Building with Carnelian

In this episode of Building with Carnelian, host Lauren Chuhta sits down with Priya Abiram, founder of Operation Period, a startup developing menstrual health technology for use in astronomy spaces including SpaceX and NASA. A Forbes 25 Under 25 honoree, Priya has built her company at the intersection of deep science, social impact, and a market most founders never think to enter. Priya walks thro...

In this episode of Building with Carnelian, host Lauren Chuhta sits down with Arden Whitley, Senior Development Director at Ronald McDonald House, whose career has carried her from Rhodes College through animal welfare and into children's and family health, where she has spent years building the fundraising infrastructure that keeps mission-driven organizations running. Arden walks through the fun...

In this episode of Building with Carnelian, host Lauren Chuhta sits down with Dr. Jenny Aker, Professor of Development Economics at Cornell University and co-chair of MIT's Poverty Action Lab, whose 25 years of fieldwork across 21 countries in Africa and Latin America has taken her deep into the question of what it actually means to measure impact. Dr. Aker breaks down what development economics r...

Welcome to the Carnelian Ventures podcast , hosted by Lauren Chuhta. This show explores the powerful intersection of venture operations and social impact . Join us as we dive into how storytelling and data can be mobilized as evidence to empower your pitches, investment evaluations, and everyday decision-making in the venture capital space. Drawing on her background in global development and resea...