Our Mission
The Business Entrepreneurship Encouragement Program (BEEP) was founded by Rachael Ding, Aishwharya Meenakshisundaram, and Manvi Kottakota in 2020 with the vision of supporting youth entrepreneurship. BEEP provides funding and a robust network for student start-ups and supports them from ideation onwards. Beep is the largest student-run incubator in the San Francisco Bay Area.
BEEP in Numbers
15
Teams Funded
10,000+
People Impacted
14
Total Events Held
Our Team.
Sharon LuProgram Director Sharon is a Junior at Lynbrook High School and is the Program Director of BEEP. Sharon has been with BEEP for 3 years and has seen the exponential growth and success of BEEP. In her free time Sharon loves to spend time with her dog and play the piano. | Shannon TaiAdvisor (Ex-Program Director) Shannon is a senior and our former BEEP Program Director. She has been a part of BEEP for 4 years and loved working with all the interns to make BEEP a success. In her free time, she likes to run, do art, and hangout with friends! Shannon now advises BEEP. | Sam Ethan MathewAdvisor (Ex-Vice Program Director) Sam is a senior at Cupertino High School and is the former assistant program director of BEEP. As assistant program director, Sam helped oversee the BEEP team and works closely with operations. In his free time, you can find Sam playing with his dog, doodling, or gaming. Sam now helps to advise BEEP. |
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RachaelEx - Program Director | AlexEx-Vice Program director | SanskritiEx-Vice Program Director |
Nancy DoanNancy is in the Class of 2024 at Cupertino High School and is the outreach and publicity intern for BEEP. As the outreach and publicity intern, she helps with managing the email newsletter and writing blog posts on the website for each event. In her free time, she enjoys watching video essays, singing along to her favorite songs, and spending time with her friends. | Edwin LiOperations Secretary Edwin is part of the Class of 2025 at Lynbrook High School. He is currently working as a secretary under the operations wing. Outside of BEEP, you can find him surfing the Internet as a tech enthusiast. | Aranya ReddyMarketing & Operations Member Meet Aranya Reddy, Cupertino Junior and BEEP Team member.  She is working right alongside everyone helping with event management and operation. Outside of BEEP, Aranya loves cooking and carpentry, and she is always willing to produce something new. |
Kashish MittalVice Program Director of Marketing Kashish is a senior at Lynbrook High School and the Vice Program Director of Marketing at BEEP. Besides her BEEP responsibilities, she loves to spend time outdoors, taking walks, and also watching movies with family. | Khushi JainGraphic Design Member Khushi is a junior in high school. She is the graphic design intern within the event coordination department at BEEP and works on designing social media posts and outreach. Some of her hobbies include reading, writing poetry, playing the flute, watching movies, and painting. | Naysa PandeyMarketing Member Naysa is a junior at Fremont Highschool. She is a marketing intern. In her free time you can find Naysa hanging out with her friends and playing the guitar. |
Isha AgrawalVice Director of Outreach Isha is a current member of BEEP's team and a freshman at Cupertino High School. As a member of the beep team, Isha assists in promoting and publicizing BEEP's forthcoming events as well as BEEP's overall efforts to find new interns and provide funding for start-up companies. She is fluent in Hindi and enjoys dancing, volleyball, coding, robotics and most of all interacting with other individuals. | Anya JenamaniOperations Member Anya is a current freshman at Cupertino High and is an intern at BEEP. In her free time, you can find her reading good books, hanging out with friends, or watching movies/tv shows. | Keshav KarthikCo-Vice Program Director of Operations Keshav is a current freshman at Cupertino High School and is the co-vice program director of Operations at BEEP. In his free time, Keshav likes to play tennis, piano, and chess. |
Jaiden WirasingheCo-Vice Director of Operations Jaiden is a current freshman in Homestead High School. Outside of BEEP, Jaiden is a part of Model UN, a delegate for the Cupertino-Toyokawa Sister Cities program, and enjoys tinkering with electronics. | Sanusi TandunAdvisor | Yifan MaoAdvisor |
Shreshta RamjiMarketing Member Shreshta is a sophomore at Lynbrook High School. As an avid member of the marketing team, she works to amplify BEEP’s mission through promotional media and outreach. She’s looking forward to fueling future entrepreneurs via this student-run incubator with the ample funding they need to get started. Her hobbies include programming, tap dance, and content creation. | Shreshta KondlaEx-Operations Member Shreshta is a rising junior at Lynbrook High School and is an operations member at BEEP. As an operations member, Shreshta helps plan fundraising events, pitch days, and more. In her free time, Shreshta loves to try new restaurants, dance, and practice magic. |
Meet Our Sponsors
Platinum - $10,000
Whether you're a parent, a business leader, a teacher, a concerned member of the community, or all of the above, you benefit from the award-winning public schools in our district. Our mission is to raise funds and develop resources to support educational programs that benefit every student in the Fremont Union High School District. BEEP is proud to be funded and partnered with the Fremont Union High School Foundation. Please consider joining the Foundation’s mission to support our district students at https://fuhsfoundation.org/donate/.
