#  Lauren Creedon 

Class of 2011, America 

Head of Product, Goldcast

 

 

 



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**Thesis Title:** Face Value: Six Decades of Baseball Cards tell the Story of America and Major League Baseball

**What Now**: Head of Product at Goldcast

**What Next:** Helping increase access to capital for women and diverse founders in tech

**Follow Me:** [@laurencreedon](https://twitter.com/laurencreedon) (Twitter) [LinkedIn](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.linkedin.com_in_laurencreedon&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=JVn1Vz6qni5dqoP9wb8HHABLpDDKd1F3u8_MxbW3jQ8&m=LPoQb9bt4-OUpJ0sWh7L4FJiEeFey5EqX-8NsbgMO8c&s=YiCKRRO2IY3dQ5OfTPZupY328waC_5yoi3M8xxoAUkI&e=)  
  
My time in Hist & Lit taught me to creatively challenge the status quo to pursue ideas I'm passionate about, which has been an invaluable tool for innovation. I learned to identify related themes across unrelated fields, and then become a specialist in that cross-section. No one believes me when I tell them I wrote my Harvard thesis on baseball cards, but in that very thesis I analyzed cultural storytelling, economics, legal history, political media, and social justice. I've always been passionate about creative fields and technology, so I chose to explore tech and entrepreneurship in my extracurriculars, while majoring in Hist & Lit and minoring in Studio Art to ignite my creativity and hone the written communication skills I use to lead teams and write strategy. A small department like Hist & Lit allows you to get really self-guided with your course of study, in whatever cross-section of culture and history you're interested in. I continue to bring that spirit to building an unconventional career path.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Career Paths
    
     [Business, Tech, and Finance](/alumni/business-and-finance)