community – to learn all about entrepreneurship resources across Northwestern and programs at The Garage supporting students interested in startups.
(Wednesday) 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
The Garage + Resident Life
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15jan12:00 pm12:30 pmVirtual EventResident Meet Up #1
Join The Garage staff and hang out with your fellow Residents for a casual chat and opportunity to ask questions about resources at The Garage. Open to Residents
Join The Garage staff and hang out with your fellow Residents for a casual chat and opportunity to ask questions about resources at The Garage. Open to Residents of The Garage only.
(Friday) 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
The Garagethegarage@northwestern.edu
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19jan12:00 pm12:30 pmVirtual EventTinkerer Meet Up #1
Join The Garage staff and hang out with your fellow Tinkerers for a casual chat and opportunity to ask questions about resources at The Garage. Open to Tinkerers
Join The Garage staff and hang out with your fellow Tinkerers for a casual chat and opportunity to ask questions about resources at The Garage. Open to Tinkerers of The Garage only.
(Tuesday) 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
The Garagethegarage@northwestern.edu
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20jan6:00 pm7:00 pmVirtual Event(Virtual) Startup Matchmaking (Winter Quarter)
Residents and Tinkerers who would like to sign up to pitch: https://forms.gle/YcaMJJYoHzdUBzpW6 Join The Garage for our popular Startup Matchmaking event in our *new*
Residents and Tinkerers who would like to sign up to pitch: https://forms.gle/YcaMJJYoHzdUBzpW6
Join The Garage for our popular Startup Matchmaking event in our *new* virtual format! We’ll welcome 20 student founded startups to pitch and share what they’re looking for help with, followed by personal Zoom rooms where interested students can learn more. Registration is required!
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Garagethegarage@northwestern.edu
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february 2021
24feb5:00 pm5:30 pmVirtual EventResident Meet Up #2
Join The Garage staff and hang out with your fellow Residents for a casual chat and opportunity to ask questions about resources at The Garage. Open to Residents
Join The Garage staff and hang out with your fellow Residents for a casual chat and opportunity to ask questions about resources at The Garage. Open to Residents of The Garage only.
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
The Garagethegarage@northwestern.edu
25feb5:00 pm5:30 pmVirtual EventTinkerer Meet Up #2
Join The Garage staff and hang out with your fellow Tinkerers for a casual chat and opportunity to ask questions about resources at The Garage. Open to Tinkerers
Join The Garage staff and hang out with your fellow Tinkerers for a casual chat and opportunity to ask questions about resources at The Garage. Open to Tinkerers of The Garage only.
(Thursday) 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
The Garagethegarage@northwestern.edu
april 2021
15apr6:00 pm7:00 pmVirtual Event(Virtual) Startup Matchmaking (Spring Quarter)
Join The Garage for our popular Startup Matchmaking event in our *new* virtual format! We’ll welcome 20 student founded startups to pitch and share what they’re looking for
Join The Garage for our popular Startup Matchmaking event in our *new* virtual format! We’ll welcome 20 student founded startups to pitch and share what they’re looking for help with, followed by personal Zoom rooms where interested students can learn more. Registration is required!
(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Garagethegarage@northwestern.edu
https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUodOuvpzojEtLhW_b1d62bC5unohcNAU0y
may 2021
The VentureCat Public Showcase celebrates Northwestern’s most-promising student founders and is open to students, alumni, investors and the general public. To begin competition day, semifinalist
The VentureCat Public Showcase celebrates Northwestern’s most-promising student founders and is open to students, alumni, investors and the general public.
To begin competition day, semifinalist teams pitch their ventures to industry experts behind closed doors. Finalists are announced and they move on to one more round of closed-door pitching and Q&A with a new panel of esteemed judges. The day ends with the public event, which includes a keynote speaker and finalist teams pitching to the crowd.
Audience members vote for their favorite venture to award the audience favorite vote prize and the finals winners are announced.
Save the date for VentureCat 2021 – Wednesday, May 26! More information on event registration will be posted as available.
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All Day (Wednesday)
Northwestern University
11sepAll Day(Virtual) Wildcat Welcome
The Garage is excited to participate in Northwestern’s virtual Wildcat Welcome Student Resource Fair!
The Garage is excited to participate in Northwestern’s virtual Wildcat Welcome Student Resource Fair!
All Day (Friday)
The Garagethegarage@northwestern.edu
23sep5:30 pmVirtual Event(Virtual) Resident Orientation
This orientation is required for all Residents of The Garage.
This orientation is required for all Residents of The Garage.
