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Highlights from LinkedIn

Projects and reflections on technology, business, and learning, shared on LinkedIn.

  1. 01venture capitalVenture Capital MasterclassCompleted the Wall Street Prep Venture Capital certification, covering the history of VC, building an investment thesis, deal structures, and fund strategy. (opens LinkedIn in a new tab)
  2. 02brand strategyBrand Strategy, AI Video, and Athletic BrewingLeveled up AI video creation skills while building a strategic brand campaign for Athletic Brewing as a final project, with attention to camera angles, music, and minute detail. (opens LinkedIn in a new tab)
  3. 03marketingBrand Management in a Digital AgeExplored brand management with Prof. Tom Hafen through cases on IKEA, Porsche's Cayenne, and Dove, then analyzed Athletic Brewing Co. with my team through store visits, surveys, and the marketing funnel. (opens LinkedIn in a new tab)
  4. 04financeCorporation Finance: Valuation, Capital Structure, and M&AReflections on studying valuation, capital structures, and mergers and acquisitions, including valuing Allbirds and NewBird AI on the final exam. (opens LinkedIn in a new tab)
  5. 05investingStock Pitch Competition with Perplexity ComputerTurned a late-night project exploring Perplexity Computer into a stock pitch competition entry: an interactive dashboard with a Zscaler long thesis covering financials, a DCF model, comps, and earnings call analysis. (opens LinkedIn in a new tab)
  6. 06accountingCompleting the Accounting ConcentrationCompleted coursework in overhead allocation, cost analysis, and financial statement analysis toward an accounting concentration, and won a live case role-play on transfer pricing. (opens LinkedIn in a new tab)
  7. 07engineeringBuilding an Airline Costing SimulatorBuilt an interactive desktop application with Electron and React that combines business costing concepts with technology, shown in a video walkthrough. (opens LinkedIn in a new tab)
  8. 08accountingVisualizing Cost Allocation: An Airline Costing Web AppInspired by a Harvard Business School airline case, built a web app showing how cost allocation shapes route profitability, with real-time revenue, cost, and margin updates. (opens LinkedIn in a new tab)
  9. 09accountingFinancial Statement Analysis: Reading Between the LinesSimulated an earnings call as company executives, then fielded analyst Q&A, while learning to weigh qualitative signals alongside what the financial statements do and do not tell. (opens LinkedIn in a new tab)
  10. 10generative AIImage-to-Poetry, Now a Mobile AppTurned the Image-to-Poetry package into an Android app powered by Google Gemini, shown generating a poem from a snowy lake scene on a Pixel emulator. (opens LinkedIn in a new tab)
  11. 11generative AIImage-to-Poetry: A Python Package on PyPIPublished a Python package on PyPI that turns a photo into a rhyming poem using Google Gemini, installable with a single pip command. (opens LinkedIn in a new tab)
  12. 12web appBehind the Scenes of Nativity MosaicA behind-the-scenes look at creating the Nativity Mosaic website, built with Google Antigravity and deployed on Netlify. (opens LinkedIn in a new tab)
  13. 13web appNativity Mosaic: A Christmas Web AppBuilt a web app with Google Antigravity that weaves your own photos into a mosaic of the Nativity, and published it for anyone to try this Christmas. (opens LinkedIn in a new tab)
  14. 14entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship Through AcquisitionWrapped up a quarter in Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition at Chicago Booth, with new friendships, new skills, and mock pitches to investors. (opens LinkedIn in a new tab)

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