Lisa Chau ’06

Lisa Chau, former, President and Founder of Ownet.com  Yahoo Finance reported that The First Social Network Owned by its Users is a game-changing model that empowers User-Owners to profit from stock and take control of their data.  Her minority-led management team believes users should have ownership stake in the social network they use every day, so Ownet created a way for users to network, share, post, and profit.  “The world is poised for a new user-centric social network and Ownet.com is here to fill that void.”

An international professional, she has been published over 130 times in Forbes, Buzzfeed, Thrive Global, US News & World Report, as well as Huffington Post on TABLES: Technology - Academia - Business - Leadership - Entrepreneurship - Strategy. Her work includes profiling high level executives, successful entrepreneurs, established professors, distinguished creatives and award-winning authors.

She was a featured guest on Midday Talk with Dan Roderick, speaking on millennials and digital strategy. The show aired on National Public Radio (NPR) Baltimore, which is ranked #21 in the radio market in the US, out of 273. Lisa is very active in the entrepreneurship scene. She organized and hosted the "How to Build a Strong Start-Up" conference at Columbia University, mentioned in Yahoo Finance.

She is also extremely involved with education, lecturing undergraduates and MBA candidates at The New School and The Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College. At MIT, she taught a seven week summer course which covered the use of social media to enhance professional networking. Smith College invited her to speak as a part of their Executive Education Leadership Series.

Lisa has spoken on multiple Ivy League campuses, including Yale, Princeton, and her alma mater, Dartmouth College. She is a passionate alumna who served on the Board of the Dartmouth College Club of the Upper Valley, and continues to serve on the Board of the Dartmouth College Club of New York. After graduating, she worked at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, Tuck School of Business, and the College.

Lisa's Ted-Ed lesson has been viewed over 182,000 times.