D2C Startups Meetup in Pune
<div>We'll have candid panel conversation with D2C founders and leaders which will be followed by an open networking session.</div>
We'll have candid panel conversation with D2C founders and leaders which will be followed by an open networking session.
Building <div>Entrepreneur || Brand Strategist || Keynote Speaker<br><br>I am a first generation serial entrepreneur who has a knack of identifying uber innovative ideas & make them happen. Before taking a plunge into entrepreneurship, I have spent several years in brand management in the diverse domains of pharmaceuticals, FMCG - food & beverages and services Industry. However, a few years ago a serendipitous shot at the coworking industry inspired me to foray into Entrepreneurship and led to the foundation of The Daftar. This decision of mine has taken me through a roller coaster ride full of life transforming experiences, so much so that entrepreneurship has become an integral part of me now.<br><br>THE DAFTAR is a community centric coworking space with more than 1500 community members including startups, entrepreneurs, freelancers, designers, coders, offshore companies, & more. We love creating an inspirational & collaborative work environment and being the hub for startup activity. <br><br>Aeka Coffee is my recent venture and this time, it's all about the other thing that I love - coffee! <br><br>Apart from it, I mentor a few startups, enjoy taking guest lectures at colleges & interacting with students & also consult companies on branding & marketing. This helps me to be a part of multiple entrepreneurial journeys & I must say that there is nothing greater than being a part of the journey and success stories of so many people doing awesome things in life which in turn inspires me to keep on doing my own small little things that would influence my life and the life of people around me in a positive way.<br><br>When I am not working (which is definitely very rare) I love to spend time traveling, exploring new places, reading and cleaning (I have an OCD for cleanliness).</div>
Building <div>Gireendra is the Founder Director and CEO of Ideas to Impacts Innovations Pvt. Ltd., Lead Investor and General Partner at Pentathlon Ventures and Owner of the Ideas to Impacts Hub.<br><br>Ideas to Impacts is in the business of "Distributing The Future Evenly (TM)" by offering cutting edge technology services with our "smart town" model which is the logical next step of Indian off-shoring.<br><br>Pentathlon Ventures funds and supports early stage B2B-Tech start-ups. Ideas to Impacts Hub, a leading incubator / accelerator of Tech start-ups in Pune, is also home to our VC fund.<br><br>He is a Mechanical engineer from IIT Mumbai (1987) and Univ. of South Carolina, USA, (1989).<br><br>Starting his career with Tata Consultancy Services, he has been an entrepreneur for most of his 30+ years in the industry. His initial business was in the CAD-CAM space, before starting his pioneering independent testing business, VeriSoft, one of India’s earliest and leading independent testing companies. VeriSoft was acquired by SQS Software Quality Systems AG, the global leader in independent testing. Gireendra headed the India operations as the MD and CEO of SQS India. He was also on the board of SQS India BFSI (listed on NSE and BSE) and SQS USA.<br><br>Gireendra is a Director and President of Executive Council at the Inter-Institutional Inclusive Innovation Centre, an independent non-profit company committed to build an ecosystem that supports and promotes disruptive technology innovation in India. As a member of the Social Innovation group of the Pune International Center, he mentors social entrepreneurs. He has also been associated with MCCIA, TiE and CSI.<br><br>Gireendra has been a speaker at various international conferences on Software Testing, entrepreneurship and early stage startup investments.</div>
Founder, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF and Bootstrapped, in B2B / enterprise + AI/ML + Cybersecurity.
Founder, in SaaS.
- Founders past $1M ARR
- Founders with US / global reach
Building <div>Pankaj Bhimani is owner of Orion Inc, a corporate T Shirt company , who manufacture high quality and premium garments for corporate and had a distribution network of 750 + resellers who are supplying to corporates. He also co-founded Iris Techsol a cloud telephony solution company and eResto, a SaaS ERP for restaurants. <br><br>Pankaj has product development experience of around 4 years and sales experience of around 12+ years. Before the entrepreneurship bug, he has worked with Companies like AudienceMAP, Bose audio, Actis, where he got experience of dealing with premium segment customers.</div>
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