Resources
Alumni Webinars on jobs, internships, design etc. - click here
How to Make Your Portfolio & Alum Portfolios (℅ Design@Brown) ~ click here
How to take classes at RISD (℅ Design@Brown) ~ click here
Career & Design-Engn-y Books Bruno’s recommend ~ click here
Famous Alumni Designers on career paths ~ click here
Job Search Advisors (Young Alum & Fellow Students) ~ here
Alum advice on Product Strategy/Management Roles ~ here
Jobs in Design/Design-Thinking/Engineering/Tech click here
Learn about CS Jobs Beyond Big Tech!!!!!! ~ here
Jobs in Startup/Design/Impact/Etc. - click here
Startups/Young Companies in Cities - BuiltIn… (e.g., Austin, Boston, Chicago, Colorado/Denver, LA, NYC, San Fran, Seattle)
Startups/Young Companies in Cities - “City”Inno.com (e.g., Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Colorado, DC, Minneapolis, North Texas, Rhode Island, Richmond, Tampa Bay, Wisconsin)
NY City Tech: NYC Tech Industry Site and Alleywatch
Blue Lobster Mentee Workbook - click here
Brown University Startup Database ~ click here
First Round The Review (all things entrepreneurial, interviewing, management) ~ click here
Various Articles in no specific order (with potential overlap):
Networking - click here
VCs - click here
Design - click here
Entrepreneurship - click here
Careers - click here
Deb’s Career Advice (briefly) ~ click here
Videos of Deb’s view of mentoring ~ #BIF17, BIF-9, BrownSpeaks, DisrupTV, BrownAlumAssoc,
How to Create a Compelling Value Proposition ~ click here
Deb’s book on how to create a compelling Value Proposition - click here
**Student Recommended Courses (please add!!!!!) ~ click here
Concentration Planning Tool ~ click here
Tips to Learn About Companies
Crunchbase.com & Owler.com - put in the company you’re interested in and it will give you info as well as who they think are competitors - which are other companies to investigate!
Other places to search for jobs: Angel List, Women in Tech, Breakout Lists, Wealthfront’s 2020 Career Launching Companies, Other sites, …
Find Brown Alum working at companies or in fields of interest on Brown’s Linkedin Page.
To Schedule a virtual office hour, click here!
Book Suggestions (Crowdsourced) here.
Deb’s Goodreads (mostly fiction-y stuff) here and incomplete list of books here
Cool art shows Deb’s been to and loves
Atelier des Lumieres, Paris: Immersive Van Gogh & Klimt (Oct 2019)
Arsenal Contemporary Museum, Montreal: Immersive Van Gogh (Jan 2020)
Cove Street Arts, Portland, Maine: Eva Goetz, Mark Leavitt & Grace Degennaro
Artists/Galleries/Museums followed on Instagram
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