Emeka C. Anen

Corporate Entrepreneur in Residence, Gold Medal Ventures - G-Works Venture Studio
2024
Gold Medal Ventures is the corporate venture arm of General Mills, housing the G-Works Venture Studio and 301, inc the Growth Equity fund. I work as an EIR within the venture studio to incubate, fund, and scale new and innovative consumer brands and technology enabled products, with speed.

2019

Founder & Managing Partner
2019
just a small project, jasp, is a Consumer-Focused Brands and Technology Incubator and Holding Company based in New York City. jasp incubates businesses that empower best-in-class operators and domain experts to turn "just small projects" into remarkable consumer experiences. By fostering a culture of collaboration, rapid experimentation, humility, and growth we aim to enable entrepreneurs and their ideas to achieve their highest potential.

2014 - 2019

Founder & CEO
2014 - 2019
Founded in May 2014: THRONE is a hustle-funded, technology-based, cultural-lab and empowerment studio focused on enhancing the consumer experience for the Streetwear and Creative community. Our rapidly growing community is 500,000+ passionate members strong.

2015 - 2015

Portfolio Company
2015 - 2015
Invested in and accelerated by collaboration with leaders within the SMASHD Labs and Atom Factory ecosystem.

2015 - 2015

Rising Star
2015 - 2015
Recognized by leaders within the Techstars community as a high growth, high potential start up for our company THRONE.

2014 - 2015

At-Large Director on Governing Board of UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Alumni Assoc.
2014 - 2015
The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health consists of over 18,000 alumni located all over the world. The mission is three-fold: - To be an engaged partner of the leading public school of public health; - To enhance the School and its communities through public health education, service, and research; - To maximize connectivity among students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the School At-Large Director duties primarily orient around meeting with school leadership quarterly to address issues of importance to alumni and to organize social, networking and professional development events More here: http://sph.unc.edu/alumni-pages/governing-board/

2011 - 2014

Management Consultant
2011 - 2014
Huron Healthcare is the United States' premier healthcare consulting organization, specializing in broad end-to-end solutions and implementations. As a member of Huron Healthcare I had the ideal opportunity to combine both of my undergraduate concentrations, business administration and healthcare management, in a unique way that allowed me to deliver value to some of the top medical facilities and healthcare systems in the country. As an analyst and associate with the firm I developed a specific focus on hospital and healthcare finance. In these capacities I was able to refine my business acumen in the realms of finance, resource management, strategy, and overall organizational leadership. The healthcare industry proved to be a very exciting and rapidly changing backdrop against which to develop these skills.

2012 - 2014

Director of Strategy and Business Development
2012 - 2014
Vantage Healthcare Services, Inc, VHSI, is an emerging and innovative company in the home healthcare space. VHSI identifies, designs and implements custom home healthcare solutions for our clients ranging from combinations of light housekeeping and companionship to live-in RN assistance and private duty. As the Directory of Strategy and Business Development I leveraged a concurrent role in consulting to build strategic relationships, advise and manage the implementation of development initiatives related to organizational growth. *I worked here while working as a management consultant for Huron Healthcare.

2010 - 2011

US Dept of State Scholar; Gilman International Fellowship
2010 - 2011
Through the Gilman International Scholarship Program I undertook the study of a new language while conducting international health research. I took advantage of a rare opportunity to return to Asia and to study and learn in an international environment with hopes of adding to my working skill set and furthering my professional development.

2008 - 2010

SAT Instructor and Tutor
2008 - 2010
- Successfully completed extensive training process, based on personal original SAT scores and ability to present challenging information clearly - Certified Princeton Review teacher responsible for creating lesson plans and teaching multiple SAT courses for high school students, average classroom size of 10-15 - Specifically teaching Writing, Critical Reading, and Mathematics sections of new SAT

Corporate EIR Incubating New Ventures @ General Mills G-Works Venture Studio || Incubating, Funding & Building Consumer Brands & Tech-Enabled Ventures @ just a small project