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Columbia Founders Society’s Founders Talks
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Founders Society members are dedicated to making a lasting impact through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and philanthropy. 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.
To compare stories, mentor, and support each other the Columbia Founders Society presents a new series of conversations; Founders Talks.
Founders Talks introduces individual members of the Society who will share their journey of discovery and provides a forum for Columbia entrepreneurs to connect with our members and each other.
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.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS:
Luke Mairo SPS '22
Luke is the Co-Founder of Voltpost, an electric vehicle charging company with the mission to
democratize access to electric vehicles. He is a graduate of Columbia University’s Masters in Sustainability Management program at the School for Professional Studies. He was named to the Forbes magazine list of 30 Under 30 in Energy and Green Tech.
Jeff Prosserman SPS '22
Jeff is the Co-Founder of Voltpost, an electric vehicle charging company with the mission to democratize access to electric vehicles. Jeff was the director of innovation at Samsung before entering Columbia University’s Masters in Sustainability Management program at the School for Professional Studies. He and Luke met in the SPS program and founded Voltpost while there.
Ludwig Schulze
Ludwig Pierre Schulze has been an entrepreneur, corporate executive, and venture capitalist. Ludwig serves as a Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures, where he is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs scale their businesses and identifying opportunities for institutional, corporate, and individual investors to engage with the innovation economy. Previously, Ludwig founded an enterprise payments startup that grew to serve millions in Asia and provided him with invaluable insights into the realities facing early-stage companies. In his corporate tenure at Nokia, he held general manager and corporate development roles, gaining experience in deal-making between corporations and high-growth startups globally. Ludwig’s venture capital career began at a European fund focused on enterprise and mobile software, where he invested through the boom and dot.com bust. He commenced his professional journey as a strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. He holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.