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Ahmedabad

eChai's Women Entrepreneurs Social with GVFL

Thursday, 2 May 2024

6:30–8:30 PM IST

Ekta, Himani + 3 others went See who came

Hosts & speakers 4

Himani Kankaria Speaker

Founder · Missive Digtal

Nishi Jain Speaker

Founder, Vibes Good

CEO, Venus Logistics

Going 1

Founder · Hummingbird Talent ( An eChai Company )

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HubSpot 1 vote · 33%

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Wix 1 vote · 14%

WordPress 1 vote · 14%

Shopify 1 vote · 14%

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Microsoft Teams 6 votes · 30%

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Google Cloud 2 votes · 17%

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Supabase 1 vote · 8%

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