Empowering Entrepreneurs: Building Social Capital and Skills Through Peer Mentorship
Enhance entrepreneurial skills through peer interactions in the classroom
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Empowering Entrepreneurs: Building Social Capital and Skills Through Peer Mentorship
The benefits of peer-to-peer mentorship.
The webinar will focus on the following:
- Understanding the Role of Peer Mentorship
- Build & Leverage Social Capital
- Enhance entrepreneurial skills through peer interactions in the classroom
Anita will share her expert insights and real-life case studies as participants explore the importance of incorporating peer relationships in entrepreneurship courses and learn strategies for building these supportive networks.
About the speaker:
Anita Balaraman: Founder and CEO of Epixego, Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley
Anita is a technology product leader with more than 10 years of experience in building technology products that delight the customer both in the B2B and B2C domain. She is also an adjunct faculty at UC Berkeley, teaching and coaching hi-tech product management. She is currently the founder of an early stage ed-tech startup. Most recently she led the digital customer experience practice at Cisco Systems, designing and launching enterprise solutions for customer experience. Prior to that, she led the product team at WalmartLabs launching products that combine machine learning, predictive analytics and personalization. She consults independently and on the board of technology startups in the advertising, ecommerce, and ed-tech space. Anita received her MS in toxicology and applied statistics, and an MBA, both from the University of California, Berkeley.