During the 2025-26 year, early stage Booth founders will have the opportunity to convene monthly as a group with Entrepreneur in-Residence Mia Saini Duchnowski. These monthly meetups will help founders advance their ventures, be inspired, and connect with their peers. In these 1-hour long sessions, the group will cover entrepreneurial frameworks, models, and strategies for those students who are in the early stages of their founder journey. It’s lonely at the top and often early stage founders have the same practical questions when beginning to launch a venture. The group will walk through these questions and offer guidance.
These sessions will rely heavily on the value of peer-to-peer sharing, collaboration, and support. . While there is no blueprint for success, surrounding yourself with founders or founders-to be can provide a sense of community and calm among the startup storm! Guided by Mia Saini Duchnowski, Founder of skincare brand Oars + Alps, these sessions aim to foster genuine relationships among students that will give each student the opportunity to learn from, support, and inspire one another both personally and professionally. To mention one success story from an Entrepreneurs Alum, Sakshi Nag, founder of the NVC 2025 winning team Rayni, found these sessions “insanely helpful and action oriented.”