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Becoming Indispensable with Scott Kosch

Thu, October 22, 2026
Lunch Program
Scott Kosch ‘93

Join us listen to Scott examine the current generation's defining question: what makes a person valuable when machines can do so much work?  Somewhere on campus right now, a student is asking AI to do the assignment you're doing the hard way. One of you is making a mistake, and it's probably not who you think. Scott Kosch '93, author of Indispensable: A Student's Guide for Thriving in the Age of AI, has spent over 25 years learning to separate winners from the pack as an angel investor and as an advisor to CEOs and PE/VC firms. His answer covers why AI is a launchpad for some students and a crutch for others, why judgment is suddenly worth more than your GPA, why the human skills everyone claims matter have been declining for years, and why proof of work is about to beat credentials. Lunch is on CMC. Grab a seat. Learn how to claim your unfair advantage in the age of AI.

Scott Kosch is the author of Indispensable: A Student’s Guide for Thriving in the Age of AI. Kosch sits at an unusual intersection of investing, AI, and education. He co-founded NextAccess, an AI transformation consultancy, and is Managing Partner at Kosch Capital, where he has invested in over one hundred early-stage technology companies. With over 25 years of professional experience, Kosch sees what makes people indispensable inside high-performing organizations, and now he is watching AI rewrite the rules in real time. He wrote Indispensable for students sitting exactly where his own kids sit — told that AI changes everything and shown almost nothing about what to do about it. Kosch also writes “The AI-Ready Student and Capital Intelligence” newsletters on LinkedIn. He serves as Board Chair of The Gould Center and Board Member of the RLCIE. Kosch has a Wharton MBA and a BA in Economics and Psychology from CMC.

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