Dorm Room to Boardroom Podcast

In Episode 15 of Dorm Room to Boardroom, we sit down with Babson President Stephen Spinelli to break down his journey from co-founding Jiffy Lube to leading one of the top entrepreneurship schools in the country. We get into how he built a billion dollar company, what entrepreneurship looked like when he was starting out, and how the game has changed for students today. President Spinelli shares w...

In Episode 14 of Dorm Room to Boardroom, we sit down with Krish Bhatia to break down how he built DAM Fellows and is now working on AI in education. We talk about his early ventures like AppPioneer Camps, what it actually takes to start and scale an accelerator, and how those experiences led him to build in the AI space. Krish shares how he’s using technology to rethink how students learn, what Bo...

In Episode 13 of Dorm Room to Boardroom, we sit down with Srikar Srinivasan to break down how he’s building Arcangel and using AI to reinvent the patent space. We talk about his journey from early ventures like ARCOMM and STRICX to now creating a platform that helps turn ideas into real, protected assets. Srikar explains how Arcangel works, why he chose to focus on patents and AI, and what it take...

In Episode 12 of Dorm Room to Boardroom, we sit down with Tahnoon Murtza to talk about his journey from pursuing music to now building his own venture fund. We dive into his early entrepreneurial mindset, lessons from past ventures, and how those experiences led him to start Grey Sheep and work with top creators. Tahnoon shares how he landed major clients, what he’s building today, and how he’s th...

In Episode 11 of Dorm Room to Boardroom, we sit down with AJ to break down his journey from building and exiting Atomic ACO to now running Reef Labs and working in the AI space. We talk about what the exit process actually looked like, how he transitioned into AI with projects like AI Formulator, and how Reef Labs is helping businesses become more efficient and scale. AJ also shares how he balance...

In Episode 10 of Dorm Room to Boardroom, we sit down with Mateo Acosta-Rubio to talk about his entrepreneurial journey and the impact he’s building through both business and philanthropy. Mateo shares the story behind his company Clave and how it’s working to transform the restaurant industry, along with the mission behind LetAllGirls and the work it’s doing to empower young girls around the world...

In Episode 9 of Dorm Room to Boardroom, we sit down with David Chae to talk about how he built by:Chae into a growing matcha brand. We get into his early entrepreneurial background, what made him pivot from a fried chicken concept to doubling down on matcha, and what it took to invest $17K of his own money to bring the vision to life. David shares how selling out of a trailer turned into building...

In Episode 8 of Dorm Room to Boardroom, we sit down with Krish Khemlani to break down how he built Desi Eats from a campus idea into a growing food brand. We get into how he launched and operates a food business at Babson, the challenges of balancing school while running something that depends on you showing up every day, and how he’s using social media to build real brand awareness. Krish also sh...