Building Communities: Lessons for Startups & Brands

Building <div>Experienced Operation and PR intern at Draper Startup House.Skilled in Project management, Communication and Event Planning. Strong Operation Professional with CMA (Certified Management Accountant) Part 2 cleared.Seeking new opportunities to further enhance my skills and knowledge in the field of operations and PR, while delivering value to organizations. Passionate about continuously learning and growing in my career.</div>

Building <div>Building a strong Consumer &amp; Xport Focus at Razorpay Rize 🚀 I Everything Community, Growth &amp; Partnerships | 3x Founder<br><br>Creating partnerships and business growth opportunities out of my connections building intelligence that dives deep into the network that I've been building for almost a decade. I might not be the person who knows it all, but always know someone who would.&nbsp;<br><br>Been founder thrice in the gender diversity, investing, and real estate- hospitality spaces respectively, now turned business growth strategist. Have closely worked with different stakeholders in the start-up ecosystem - founders, investors, corporates, and enablers to drive high-value strategic partnerships.&nbsp;<br><br>A business growth strategist having worked with supporting startups to expand in geographies deeper within India and the Middle East while also closely supporting them on their business development and growth with partnerships being at the core.&nbsp;<br><br>A strong inclination towards diversity across gender and geographies, sustainability while using the power of the network effect to enable growth.</div>

Building <div>Former banker turned writer and entrepreneur, catalytic in empowering women through financial literacy &amp; inclusion, upskilling and entrepreneurship.<br><br>Founder, HerMoneyTalks, a one stop financial platform for women.<br><br>Director, Hubwords Pvt Ltd, helping brands with content, branding and online marketing strategy planning.<br><br>Financial and business columnist in various front line publications like Financial Express &amp; BusinessLine<br><br>7+ years of corporate experience in banking, customer service, credit appraisal, branch operations, training and team management at ICICI Bank, HDFC Ltd and Reliance General Insurance.<br><br>10+ years in communications, branding and new media strategy planning and consultation; as founder of Hubwords Media.<br><br>Consultant, Mentor and Trainer at various women and startup platforms</div>

Nivin Joseph

Head of Startup Programs and Partnerships · FounderStartupHouse

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Investor / angel and Advisor, Idea stage and Pre-product (building), backing Pre-seed / seed and Growth.

Building <div>Startup Ecosystem Enabler | Conversationalist | Traveller | Expertise in GTM | Student for Life | Consultant with Bangalore Bioinnovation Center | Charter Member at TiE Bangalore<br><br>Possessing 30 years of handling challenging assignments in the service industry- Hospitality, retail, travel, co-working, Banking .<br>Recently completed my stint with Standard Chartered Bank in October 2024.&nbsp;<br><br>Am very active in the Innovation and startup community - Charter Member at TiE Bangalore. Consultant with Bangalore BioInnovation Center. Chapter Director at Corporate Connections Bangalore .<br>Active Volunteer with Headstart Network Foundation .<br><br>Previously ,Associate Director at Dexter Capital. Dexter Capital Advisors is a boutique Investment Bank providing best in class services to our clients. We focus on growth stage companies as well as new age entrepreneurs in their funding process and also on the late stage M&amp;A targets.<br><br>Concluded an enriching role with TiE Bangalore as Executive Director from August 2019 to March 2022.<br>A recent assignment was with Nasscom CoE- IoT as Lead- Open innovation.&nbsp;<br><br>Available on [email protected]&nbsp;<br><br>From June 2016 till November 2017 involved with Bhive Workspace in the areas of Customer Experience, Community events, partnerships and actively working with the core teams on community engagement, events, outreach, and building a stronger and supportive startup ecosystem.<br>- Volunteer with Headstart Network Foundation : Supporting events, outreach, mentoring startup.<br><br>Focusing on adding value to founders, entrepreneurs, investors.&nbsp;<br><br>- Certified mentor from NEN&nbsp;<br>-Mentor at KSUM<br>- Mentor at T-HUB&nbsp;<br>-SAARC chambers Mentor and Speaker<br>-Organizer at Techstars Startup Weekend<br>- Volunteered as a Chapter Lead for Techinasia, Bangalore. The core activity was to give insights around the Global Startup Ecosystem.<br>-Working closely with founders, CXO teams on expansion, outreach, and sales<br>- Investor connects for startups/ founders/ SMB's.<br><br>Specialties: Open Innovation, Marketing, and implementing tie-ups. Building new businesses; Expanding networks and enabling teams to perform at the highest levels. Mentoring and advising Startups, CXO's, Business owners.A keen observer and executioner of strategic plans in Travel, social media, Retail, Realty, Co-working spaces, Industry associations. Well connected to VCs, Banks,Incubators and Accelerators.<br><br>https://www.facebook.com/vijetha.shastry<br>https://twitter.com/vijethashastry<br>https://in.linkedin.com/in/vijethashastry<br>https://www.instagram.com/vijethashastry/</div>