A Conversation with Kim Patel (Part 2) – Founder @ Envision Accelerator | Lerer Hippeau | Forbes 30 Under 30 (Media) | MBA '21 @ Harvard Business School Artwork

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A Conversation with Kim Patel (Part 2) – Founder @ Envision Accelerator | Lerer Hippeau | Forbes 30 Under 30 (Media) | MBA '21 @ Harvard Business School

August 14, 2020 • Rashveena and Anvita (Harvard Business School)

We continue our conversation with Kim as she candidly addresses diversity (women and people of color) in the industry, the female network and her work at and inspiration from Bravehouse, a non-profit focused on providing legal and community benefits to young immigrant women.

Kim is a second year MBA student at Harvard Business School where she’s also a Rock Venture Partner. She made the Forbes 30 under 30 for media in 2019 while working at Vice Media as a Director of Global Strategy. Kim has venture experience from Lerer Hippeau, AlleyCorp and Harlem Capital. She is the founder of Envision Accelerator, the first student led virtual accelerator for underrepresented student founders which just initiated its first cohort of 17 companies this summer.

Kim is very passionate about empowering women and people of color and serves on the Board of Women in Innovation (WIN) and Brave House.