Leadership and Learning in Entrepreneurial Values with Dick Costolo and Evelyn M. Rusli

Monday, February 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM until 4:10 PMEastern Standard Time UTC -05:00

Hobart and William Smith Colleges
300 Pulteney St
Geneva, NY 14456
United States

Best known as the former CEO of Twitter Inc., Dick Costolo is a California-based entrepreneur, founder and venture partner. He co-founded FeedBurner Inc., a web feed management company acquired by Google LLC. Today, he is an investor and advisor to multiple startups and serves as venture partner at Index Ventures. He sits on the boards of Patreon Inc., a startup that helps artists raise money for their creative projects. Costolo holds a Bachelor of Science in computers and communications science from the University of Michigan.

Evelyn M. Rusli is the co-founder and co-CEO of Yumi Nutrition Ltd., a nutrition and wellness company for kids. A former journalist for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Forbes, Rusli later served as an entrepreneur-in-residence Social+Capital Partnership LLC. She is an angel investor and advisor and in 2022 was named to Inc.’s Female Founders 100. Rusli has made more than 100 televised appearances as a technology expert and holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Princeton University.

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