Episode 8: Brenda Lessen Knoll

Episode 10: Finn Shannon

Finn is a current IWU student majoring in finance and president of the PE/VC student club. Finn talks about the creation of the student club, their work in venture capital, and the value of experiential learning opportunities in college.

Episode 9: Paul Halvorsen

Paul Halvorsen is the CFO of SMF, Inc a metal fabrication and machining company. Paul talks about his journey from an accounting major at IWU and entrepreneurship in supply chains.

Episode 8: Brenda Lessen Knoll

Dr. Brenda Lessen Knoll is a nursing professor at IWU and innovator of the PIOMI therapy. It is a method used on preterm babies to help them transition to oral feeding allowing them to leave the hospital days earlier. Brenda talks about PIOMI, the training/consulting business she has founded, and her path in nursing education.

Episode 7: Chris Bisaillion

Chris is an IWU alum and co-founder of Bottleneck Management. We talk about the necessity of distinctiveness, providing value, and data-informed decision making.

Episode 6: Hadi Imtiaz

Hadi is a computer science major and co-winner of the 2025 Titan New Venture Challenge. He has developed an app that helps people control their overuse of their phones. Hadi talks about the app's creation and how he merged his psychology and computer science education to develop his idea. We talk about the pitch competition and the value he received from competing.