(Wednesday) 5:30 pm CT
The Garagethegarage@northwestern.edu
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29sep12:00 pmVirtual Event(Virtual) Tinkerer Meet Up
Calling all Tinkerers! Join The Garage staff for a quick Zoom to meet us, ask questions about resources you can access at The Garage as a Tinkerer (even
Calling all Tinkerers! Join The Garage staff for a quick Zoom to meet us, ask questions about resources you can access at The Garage as a Tinkerer (even virtually!) and get a chance to meet other Tinkerers. We can’t wait to meet you!
(Tuesday) 12:00 pm CT
The Garagethegarage@northwestern.edu
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01oct6:00 pmVirtual Event(Virtual) Startup Matchmaking
Want to get into The Garage by joining an existing startup? This is your night! We’re taking our super popular Startup Matchmaking event virtual! Join us via Zoom
Want to get into The Garage by joining an existing startup? This is your night! We’re taking our super popular Startup Matchmaking event virtual! Join us via Zoom to hear one minute pitches from teams looking for help from Northwestern students like you – then you’ll receive information to connect individually with team leaders to see if it’s a good fit. If you’re a Resident or Tinkerer interested in signing up to pitch at (Virtual) Startup Matchmaking, click here!
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(Thursday) 6:00 pm
The Garagethegarage@northwestern.edu
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07oct6:00 pmVirtual Event(Virtual) Grad Chat
Join The Garage for a virtual chat and panel with a few recent graduates of Northwestern! They’ll share tips and advice for navigating your career after Northwestern and
Join The Garage for a virtual chat and panel with a few recent graduates of Northwestern! They’ll share tips and advice for navigating your career after Northwestern and we’ll discuss the role that entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial thinking played in their journeys. Alumni joining the panel include:
Bennett Hensey ’19, Grubhub
Michelle Kim ’18, Stripe
Zach Scott ’15, Apple
Sienna Parker ’18, LinkedIn
Priya Kumar ’16, InHouse, ex-Bain
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm CT
The Garagethegarage@northwestern.edu
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15oct5:00 pmVirtual EventLevel Up: Testing Your Business Idea Before You Go Broke
Join us for a conversation with Medill / Garage Fellow, Sherrell Dorsey, founder and CEO of The Plug. Her work has been featured in VICE, The Washington Post,
Join us for a conversation with Medill / Garage Fellow, Sherrell Dorsey, founder and CEO of The Plug. Her work has been featured in VICE, The Washington Post, Seattle Times, The Information, and more.
(Thursday) 5:00 pm CT
The Garagethegarage@northwestern.edu
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11nov4:00 pmVirtual EventActivate Info Session
Activate is an 8-week immersive learning experience with the goal of making entrepreneurship more inclusive and accessible to Black Northwestern students. Activate welcomes all kinds
Activate is an 8-week immersive learning experience with the goal of making entrepreneurship more inclusive and accessible to Black Northwestern students. Activate welcomes all kinds of projects ranging from education or arts based innovations to technology development – any idea that a student wants to grow. Learn more with Matt Reweta, a junior and the program coordinator, during this informal, student to student Information Session.
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(Wednesday) 4:00 pm
The Garagethegarage@northwestern.edu
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12nov5:00 pmVirtual EventFounding a Mission-Driven Company
Join us for a panel with Pat Schnettler (Founder, 12Tides), Sonia Nigam (Co-founder, Change App), and Natasha Ramanujam (Co-founder, Monarch Parents) to discuss the challenges and benefits of
Join us for a panel with Pat Schnettler (Founder, 12Tides), Sonia Nigam (Co-founder, Change App), and Natasha Ramanujam (Co-founder, Monarch Parents) to discuss the challenges and benefits of founding a mission-driven company.
(Thursday) 5:00 pm CT
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14dec1:00 pmVirtual EventLive from Northwestern: How I Got Here with The Garage
The Garage is very excited to announce we are launching a new podcast on January 5! The podcast, called How I Got Here, traces the journeys of
The Garage is very excited to announce we are launching a new podcast on January 5! The podcast, called How I Got Here, traces the journeys of young professionals with interesting jobs at exciting companies like Apple, Instagram, and Goldman Sachs. We’ll follow their paths from college to career, including the lessons they learned along the way, advice they have for others looking to follow in their footsteps, and how entrepreneurship helped them land their dream job.
We’re teaming up with Northwestern Admissions to bring a live event featuring Melissa Kaufman, executive director of The Garage, our podcast’s host, Mike Raab, associate director of The Garage, and special guest Connor Regan SESP ’16, who is featured on the podcast! Catch the event LIVE on YouTube!
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(Monday) 1:00 pm
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