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Deans Counsel65: Umaimah Mendhro (One League) on Disrupting MBA EducationOn this episode of Deans Counsel, we've got all three of our moderators -- Jim Ellis, Dave Ikenberry, and Ken Kring -- onboard to speak with Umaimah Mendhro, Founder and President of One League, an organization empowering highly promising, underserved changemakers to realize global impact. Partnering with Stanford, Harvard and MIT as well as global industry leaders, One League is focused on bringing world class education to a highly engaged and academically accomplished set of students who, because of location and economic or social status, are unable to access top graduate-level business education.Less...
2025-06-2038 min
Femmes Finance PodcastElite Education for Global Change: Umaimah Mendhro on One League, Raising Funds from Google & YC, and Building Partnerships with Harvard, Stanford, and MITUmaimah Mendhro, Founder & President of One League, grew up without formal education in rural Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Despite these early challenges, she went on to graduate from Cornell University and Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar. Umaimah is also the founder of VIDA & Co., a multi-million-dollar public benefit corporation, and has worked with top companies like Microsoft, McKinsey, and West, leading projects for Twitter, Dropbox, and Square. Her work has earned her recognition from Fast Company, CIO Magazine, and ForbesIn this episode of the Femmes Finance Podcast, we explore Umaimah Mendhro’s jo...
2024-11-1231 min
Honest EcommerceEmpowering People Through Economies of Scale | Umaimah Mendhro | VIDAUmaimah Mendhro is the Founder of VIDA, a global platform offering unique, sustainable, and beautifully design-driven products that aim to positively impact people's lives and overall well-being. Umaimah grew up in rural Pakistan and Saudi Arabia - with no access to formal education most of her life - but a deep passion for design and art and a drive to make a difference in the world. She paved her way to Cornell University and later Harvard Business School, and built a career in technology, working with a highly select portfolio of game-changing tech companies and ma...
2023-03-2724 min
The Mentor Files59 Umaimah Mendhro - The Founder of VIDA on Becoming Comfortable Being An OutsiderListen in to learn what drew Umaimah into becoming an entrepreneur, the real value of your network, and why she became comfortable being an outsider. "[Growing up], I had this little germ of creativity. I loved to design and I wanted to be a fashion designer when I grew up." - Umaimah Mendhro. Learn more about this episode of The Mentor Files with Monica Royer at www.monicaandandy.blog/59
2019-05-2238 min
State Of The ArtThe Art of Sustainability: VidaVida is a San Francisco-based brand connecting artists with the means of production in order to create clothing and accessories adorned with the artists’ original designs. Vida CEO and Founder Umaimah Mendhro sat down with Ethan for this week’s episode to talk about using tech to disrupt the status quo, the importance of creating sustainable systems for business, fashion, and art, and the need for beautiful design. -About Vida-Vida is an online shop that allows artists to create fashion and accessories with their original designs. With over 490,000 orig...
2017-12-2600 min
The Beehive64: Umaimah Mendhro Created a Global Product Launch PlatformUmaimah is the Founder & CEO of VIDA. She grew up in rural Pakistan and Saudi Arabia – with no access to formal education most of her life – but a deep passion for fashion and design and a drive to make a difference in the world. She charted her way to Cornell University and […]
2017-08-1727 min
The Beehive Product Launch Show64: Umaimah Mendhro Created a Global Product Launch PlatformUmaimah Mendhro started her company with a strong belief that fashion could be responsible and accessible. She is the founder and CEO of VIDA, a global platform that brings together creatives and manufacturers from around the world to create unique, original, art inspired apparel and accessories. Umaimah grew up with a deep passion for fashion and design and a drive to make a difference in the world. Today, she uses her global platform to launch products that are made responsibly and that help break the chain of poverty in the world of fashion.
2017-08-1727 minThe Beehive Product Launch Show64: Umaimah Mendhro Created a Global Product Launch PlatformUmaimah Mendhro started her company with a strong belief that fashion could be responsible and accessible. She is the founder and CEO of VIDA, a global platform that brings together creatives and manufacturers from around the world to create unique, original, art inspired apparel and accessories. Umaimah grew up with a deep passion for fashion and design and a drive to make a difference in the world. Today, she uses her global platform to launch products that are made responsibly and that help break the chain of poverty in the world of fashion.
2017-08-1727 min