

Fireside Chat with Liam Corrigan, Partner at Sequoia Capital
Join ASES for a fireside chat with Liam Corrigan, Partner at Sequoia Capital, as he shares his thesis on the highest leverage undertakings for college students wanting to go into entrepreneurship.
Liam joined Sequoia earlier this year and focuses on early-stage investments. He holds a BS from Harvard and previously worked at Fuse Energy and rowed for Team USA, where he won Gold in the 2024 Olympics.
What We'll Cover
What you should spend your time on as an undergrad interested in the startup ecosystem
How to identify and compare opportunities & choose what is most suitable / valuable for you
What early-stage AI investing looks like in 2026 vs. 2023 and how the bar has shifted
What Liam looks for at seed and Series A: signals, red flags, and the traits that matter most
Real talk on the moat question: what actually constitutes a barrier to entry in an AI-native world
Q&A to follow.