Aspiring student startup founder aims to create financial tools for small business owners in the gig economy
“Amrita Bhasin has an undeniable passion for start-ups and running her own enterprise,” said Cheryl O’Donoghue, CEO at Aspire2STEAM.org. “That, combined with her solid business and technology background and heart for creating solutions for small businesses in marginalized, low-income communities is laudable and, more importantly, needed. We are saying ‘yes’ to Amrita’s dreams with this scholarship award as she finishes up her bachelor’s at University of California, Berkeley.”
Amrita grew up in Silicon Valley. Her interests in business and startups began early and her work has earned her several notable awards and recognition. She was one of only a few percent of selected applicants chosen to attend the 2020 and 2021 International Conference Business Today in New York City. She received full merit scholarships to attend conferences such as Tech Crunch Disrupt and Startup Grind. Her startup Sotira is in SkyDeck HotDesk—a high-tech entrepreneurship startup accelerator and incubator program at the University of California, Berkeley