Nana yaw Kwadade
Last worked as an intern at CBORD.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Industries: | Biotech, Computing, Education, Entertainment, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Mobile, Nanotech, Retail, Sports |
| Skills: | AJAX, Architecture, Business, Chinese, Computer Engineering, Copyrights, Design, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, French, Graphic design, HTML / CSS, Human-Computer Interaction, Intellectual Property, Investment, Javascript, Languages, Law, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Negotiation, Patents, PHP, Product design, Public Relations, Public speaking, Rails, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, Software Engineering, Spanish, SQL, Trademarks, Viral marketing, Web design, Web Development |
| Location: | Manhattan, NY |
| Groups: | HBS Entrepreneurship Club, Oxford Entrepreneurs |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding team mates, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Partnering with other groups, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Shadowing, Sharing my projects, Supporting my investments |
| Tags: | Internet, web 2.0 |
| Schools: | Columbia University |
FEATURED STARTUP
Museke
Museke
The Museke project seeks to be the largest database of African music lyrics and information. It also seeks to encourage discussion and accountability for African music in ways that would benefit society positively.
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Beta
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | CBORD |
| Position: | Intern in Development Department |
| Time period: | June 2007 - August 2007 |
| Description: | Project name: Executive Dashboard - Prototype
Project description: Research and evaluate common dashboard types; evaluate web-based technologies available to create a dashboard application; create a prototype web-based tactical dashboard. Project status: The prototype is being evaluated for marketability. Nana's contributions: - Located and summarized several sample dashboards - Assisted with the user interface design of the prototype - Assisted with the implementation of parts of the prototype's user interface Nana worked directly with a Senior Software Engineer and was overseen by CBORD's Director of Development. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Columbia University |
| Degree: | Information Science, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Soccer |
| Hobbies: | programming |
| Memberships: | Phi Theta Kappa |
Nana yaw's Startups (1)
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Museke
The Museke project seeks to be the largest database of African music lyrics and information. It also seeks to encourage discussion and accountability for African music in ways that would benefit society positively.
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Sling Media
Sling Media is the maker of Slingbox, a piece of hardware that enables users to watch and control live television on their computers or cell phones
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Snooth
Snooth promises to revolutionize the way people choose wine. By combining the company's proprietary algorithms with the world's most comprehensive wine database, Snooth is able to accurately identify the wines best-suited to an individual. ...
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Cascade Clean Energy
A wastewater treatment system that simultaneously cleans water and generates renewable energy
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Rebeca Hwang
Korean-Argentine finishing her PhD at Stanford. Addicted to startups and entrepreneurship. Life ADD & Loves travelling.
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Lydia Muwanga
Ugandan-American, 24, primary interest is in innovation: art, design, and entrepreneurship.