Gold - $5,000
Silver - $1,500
Bronze - $500
7EDU provides personalized education services and courses for college-bound students, including college counseling and application assistance, test prep (SAT, ACT, AP), enrichment courses, independent study, and more. We are committed to providing effective, comprehensive services to ensure our students are happy, challenged, and successful. Visit our website at www.7edu.org.
The Cupertino Rotary Club is an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world. The Rotary Club of Cupertino was chartered in 1955 and has over 200 men and women representing a wide cross-section of local businesses and professions. For more information visit our website at www.cupertinorotary.org
Meet Our Mentors/Judges
Mark Zhang
Founder of Cloudstone Venture Fund with specialization in healthcare. Co- Founder of Echo lab, a biotech incubator in the Bay Area, and graduated from Peking University with a Ph.D. from Michigan State University.
Manisha Anarkat
Senior Director of Internal Audit and Compliance at Upwork. Diversely experienced Internal Audit and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance program leader with extensive experience in building and overseeing effective and efficient audit and risk functions that add value, achieve objectives, and meet regulatory guidelines.
Sanusi Tandun
Procurement Manager at Apple Inc. with expertise in procurement, planning and supply chain processes. Hands-on and result-oriented manager with experience in US and Asia. Fluent in Chinese., Board Member of the Fremont Union High School Foundation
Carol (Bing Jie) Bai
Vice President, Global Fraud Risk at PayPal. Strong professional skilled in Data Modeling, Decision Science, Business Analytics, Fraud Detection and Risk Management.
Srikant Sharma
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at ZeroCater, and board member of the Fremont Union High Schools Foundation. Expertise in SaaS Revenue operations, Sales and Customer Success. Deep domain knowledge in sales, revenue operations, sales strategies, customer retention, adoption, engagement and expansion, pipeline and demand marketing. Have led teams as large as 200 and owned over $300M in P&L.
Yifan Mao
Patent attorney registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, member of the State Bar Association of California, Co-President of the Fremont Union High Schools Foundation.
Gordon Lu
Chief Executive Officer at NEURON DROP inc,. Undergraduate of University of Oregon, and graduate of Carnagie Mellon University with a Ph D in Artificial Intelligence and robotics. Owner of multiple invention patents, and a serial entrepreneur. Successfully raised millions of dollars from venture capatalists, including for Anchiva Systems, SkySurfer, and other companies.
Liyan Zhao
Retired software engineer in government agency. Her community service involvement including serving on boards of Fremont Union High Schools Foundation, Asian American Parents Association, and Silicon Valley Community United. She is also an active writer with two books published by TsingHua University.
Jagdish Bansiya
Founder of Peak Engagement Technologies, former CEO of Purple Interactive Inc. Specializes in Enterprise mobility, product strategy, mobile technologies and architecture, mobile applications, internet technologies, evangelism, go-to-market and sales support
Jun Liu
Founder of 7EDU Impact Academy.
Wharton Alumni.
The Alumni
Rachael Ding | Alex | Sanskriti |
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Nancy Doan |