Marc Zawel

Current

Young Entrepreneur in Residence (YEiR) at NC IDEA

Past

Center Manager at Revolution Health Group
Freelance Reporter at People magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post
Author at College Prowler

Managing Editor at The Cornell Daily Sun

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Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School
Cornell University
Rye Country Day School

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Marc Zawel’s Summary

An entrepreneur, digital media strategist and journalist raised in Purchase, New York, Marc is a second year MBA student concentrating in both Entrepreneurship and Customer and Product Management at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

At UNC, he is chair of the Admissions Advisory Board and VP of the Carolina Entrepreneurial Fellows. Marc is a blogger on the Kenan-Flagler Blog. His team also placed second at this year’s Venture Capital Investment Competition.

Marc is currently serving as the 2009 Young Entrepreneur in Residence (YEiR) at NC IDEA, a venture capital firm in the RTP. As part of the year-long internship, he is actively involved in the grants program — analyzing business plans, conducting due diligence, performing market analysis — while also consulting two recent recipients, Green Cooling Group and StatSheet.

Prior to moving to Chapel Hill, Marc spent two years in business development and content strategy at D.C.-based Internet start-up RevolutionHealth.com, during which time the company grew from 20 employees to over 250. Founded by Steve Case, co-founder of AOL, Revolution Health was acquired in 2008 by Waterfront Media in a deal valued at $300 million.

Marc graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor of arts in history. In 2005, Untangling the Ivy League, the 565-page college admissions guidebook that he developed, researched and wrote was published by College Prowler. It has now sold over 5,000 copies nationwide.

The book’s success has enabled Marc to work as a freelance reporter at some of the nation’s most read publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, People and Playboy.

Marc was a founding board member and treasurer of the Cornell Star & Crescent Foundation. An avid traveler, he completed a 14-country trip around the world in 80 days in 2008; this year, he has visited Eastern Europe, trekked in Patagonia and overlanded through Southern Africa.

Marc Zawel’s Experience

Young Entrepreneur in Residence (YEiR)

NC IDEA

(Non-Profit; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

2009 — Present (less than a year)
Center Manager

Revolution Health Group

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

January 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 11 months)

Responsible for content development and daily programming of weight management channel at RevolutionHealth.com. Primary focus on aligning channel content with customer preferences through collaboration with editorial, product, community and medical teams – and continual monitoring and analyzing of traffic patterns to increase page views.
Freelance Reporter

People magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post

(Publishing industry)

June 2004 — January 2007 (2 years 8 months)

As correspondent, filed articles and contributed reporting on a wide variety of topics, from government legislation to the latest celebrity happenings to college bar reviews.
Author

College Prowler

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

July 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 7 months)

Commissioned to conceive, research and write Untangling the Ivy League, a 565-page college admissions guidebook, the industry’s first comprehensive look at Ivy League schools from a consumer point-of-view.
Managing Editor

The Cornell Daily Sun

(Newspapers industry)

March 2003 — March 2004 (1 year 1 month)

As paper’s top news editor, responsibilities included serving on Board of Directors and daily management of 50-student reporting, editing and design team.

Marc Zawel’s Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School

MBA , Entrepreneurship, Marketing , 2008 — 2010 (expected)

Activities and Societies:

First-Year President Liaison to the Entrepreneurship Club; Member of the Admissions Advisory Board; Active in Venture Capital/Private Equity Club
Cornell University

BA , History , 2000 — 2004

Honors and Awards: Cornell Baccalaureate Service Award; Adelphic Cornell Educational Fund Academic Award

Internships: Production Intern, WNBC News Channel 4; Editorial Intern, The New York Times

Activities and Societies:

President, Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society; Executive Board, Cornell Arts & Sciences Admissions Ambassadors; Rush & Philanthropy Chair, Alpha Delta Phi fraternity
Rye Country Day School

1996 — 2000