Committed to the future of entrepreneurship, Founders align their passion for discovery with their desire to empower Columbia’s students, faculty, and research to change the world.
Our members are curious about what is happening in entrepreneurship across the University and invested in building our entrepreneurship community.
The Columbia Founders Society presents Founders Talks, a new series of conversations to compare stories, mentor, and support each other.
Founders Talks spotlights individual members of the Founders Society as they share their journey of discovery and provides a forum for Columbia entrepreneurs and Founders to connect.
Founders Talks is produced by the Columbia Founders Society in collaboration with the Columbia School of Professional Studies Career Design Lab and its podcast, Rising to the Top: Lessons in Leadership: https://careerdesignlab.sps.columbia.edu/resources/category/podcasts/.
Speaker Bios:
Joseph Quaderer is a graduate of The University of Notre Dame (BA in finance), New York University Stern School of Business (MBA in finance and strategy), and Columbia University Journalism School (MS in long-form journalism). After spending 17 years as a banker on Wall Street, he left finance to pursue his passion for storytelling. Joseph founded StorySavor to connect people with professional writers to capture their stories.
Paul Maniaci has worked has over thirteen years of experience in career development. He received his Bachelors of Arts in Communications at Syracuse University and his Masters in Public Administration at Baruch College. He is currently in the Columbia Journalism Masters. He has two young daughters.
