Melissa Cohen

Ithaca, New York, United States Contact Info
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  • Cayuga Health System

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    Volunteer / Business Coach

    Defy Ventures

    - Present 4 years 3 months

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    Defy Ventures' mission is to shift mindsets to give people with criminal histories their best shot at a second chance through career readiness, personal development, and entrepreneurship training programs offered in prisons and in the community. With a vision to cut recidivism rates in half by leveraging entrepreneurship to increase economic opportunity and transform lives, Defy currently works in seven states and sixteen prisons nationwide.

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    Mentor

    Future Founders

    - 4 years

    Science and Technology

    Future Founders is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that believes every youth can become an entrepreneur. We immerse youth in experiences that inspire and empower them to create their own opportunity. We believe this leads to a generation more determined, hopeful and equipped as they engage the future.

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    Mentor

    Venture for America

    - 2 years 11 months

    Science and Technology

    Venture for America is a fellowship program that places recent graduates at startups in cities with emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems, forging a community of entrepreneurs committed to building companies that matter. I mentor their fellows in the following areas: Business Development and Sales • Raising Capital • Operations

Courses

  • Introduction to Computer Science

    Harvard C50x

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Hebrew

    Limited working proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

Organizations

  • University of Chicago Booth School of Business

    Teaching Assistant for Scott Meadow: Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity | Commercializing Innovation

    - Present

    Course: Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity The chief objective of the course is to provide an understanding of the criteria for a successful entrepreneurial endeavor and the methods of analysis to make the proper judgment. The casework will consider ventures representing broad sectors of the economy, including telecommunications, healthcare and consumer services. These sectors will be used to examine entrepreneurial activity and analysis. The impact of the Internet as an enhancement to…

    Course: Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity The chief objective of the course is to provide an understanding of the criteria for a successful entrepreneurial endeavor and the methods of analysis to make the proper judgment. The casework will consider ventures representing broad sectors of the economy, including telecommunications, healthcare and consumer services. These sectors will be used to examine entrepreneurial activity and analysis. The impact of the Internet as an enhancement to these sectors will be interwoven throughout. The class analyzes the role of various functional areas e.g., finance, marketing, and strategy, toward achieving success in new ventures. Attention is also given to analyzing the suppliers of capital, individual investors, venture capitalists, commercial banks, asset-based lenders and investment banks. Course: Commercializing Innovation Commercializing Innovation delivers useful “cross-training” to students interested in starting, leading or investing in entrepreneurial enterprises. Throughout the quarter, students learn how to effectively evaluate and communicate the fundamentals of novel business opportunities. More than a collection of tools and frameworks, this course teaches a comprehensive approach that can be efficiently applied across a broad range of businesses. This approach is built (and tested) incrementally over time using a mixture of case discussions, guest lectures, and hands-on assignments. Class discussions will cover foundational analysis, as well as the use of market research in the entrepreneurial environment, "how to" build management, utilization of analogs to develop the economic profile of emerging companies, staging and structure of financing over the life of the enterprise, and modification through analysis of the tactics and strategy of functional disciplines when projected outcomes are not achieved and the resulting ramifications on cash usage.

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