Unipeers Branding Revamp
For the past few weeks been working hard at Unipeers to define our values and make sure our branding is aligned with them. Finally, our new logo and graphics are up at unipeers.org!
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Unipeers Launch
One of the most challenging aspects of studying abroad is understanding how the other country’s educational system works well enough to apply to your top school, get admitted, and get a scholarship or funding.
As an international student in both the UK and the US I experienced how overwhelming this process can be. Having had a mentor or a reference person to ask at my dream university would have saved me countless hours of frustration. To help others who find themselves in this situation, I’ve joined forces with Katie Donahoe to create Unipeers.
Unipeers is a non-profit initiative to bring together the largest community of graduate alumni, students, and prospective students from top US universities. Whether you’re looking to learn more about applying to graduate school or landing your first job, Unipeers will help you connect with people just like you who’ve done it before!
Learn more about how to join as a member or volunteer on our website: https://unipeers.org/.
Why You Should Take Advantage of Social Contagion and the Pygmalion Effect
Social contagion and the Pygmalion effect are two psychological phenomena we experience on a daily basis. Have you ever given a second thought to how to take advantage of them on your path to success?
Read my article here to learn about these phenomena and ways in which you can start using them to your advantage today!
Image Source: Duke University
Why I’m Working on Unipeers.org
Living in Spain made applying to study in the UK and later in the US challenging for me. Not having anyone to ask at my dream schools or the cities I wanted to move to made me feel lost, overwhelmed and discouraged.
I’m grateful for persevering and getting through the process, but also aware there were times when I almost returned home. In an effort to prevent this from happening to others, Katie Donahoe and I are creating Unipeers.
What’s Unipeers? Learn all about it in my Medium article!
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10 Lessons from 50+ Interviews in Tech
For 6 months I reached out to 200 successful people in NYC’s tech sphere. After 50+ calls with engineers, entrepreneurs, researchers, CEOs, CTOs, and managers here are my top 10 lessons to take away!
Click here to read this article I wrote on Medium.
Image Source: LinkedIn Learning.
Star Quest Website is Up!
The Star Quest website is up now! Sign up to learn more about this awesome gamified goal tracker for kids, and send us an email if you have any questions or suggestions for the product!
Click here to visit the Star Quest website, and follows us on Instagram and Twitter at @starquestapp!
What We’re Doing to Understand Our Customers
At wēbē we are creating a product in the teen’s mental health space. To understand potential users, I downloaded some trending apps for mental health tracking and used them for a few weeks. Yesterday I finally deleted the last app, and it felt A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.
Read full article here!
Lesson #3: Learn About Your Audience Before They Learn From You
Pitching a product is easy — pitching one that people remember is difficult. Think about the last presentation that struck a cord with you. Why did it?
Personally, I remember a talk on the importance of creating a community around your product.
As an engineer my work revolves around algorithms, but in my free time I enjoy reading about social psychology and how communities interact. For years I believed these books’ knowledge would stay in my memory under “curiosities”, rather than help me with my “engineering work”. But this talk made me realize…
Click here to read the full article!
Lesson #1: Interview First, Engineer Later
As an engineer, I have a natural tendency to focus on product features — I want to use the latest technology to build the coolest gadgets. However, a couple months into my entrepreneurship journey a hard truth hit me: no matter how amazing the technology is, if it doesn’t serve a purpose, it may as well be a potato (sorry potatoes).
Want to know why? Click here to keep reading!
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Introducing wēbē!
Mental health disorders have been surrounded by stigma for years, even though 1 in 5 US adults will suffer from a mental health condition during their lifetime. Several factors, including this stigma, contribute to the fact that the average delay between onset of mental illness symptoms and treatment is 11 years. Those are staggering statistics, considering how much progress we have made regarding physical health in the past few years. As someone who has witnessed the devastating effects a mental health disorder can have on a friend or loved one’s life, I began asking myself: “What can I, as an individual, do to lower these numbers?”
To find out, click here!