About
Venture associate who previously ran MIT's largest entrepreneurship competition and founded an MIT-focused venture studio. Holds an MBA from MIT Sloan, an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, and a BCom in Finance from UBC's Sauder School of Business, with prior experience leading strategy at a food and beverage company.
Experience
- Material ImpactVenture Associatecurrent2024 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMBA Candidate, Dean's Fellow2021 — 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Harvard UniversityMPA Candidate, JFK Fellow2022 — 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Harvard Kennedy SchoolGraduate Teaching Fellow: Adaptive Leadership2023 — 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- C10 LabsVenture Studio Ops2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Studio@MITFounder2022 — 2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- MIT $100K Entrepreneurship CompetitionCo-Managing Director2022 — 2023Greater Boston
- TEALEAVESAssociate Director Of Strategy2019 — 2022
- TEALEAVESBrand Manager2017 — 2019
- TEALEAVESBrand, Lead2015 — 2017Vancouver, BC
- TEALEAVESBrand, Associate2014 — 2015
- Sauder School of Business at UBCHead Teaching Assistant, Quantitative Decision Making2011 — 2013Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
- UNICEFSupply Chain Analyst2013Copenhagen, Denmark
Skills & more
Spanish2English1FrenchQualitative Research10Marketing Strategy7Marketing13Microsoft Excel12Teamwork21Leadership5Social Media9Fundraising7Public Speaking7
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TeachingEconomicsResearchPowerPointBloggingMicrosoft OfficeEvent PlanningAnalysisGoogle AnalyticsSalesforce.comTeam LeadershipManagementLanguages Danish · English · French · Spanish · Turkish
From Ezgi's professional profile.
Colleagues at Material Impact
Adam Sharkawy
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Material Impact
Alexa Horwitz
Director of Marketing and Communications at Material Impact
Ben Schlatka
Company Building Partner at Material Impact
Carmichael Roberts
Investor at Material Impact
Christian Theriault
Partner at Material Impact
Corinna Chen
Partner at Material Impact
Deborah Kilpatrick
Health IT CEO, Evidation at Material Impact
Elyse Winer
Partner at Material Impact
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ezgi Emiroglu?
- Venture associate who previously ran MIT's largest entrepreneurship competition and founded an MIT-focused venture studio. Holds an MBA from MIT Sloan, an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, and a BCom in Finance from UBC's Sauder School of Business, with prior experience leading strategy at a food and beverage company.
- Where does Ezgi Emiroglu work?
- Ezgi Emiroglu is Venture Associate at Material Impact.
- Where did Ezgi Emiroglu go to school?
- Ezgi Emiroglu studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (Dean's Fellow, Master of Business Administration - MBA); Harvard Kennedy School (John F. Kennedy Fellow, Master of Public Administration); The University of British Columbia (Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Double Major: Finance).
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