I wish I could say that I have a wide-range of interests – sadly they are confined to technology, entrepreneurship, community and civil society. At this point, I’ve lived equal parts of my life in Singapore, and in Silicon Valley – as a result, I believe in free markets and efficient government! I love bringing people together, planned serendipity and vigorous debates over cold beverages. 
I am currently on leave from the working world as an MBA student at Harvard Business School. While at school, I’m working on some projects.
Last year, I spent most of my free time on Cleverbootz, a social travel startup which just launched it’s private beta (Go Minal and Semira!) and a research study focused on learning more about the levers of performance within the academic environment at HBS.
Now in my second year, I have completed projects with Twitter and Eucalyptus Systems. I am currently working on a startup to encourage fresh grads to pursue entrepreneurship as a career.
Formal bio
Most recently, Shiyan was a Summer Associate at Okta where she worked in sales and product management.
Prior to HBS, Shiyan was a Senior Associate at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) where she worked with IVP portfolio companies Constant Contact (CTCT), Cortina Systems, Dust Networks, eHealth (EHTH), MotoSport and Twitter.
Shiyan began her career at JPMorgan in the Investment Banking Division in San Francisco. While at JPMorgan, Shiyan worked on strategic and financing transactions for a number of leading technology companies including Cisco, Clearwire Corporation, Expedia.com and JDSU.
Shiyan serves on the board of Stanford Rugby Foundation and works with the Association of Women in Equity.
Shiyan earned a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Biomechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
