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# Sept 20th with Peter Lierni and Mark Varricchione - co-founders of STEMlete
- URL: https://www.philmckinney.com/sept-20th-with-peter-lierni-and-mark-varricchione-co-founders-of-stemlete/
- Published: 2015-09-02T05:03:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-01T14:09:58.000Z
- Author: Phil McKinney
- Tags: Past Guests, Studio Sessions, Innovation, Podcasts, STEM, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-03-26 05:08

Peter Lierni and Mark Varricchione are co-founders from STEMlete (a play on the word “athlete”) who saw that there were a number of online communities for the self-promotion of student athletes seeking to: exhibit their athletic excellence; share their knowledge; improve their performance; get recognized; establish a following; and be recruited and succeed; however, there was nothing analogous for those individuals who have a passion and brilliance in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).

They are a on a mission to change the focus; build a new kind of community; identify the world’s most promising STEM talent; and enable innovation by providing an online platform with an unprecedented collection of free capabilities to enable “STEMletes” to globally connect; communicate; collaborate; and create. In particular, they hope to give academia, industry, and others globally the opportunity to get an early line-of-sight into the world’s most promising STEM talent.

You can connect with them at [STEMlete.org](http://stemlete.org/?ref=philmckinney.com)