So why do so many startups fail so hard? Students of failure, I have found the answers, exquisite in detail, right here on the Internet! Some even sounded interesting, even if the sender was usually either insecure and desperate (“It would great if you could give us some exposure, because we don’t have any investors”) or delusional and PUMPED (“ called us ‘Twitter meets Groupon!’”) The thing would vanish regardless of whether we wrote about it, so you can scratch “insufficient enthusiasm in tech blogosphere?” off that sticky note you stuck to the mirror during your post-failure introspection.
Sure, some of these emails would start with “Dear Sir/Madam” and continue: “We developed an innovative concept: a set of two connected lamps called Ping!” But most of the pitches I saw were from tech entrepreneurs pitching all the wonderful social networks, web sites and productivity tools you’ve never heard of. She is also an avid rock climber and competing member of the UCSD Collegiate Climbing Team.I used to write for a tech blog that got a hundred pitches for no-name apps and companies every day.
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In her free time, Tammy mentors a local FIRST robotics team, focusing on machine shop training for girls interested in engineering and robotics. She currently resides in San Diego with her husband (a fellow Yalie) after completing a research year in head and neck surgery, and is looking forward to her final year of medical school. She was an active leader of the UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic, and was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honors Society in 2019 for excellence in compassionate, patient-centered clinical care and leadership. Following her research year, Tammy enrolled in medical school at the University of California, San Diego. Outside of classes, Tammy volunteered at Yale-New Haven Hospital, held a part-time job at the Haas Family Arts library, and found immense joy in such extracurriculars as Pan Jam & Lime Steelband and Phoenix Dance Troupe.Īfter Yale, Tammy took a research year working at the Cohen Children's Medical Center in Long Island, NY, where her efforts ultimately resulted in eleven publications, many of which were presented at Pediatric Academic Societies National Meetings. At Yale, she majored in Cognitive Science and enrolled in Directed Studies as a complement to her pre-medical coursework. She was born in Ho Chi Minh City, and grew up in San Diego, CA after immigrating to the United States at the age of two. You can email him at Pham (PC '15) is a former ViSA cultural chair ('13).
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In 2018, Davis founded his own consulting prep company, My Consulting Offer, which helps students become management consultants and has been CEO of since.ĭavis has a passion for helping others, and he's excited to share his lessons learned with ViSA – on how to make the most of Yale, how to pick a career, his experience being a management consultant/working at a startup/working in education/and being an entrepreneur.įor more, check out Davis’s blog, his LinkedIn, My Consulting Offer, and his 2017 TED Talk. DeForest Prize, the Townsend Premiums, and the Nakanishi Prize.Īfter Yale, Davis worked at Bain & Company as a management consultant, then at Jumpcut, an educational startup, as Vice President of Operations. Davis graduated in 2015 with honors, including the David C. During his time as ViSA President, ViSA membership grew to being one of the three largest organizations under the AACC and earned him "Most Outstanding Leadership" award in 2013. his high school was the only public school in the US to lose its accreditation) to earn acceptance to Yale though Questbridge.Īt Yale, Davis majored in Economics and was involved heavily on campus across more than 14 organizations including 7 within the AACC. Before Yale, Davis grew up in Atlanta, where he overcame significant challenges (e.g. Davis Nguyen (BK '15) is a former ViSA president ('13) and treasurer ('12).
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