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SUMMARY:Other:Founder Journey at Ross: An EVC Admitted Students Welcome Event
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to EVC! We're kicking off the year with an event built just for admitted students: Meet the board\, and hear from three founders about what building at and after Ross actually looks like. We are going to ask an alum\, a recent grad\, and a current MBA to be honest about their founder journeys\; what they got right\, what they got wrong\, and what Ross actually taught them.\n \nKey Details:\n📅 Wednesday\, August 12\, 2026\n🕖 7:00 – 8:00 PM ET\n \nAgenda:\n7:00 — Welcome & EVC Overview with Co-Presidents Ifedayo Omotunde and Ryan Haarstick\n7:10 — Meet the Board\n7:15 — Founder Panel: Building Post-MBA\n7:40 — Live Q&A\n7:55 — Closing & Next Steps\n\nMeet the Panel:\nDhruv Dhawan (MBA '19) — Co-Founder\, Bschool Travel\nBschool Travel partners with top MBA and business programs to run global experiential learning programs. Since launching in 2018\, they've bootstrapped to 700+ programs across 100+ countries with 50+ university partners\, including Ross.\n \nRyan McManus (MBA '25) — Co-Founder\, Sceptre Surgical\nSceptre is developing the Sceptre Brush\, a device that disrupts and removes the biofilms behind implant-related orthopedic infections. In the past year alone\, Sceptre took second place in the Michigan Business Challenge\, was selected for Plug and Play's Zimmer Biomet MedTech Accelerator\, and published its SABER I study in Acta Orthopaedica.\n \nJane Kim (MBA '27) — Founder\, Akin\nAkin is a NYC-born platform that helps people find local workshops\, art classes\, and creative spaces. Akin has grown past 2\,000 users and was selected for the +Impact Studio Winter 2026 cohort at Ross\, where the team is scaling the platform and supporting more local businesses.\n \nBring your questions! See you there.
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