
Before leading Northeastern’s student-run venture accelerator, Ashritha Kallem worked on its operations. Her path through IDEA and TEDx follows the people, preparation and practical help that give an idea somewhere to go.

The Harvard junior moves between a $13 million student-run business, the Crimson sports desk, ESPN+ sidelines and nonfiction film. Her useful trick is not choosing one lane - it is learning what each lane can teach the others.
Michael Mauro is a Harvard undergraduate economics student from Long Island who has turned campus life into a business education. He helps run marketing at Harvard Student Agencies, the world's largest student-run company, works as a consulting manager for its summer Academies, and co-presides over the Harvard Undergraduate Economics Association. He plays club ice hockey, is aiming for law school, and has collected passport stamps from two dozen countries along the way.