The Forbes School of Business at Ashford University hosted the second event in its 2016 Distinguished Speaker Series on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at the University Club in San Diego. More than 400 in-house and online participants had the opportunity to hear from tech CEO Sarah Kunst as she spoke on the topic of entrepreneurship.

Kunst is the founder and CEO of Proday, a celebrity personal training fitness app, and is a contributing editor for Marie Claire magazine. She has also worked at Apple, Red Bull, Chanel, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and several startups. Her writing has appeared in Techcrunch, The Daily Beast, and Entrepreneur.com. Forbes magazine named Kunst to its 30 under 30 list, which features game-changing entrepreneurs under 30, and Cool Hunting listed her as a Top 25 Innovator in Tech.

“It was a great privilege to have Sarah Kunst as our guest speaker for the Forbes School of Business Distinguished Speaker Series event,” said Bob Daugherty, executive dean of the Forbes School of Business at Ashford University. “Sarah is a well-respected and admired business woman with a wealth of knowledge and experience in business and entrepreneurship.”

The speaker series is a benefit for students of the Forbes School of Business at Ashford University. It provides a forum for guest speakers from the Forbes roster of business experts to share their extensive business knowledge with the Ashford community.

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