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Rose Wang (entrepreneur)

Rose Wang (entrepreneur)

How to face fears and eat what bugs you | Rose Wang | TEDxHamburg

How to face fears and eat what bugs you | Rose Wang | TEDxHamburg

Rose Wang is a food industry entrepreneur based in San Francisco, California.

She is best known as the Founder CEO of Chirps, a cricket protein snacks company.

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Education

Rose Wang graduated from Harvard University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

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Career

Rose Wang of Chirps Chips on Sheleader

Rose Wang of Chirps Chips on Sheleader

In 2013, Rose Wang founded Chirps, a cricket protein snacks company, while studying at Harvard with Laura D'Asaro and Meryl Breidbart.

She was inspired to start the company after trying a fried Scorpion while on a trip to China, and founding out how nutritious, protein rich, sustainable and tasty insects are.

Wang has served as the company's CEO since inception and pitched the company on Shark Tank with Laura D'Asaro.

Chirps ended up receiving a $100,000 investment from Mark Cuban.

[2] [4]Since 2016, Wang has been a Young Partner at Defiance Capital LLC, a venture capital firm that invests in LGBT and minority founded Companies.

[7] [7]While studying at Harvard, Wang interned with Microsoft, Hungry Fish Media, and Abercrombie & Fitch.

She also managed HSA Cleaners and The Harvard Shop through Harvard Student Agencies, managing an annual budget of $1.5 million.

Prior to attending Harvard, she interned with the Nashville Mayor's Office.

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Volunteering

Rose Wang is passionate about education.

Since 2011, she has served on the board of Weyma Inc, a Kenyan education non-profit.

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Accolades

  • Forbes 30 Under 30: Social Entrepreneurship [7] [1]

  • Boston 25 Under 25 Founder

  • FoodTank’s 30 Women Under 30 Changing Food

  • Echoing Green Climate Fellow

  • Resolution Project Fellow

  • Ashoka-American Express Emerging Innovator

  • MassChallenge Gold Winner

Speaking Engagements

  • TEDxHamburg [7]

  • SOCAPTV

  • Federal Reserve’s Financial Education Day

  • WNYC (New York Public Radio)

  • WGBH (Boston Public Radio)

  • Harvard innovation Lab Demo Day

  • Ashoka’s Catapult

  • MIT Launch Academy

  • Harvard Food Law Entrepreneurship Panel

References

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Citation Linkforbes.comRose Wang in the Forbes 30 under 30
Dec 5, 2018, 12:36 AM
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Citation Linkeatchirps.comChirpshomepage
Dec 5, 2018, 12:39 AM
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Citation Linkeatchirps.comChirpsteam
Dec 5, 2018, 12:40 AM
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Citation Linkthenativesociety.comRose Wang: Founder & CEO, Six Foods
Dec 5, 2018, 12:46 AM
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Citation Linkechoinggreen.orgRose Wang, 2015 Climate Fellow
Dec 5, 2018, 12:47 AM
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Citation Linkresolutionproject.orgResolution Project Fellow profile of Rose Wang
Dec 5, 2018, 12:48 AM
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Citation Linkcrunchbase.comDefiance Capital LLC on Crunchbase
Dec 5, 2018, 1:19 AM
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Citation Linklinkedin.comRose Wang on LinkedIn
Dec 5, 2018, 1:30 AM
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Citation Linkwww.youtube.comHow to face fears and eat what bugs you | Rose Wang | TEDxHamburg
Dec 5, 2018, 1:47 AM
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Citation Linkwww.youtube.comThe Brains Behind It Episode 47 - Rose Wang - Chirps
Dec 5, 2018, 1:48 AM
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Citation Linkwww.youtube.comRose Wang of Chirps Chips on Sheleader
Dec 5, 2018, 1:49 AM