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CHARLIE ANDERSON, 23; JESSICA ASSAF, 29
VANESSA GILL, 23; Cofounder, Prima
LUCY STEVENS, 23; RETAIL
AMY WU, 23 JAY BARTON, 29
Cofounders, Social Cipher Founder, ASRV Sportswear
MASSI BASIRI, 26; METI BASIRI, 26 IKEY BENSIMHON, 29;
Cofounders, ApplyBoard ISAAC SCHWERD, 29
Cofounders, Sacatelle
SABIH BIN WASI, 27; RUKHSAR NEYAZ, 26
Cofounders, Stellic AHMED BESHRY, 26; LINDON
GAO, 28; YILIN HUANG, 28;
JARED BROWN, 28 YORK YANG, 28 JESSIE ZENG, 27
Associate, My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, Cofounders, Caper
Obama Foundation COFOUNDER, CHOOSY
JEREMY CAI, 24
KIARA BUTLER, 29 Founder, Italic 117
Founder, Diversity Talks “Millions of women around
MINALI CHATANI, 28
ROB CARROLL, 26; NICK FREUD, 27 Cofounder, Wild One the world are expressing
Cofounders, CampusReel
PATTY DELGADO, 28 their buying intent over so-
BERK COKER, 25 Founder, Hija de tu Madre cial media,” says Jessie Zeng,
Cofounder, TeachFX
ERIN ROBERT FREY, 26; LEIF FREY, cofounder of e-tailer Choosy.
NICK CURRIER, 29; KASEY GANDHAM, 28; PATRICK KESHISHIAN, 29;
29; JESSICA TENUTA, 28 AIDAN PORTER, 29 With algorithms that act like
Cofounders, Packback Cofounders, FREY style sleuths, Choosy scans
REILLY DAVIS, 29; ADAM SAVEN, 29 JACLYN FU, 29; social posts to spot the hot-
Cofounders, PeopleGrove LIA WINOGRAD, 29 test looks. Choosy then
Cofounders, Pepper
ETHAN DURHAM, 27; makes up to 25 new products
ALEXANDER JEKOWSKY, 24 BUNNY GHATRORA, 25;
Cofounders, Ulyngo TARAN GHATRORA, 27 a month. Zeng is on pace for
Cofounders, Blume $6 million in sales in 2019
MANU EDAKARA, 27
Program director, iVenture Accelerator ZACHARY GORDAN, 29 and has raised over $10 mil-
Cofounder, DIFF Eyewear
SAAD EL YAMANI, 26; lion in funding. A Wellesley
SOHAM KHAITAN, 25 LAUREN HABER JONAS, 29 graduate, Zeng traded cur-
Cofounders, Ambi Founder, Part & Parcel
rencies, moonlighted as a
ELIZABETH ENGELE, 26; JORDAN JONES, 29
JULIA HARIED, 27 Founder, Packed Party fashion blogger and in 2017
Cofounders, MakerGirl launched the company. To
DANIEL KANE, 28

JOE ENGLISH, 24 Founder, The Ridge avoid flops, she uses Chinese
Founder, Hope in a Box factories that can make as
SAOUD KHALIFAH, 29
DANIEL FISCHER, 29; RAAID HOSSAIN, Founder, Fakespot few as 80 units. Hits are re-
29; SHIREEN JAFFER, 26
Cofounders, Edvo ALLISON KLEIN, 29 stocked fast. —Lauren Debt-
Founder, Rose & Rex er, Glenda Toma, Vicky Valet
REBECCA FLEISCHMAN, 28
Associate director, national programs and OLIVIA LANDAU, 28;
outreach, Child Mind Institute KYLE SIMON, 29
Cofounders, The Clear Cut
BRANDON FLEMING, 29
Founder, Harvard Diversity Project ALLISON LEE, 29
Founder, Hemster
MICHAEL HAMAMOTO TRIBBLE, 28
Head of education strategy, Google Cloud FIONA LEE, 27;
LARISSA RUSSELL, 28
DENNIS HANSEN, 27; Cofounders, Pod Foods
SAMYR QURESHI, 27
Cofounders, Knack KIMBERLY LEWIS, 28;
TIMOTHY LEWIS, 29
JANELLE HINDS, 27 Cofounders, CurlMix
Founder, Helping Hands
SABA MOHEBPOUR, 29
JACK KREWSON, 27; Founder, Spocket
GAVIN SCHIFFRES, 26
Cofounders, Kairos Academies ALEX O’DELL, 29
Cofounder, Floyd
CASSIDY LEVENTHAL, 27
Vice president, University Ventures MICHAEL PATTON, 29
Founder, Fetch Package
CONNIE LIU, 24
Founder, Project Invent JOEY PETRACCA, 28;
YUNI SAMESHIMA, 29
AUSTIN MARTIN, 24 Cofounders, Chicory
Founder, Rhymes with Reason
NOAH RAF, 23; PEIMAN RAF, 25;
CHLOE MOORE, 25 JOSHUA SITT, 23;
Director, NEXT Memphis MASON SPECTOR, 25
SAMANTHA PRATT, 26 Cofounders, Madhappy
Founder, KlickEngage ROBERT ROIZEN, 29
Cofounder, Feedonomics
CAROLINA RECCHI, 26;
CLAUDIA RECCHI, 24 ROOSHY ROY, 29
Cofounders, Edsights Cofounder, aavrani
MELANIE SHIMANO, 29 BRIDGET VUONG, 29
Founder, Food Computer Program Cofounder, Fuse Inventory
RAHEL TEKOLA, 29; NIARA VALÉRIO, 29 JESSIE ZENG, 27; MO ZHOU, 27
Cofounders, Learnabi Cofounders, Choosy
CHRISTINA WALKER RAKESTRAW, 29 RACHEL ZIETZ, 19
Cofounder, Homeroom Founder, Gladiator Lacrosse

JUDGES: KATRINA LAKE, FOUNDER, STITCH FIX; NATALIE MASSENET, COFOUNDER, IMAGINARY VENTURES;
MAX RHODES, COFOUNDER, FAIRE; EMILY WEISS, FOUNDER, GLOSSIER (UNDER 30 CLASS OF 2015).
JESSIE ZENG WEARS HER OWN WARDROBE BY CHOOSY.

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