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![Christine Blauvelt: DUMA Works [Princeton Entrepreneurs]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q9OJNs8DRz0/mqdefault.jpg "Christine Blauvelt: DUMA Works [Princeton Entrepreneurs]
Christine Blauvelt is co-founder of Duma Works, a Kenya-based mobile platform that efficiently connects matches employers with job seekers. Currently more than 200 employers across Kenya use Duma to find potential hires.
Duma evolved out of a social entrepreneurship class taught by John Danner that Blauvelt and co-founder Arielle Sandor took in their senior year at Princeton.
The summer after they graduated, Blauvelt and Sandor participated in eLab, a startup accelerator sponsored by Princeton’s Keller Center. The eLab team included Eric Kuto (Princeton ’12), a Kenya native who was DumaWork’s first chief technology officer, and Luke Paulsen (Princeton ’14).
Blauvelt emphasizes the importance of mentors at every stage of a startup’s development but says that an important realization for her was that “the mentors that are the most valuable are actually your teammates.” She advises that startup founders “hire people who have more experience than you, whether it’s in technology or networking or business development – because it’s really, really important to have a strong team that can help the whole team grow. “
Blauvelt earned her undergraduate degree in anthropology from Princeton University in 2012. She is currently in medical school at the University of Pennsylvania.
PRINCETON ENTREPRENEURS
Executive Producers:
John Danner
Chris Kuenne ‘85
Derek Lidow ‘73
Ed Zschau ‘61
Editorial Director:
Teresa Riordan
Video Editors:
Evelyn Tu
Ben Abrams
Technical Consultant:
Delaney Granizo-Mackenzie ‘14")
