Rochester Office Hours with UNY100 & Mentors
Join us for a fireside-style keynote and discussion designed to be practical, candid, and highly relevant to founders and tech employees.
Founders will have the option to apply for 1:1 office hour slots with mentors and select investors to receive tailored feedback and strategic insight on their companies.
Schedule:
1:00 - 1:30 PM: Registration and Networking
1:30 - 2:30 PM: Fireside Chat with Sean Colombo
3:00 - 4:00 PM: 1-1 Founder Office Hours (by application - please make sure you choose the right ticket type to apply!
Mentors:
Nasir Ali, CEO of UpVentures
Jim Aroune, Co-founder of Brown and White Ventures
Patrick Bosek, Co-founder & CEO of Heretto
JP Bourget, CEO of Blue Cycle and EIR at Lytical Ventures
Sean Colombo, Former Head of Growth and VP of Engineering at Duolingo
Nick Conn, Board Member & Founder, Casana | Principal, Happy Sleep
Jason Hammond, VP at Fidelity Private Shares
Speaker Bios
Sean Colombo, Retired Engineering Executive, former Head of Growth and VP of Engineering at Duolingo
Sean Colombo is a serial entrepreneur, engineering leader, and RIT alumnus. Most recently, he served as Head of Growth and VP of Engineering at Duolingo, where he helped scale the company through major growth and its transition as a public company. Earlier in his career, he founded LyricWiki while studying at Rochester Institute of Technology and later sold it to Wikia/Fandom, and he also founded BlueLine Game Studios.