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Rob Urstein
Lecturer, Graduate School of Business - Academic Administration
BioRob Urstein is a lecturer in management at Stanford Graduate School of Business where he teaches courses on innovation in higher education and education technology, at the intersection of the future of learning and the future of work. An experienced academic leader, Urstein has significant professional experience designing and managing academic programs, as well as teaching and advising undergraduates, graduate students, and executives. His teaching, research, and industry experience have focused on technology, lifelong learning, and making education more accessible and equitable for all learners.
He was co-founder of software company Gather Learning (acquired by Mighty Networks), and formerly served as principal at Guild Education, and entrepreneur-in-residence at Entangled Ventures — prior to its acquisition by Guild Education — where he helped launch education technology ventures to equitably transition society to a knowledge economy.
Urstein spent more than 12 years in leadership roles at Stanford, including three years as associate vice provost for undergraduate education. At Stanford Graduate School of Business, Urstein served for eight years as assistant dean, leading the PhD program, and for two years as managing director of global innovation programs, where he managed a portfolio of on-campus and international programs focused on leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship. In 2000–2001 he was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Oslo, Norway, working for the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Education. He has been at Stanford since 2004. -
Collin Wallace
Lecturer, Graduate School of Business - Academic Administration
BioCollin has over 20 years of experience as an engineer, inventor, operator, and investor. Before joining Lobby Capital, he was the Managing Director for Techstars Silicon Valley, where he launched the first two Techstars accelerator programs in the Bay Area in partnership with JP Morgan and eBay.
He started his career as the founder and CEO of FanGo Software Systems (TS S10), a leading company in restaurant mobile ordering. In 2011, FanGo was acquired by GrubHub, and Collin became the Head of Innovation, responsible for OrderHub, new technologies, and a significant portion of Grubhub’s pre-IPO patent portfolio.
In 2019, he co-founded ZeroStorefront (YC W19), a data analytics platform for restaurants, which Thanx acquired in 2022. He is an alumnus of both Techstars and YCombinator, an advisor for the Roelof Botha and Huifen Chan Innovation Program, and a faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he co-teaches the Startup Garage class.
Collin has run two YCombinator Demo Day Funds, investing primarily in marketplaces, developer tools, productivity, the future of work, sustainability and artificial intelligence. In total, he has invested in over 80 early-stage companies, including Payjoy, Landed, Mosaic Voice, Postscript, and Vellum.
Outside of work, he enjoys cycling, tinkering, and farming. Collin holds an engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He currently resides in San Mateo, California with his wife Doris, daughter Zoelle, and puppies Aspen & Penny.
