Vaishnavi More

Architecture entrepreneurship: how architects and designers can become founders, identifying problems worth solving in the built environment, customer discovery and idea validation, building an architecture or AEC technology startup, finding and working with technical co-founders, product strategy for non-technical founders, AI and the future of architectural practice, business models for architecture and design firms, fundraising and pitching, and alternative careers beyond traditional architectural practice.

I have previously taught and presented on architecture, technology, entrepreneurship, and the future of practice. My experience includes academic teaching support, design critiques, founder workshops, and talks for architecture students and professionals. Selected lecture and workshop topics include: From Architect to Founder Building Beyond Traditional Practice What Architecture School Does Not Teach You About Business and more I combine lessons from studying architecture and technology at the University of Michigan and Harvard GSD with my experience building two companies, raising more than $1 million, speaking with hundreds of architecture firms, and developing technology for the architecture and design industry.

I want to help architecture and design students understand that their education can lead to more than traditional practice. My lectures combine personal experience with practical frameworks, examples, and exercises students can immediately apply.