Selected to the first cohort of students to participate in the Ronald and Carrie Ludwig Duke in Silicon Valley program hosted at Apple University in Cupertino, CA. The program consisted of the Harvard Business School Course, "Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise" which was taught by Matthew Christensen.

The coursework also included guest lectures from Clayton Christensen—author of The Innovator's Dilemma—and on-site visits to some of the most established companies and venture firms in the Bay Area, including Apple, Google, Facebook, and Sequoia Capital.