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Sneha Jeevan '21 at the Randall Family Big Idea Competition (RFBIC) When I stepped into room 1044 in Benedum Hall, I didn’t know what to expect. I had just entered sophomore year studying bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, and I believed that my path, my purpose in life, was to pursue a career in medicine and achieve the dream of becoming a doctor that my family had set on me. Due to a schedule conflict between two classes, I switched out of Genetics and wandered into Startup Fundamentals, a choice that I had thought was a mistake at the time. I didn’t know anything about startups and being part of the world of business wasn’t my goal, so begrudgingly I sat down, opened up my notebook, and began to listen to Babs Carryer as she described the journey into the field of entrepreneurship. Over time, that “mistake” blossomed into a newfound passion in entrepreneurship and startup development.