In this fireside chat, we sit down with two inspiring entrepreneurial leaders â Susan Heystee, BMath ’86 and Managing Director at Golden Seeds, and Katie Witkop, Founding Designer at Faire â as we delve into topics including the importance of supporting female-owned start-ups, potential funding sources for entrepreneurs, incubators, the experience of female founders, and the recent shift towards women starting their own businesses during COVID-19.
Introduced by Keer Liu, 2019 Math Co-op Student of the Year, this conversation aims to energize students and alumni at all stages of their careers to pursue their passions and not be afraid to solve the problems they see around them.
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Keer is a 4th-year Computer Science student from University of Waterloo with a strong passion in the tech industry. She's gained comprehensive experience from full-stack to system infrastructure development, by interning in Apple, Slack, Coinbase, Pagerduty and Loblaw Digital. Read more on Keer's linkedin...