Liz Wessel (WayUp)

Jul 19, 2016, 10:30 PM – Jul 20, 2016, 1:00 AM (UTC)

New York City

DigitalOcean, 101 Avenue of the Americaas, New York City, 10013

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.

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About this event

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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Speaker

  • Liz Wessel

    WayUp

When

When

July 19 – 20, 2016
10:30 PM – 1:00 AM (UTC)

Agenda

10:30 PMDoors Open
11:00 PMFireside Chat
12:00 AMMeet the Community

Organizers

  • Joshua Ness

    IEEE

    Managing Director, Startup Grind

  • Tova Feldheim

    Blueprints CX

    Cofounder

  • Arjun Mehta

    Off Campus Ai

    Co-founder

  • Jenny Sumeragi

    CEO & Founder, JS Global Investment

  • Paul GUILLARD

    Chief of Staff / BizOps / Project Manager / BD

  • Prianka Ball

  • Daniel Silver

    IntegratedMarketers

    Owner

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