Rob Lalka
A site about new ventures, ideas, and research from Rob Lalka — a business school professor, entrepreneur, author, and board director, who was previously an American diplomat focused on global entrepreneurship and a director at one of the world’s most active venture capital groups.
New Book: The Venture Alchemists
from Columbia University Press
Recent Articles Published in CNN, Fortune, Forbes, Governing, The Hill, and more
“Rob Lalka somehow manages to rip out your soul, light it on fire, and then douse it in ‘let's f***ing get it!’ sauce which inherently fires you up to be the best that you can be and lasts for the entirety of the week.
Best professor at Tulane, treats his students like real adults, and motivates us to seize the day and make the most out of every opportunity.”
GNO Startup Report
The very first ecosystem-wide dataset on New Orleans startups, which was named as
one of AACSB International’s 25 best “Innovations That Inspire,” from over 1,700 member organizations globally.
2022 Freeman graduate sells startup for 8 figures with help from Lepage Center
Harry Gestetner (BSM ’22) graduated in May, with four successful years at Tulane University behind him, which included launching Fanfix, the tech startup he created less than a year earlier.
Last month, he sold it for eight figures.
He was just 21 years old.
Now as CEO of Fanfix and SVP at SuperOrdinary, the company that purchased Fanfix, he is determined to dominate a market his elder generation never saw coming: The Gen Z creator economy.