Life Changing Labs is the startup accelerator and mentorship program for the top 5% of university entrepreneurs worldwide.
For 0% equity.
Our impact
LCL was founded at Cornell University in 2012. Since then, we've empowered over 100+ startups, which have raised $30+ million and impacted 500,000+ people.
TAILOS
Raised over $10M+ in funding and has 30+ employees
EverSound
Raised over $10M+ in funding and has 500+ customers
Response
Graduate of Y Combinator
Empower Equity
Procured financing budget of over $2 billion
Invictus BCI
Recipient of Cornell Tech Startup Award
Meet the people who are invested in your success.
Mentors
Auston Li
Program Manager at Microsoft
Pam Silverstein
Entrepreneur in Resident at Life Changing Labs
John Callister
Senior Lecturer & Director of Engineering Enterprise Program at Cornell University
Fred Barken
General Partner at Bartrip Realty, LP
Jenna Chong
Head of People Operations at Lula
Amber Harris
Principal at Harris Management Solutions
Hayden Brainard
Corporate Attorney and Partner at Miller Mayer, LLP
Tom Ottavian
Business and Economics Librarian at Cornell University
Christa Downey
Director at Cornell Engineering Career Center, Entrepreneur & Leadership Coach
Herbert Dwyer
CEO at EMPEQ
Robert Karpman
Founder and CEO at Geri-Safe
Matt Marx
Faculty Director of Entrepreneurship at Cornell University, Faculty Research Fellow at NBER
Franco Mora
Entrepreneurship Advisory Board Member at Cornell University, Serial Entrepreneur and Mentor
Speakers
Scott Belsky
Chief Product Officer at Adobe, Best Selling Author of The Messy Middle
Danielle Strachman
Founder and General Partner at 1517 Fund
Michael Gibson
Founder and General Partner at 1517 Fund
Peter Cortle
CEO at StartupTree, Founder of Life Changing Labs
Chic Thompson
Executive Director at WagiLabs
Adi Agashe
Product Manager at Microsoft
John Alexander
Founder at The CBORD Group Inc.
Michael Raspuzzi
Director at The Knowledge Society
Nicolas Barone
CEO and Founder at Universe
John DiStefano
Professional Fellow in Residence at Cornell University
Nolan Gray
Co-Founder and CTO at Response
Amy Newman
Senior Lecturer at Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Author of Building Leadership Character
Otto Pohl
Founder at Core Communication, Communication Mentor at Blackstone LaunchPad at Cornell
Ken Rother
Board Observer at Exotanium, Venture Partner at Cayuga Venture Fund
Keivan Shahida
Co-Founder and CEO at Response
Life Changing Labs
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