<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/minnielahoti/">Minnie Lahoti</a> is the founder of <a href="https://www.mlstemprep.com/">ML STEM Prep</a>, an online tutoring company focused on serving college undergraduates in courses such as organic chemistry, physics, and calculus. Minnie also serves as a Technical Program Manager at Microsoft, and has a rich background as an organic chemist, consultant and data scientist. She is a 2014 graduate of the University of Alabama and earned an MBA from the UVA Darden School of Business in 2023.</p>
<p>We spoke with Minnie about:</p>
<ul>
 <li>Balancing a startup with a full time job</li>
 <li>Taking a company’s culture into account</li>
  <li>Profiting off of an existing idea</li>
  <li>Playing into your strengths</li>
  <li>Network effects and 2 sided marketplaces </li>
</ul>

#42 - Neal Hoffman - Shark Tank Founder of Mensch on the Bench

Learning out Loud publicizes interesting conversations between 3 UVA undergraduates and experts across entrepreneurship, self development, and other fields. Our focus is on uncovering the varying definitions of success and generating actionable next steps to get there through life skills not covered in the classroom. Hosted by Justin Guerra, Marlee Reiter, and Chapin Zerner.

Edited by Ray Zerner.