iStartup Lab
People
Faculty and staff
Jeremy Zaretzky
Co-Director, iStartup Lab
Assistant Teaching Professor, UW Information School
Venture Partner, Loyal VC
jeremyz@uw.edu
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Mike Teodorescu
Co-Director, iStartup Lab
Assistant Professor, UW Information School
Co-Founder, SurgiBox
miketeod@uw.edu
iSchool Profile | LinkedIn
Advisory board
Our advisory board is made up of experienced entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders, including several iSchool alumni:
- Abhishek Unnam / AI Manager, SHL Labs
- Albert Lam / Product Manager, UiPath
- Amy Hutchins / Director of Product – Mapping and Locations, Procore Technologies
- Andy Wu / Arjun and Minoo Melwani Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
- Colleen Hilton / Co-founder and CEO, Alli Connect
- Eric Larsen / Vice Chairperson, Alliance of Angels
- Jax Morgan / Software Investor, Turn/River Capital
- Julie Averill / Former EVP and Chief Information Officer, lululemon
- Kabir Shahani / Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Avante and Adora
- Kristie Duffin / CTO, Cascade Asset Management Company
- Nick Whiting / Technical Co-founder, kumikai
- Prem Kumar / Co-founder and CEO, Humanly
- Spencer Christiansen / Head of Operations, Loyal VC
- Tim Kotin / Director of Data Analytics and GenAI, AmaliTech Services
Entrepreneurs-in-residence (EIRs)
Our EIRs support our community events and provide mentorship to first-time student founders. EIRs are typically UW students who bring substantial prior experience as entrepreneurs or VC investors. If you’re an iSchool student and would like to schedule a mentoring session with an EIR, please contact us.
Autumn 2025 – Spring 2026 EIRs
- Jordan Lee / Founder, Superclassroom
- Meera Patel / Founder, ReFactory
- Nick Clark / Founder, SimLoop AI
Spring 2025 EIRs
Autumn 2024 – Winter 2025 EIRs
Spring 2024 – Summer 2024 EIRs
- Brian Cao / Founder, Amethyst
- Jake Harper / Founder, Napkin
Winter 2024 EIRs
- Sierra Lee / Co-founder, DubHacks Next