Liz Wessel is the Co-Founder and CEO at WayUp, the largest marketplace exclusively for college students to discover and apply for jobs and internships. Founded in July 2014, WayUp is a 44-person startup in NYC. They have raised over $9M in funding, and was named by CNN as one of the 30 most innovative companies changing the world. WayUp's users represent over 3,700 campuses in the U.S., and WayUp has worked with companies of all sizes--from startups to Fortune 500s like Google, Starbucks and Disney. Liz has been featured as one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 and Business Insider’s Silicon Alley 100 list in 2015, and has been named one of the 18 Coolest Women in Silicon Valley. Prior to founding WayUp, Liz worked at Google as a Product Marketing Manager in California and then in India. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
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