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Scaling Up Your Startup: Ahmedabad edition

eChai Ventures and CIIE.CO, IIM Ahmedabad will be hosting the 'Scaling Up Your Startup' panel with growth stage founders and startups folks on 1st July, Saturday from 6 pm to 8 pm.

eChai Ventures and CIIE.CO, IIM Ahmedabad will be hosting the 'Scaling Up Your Startup' panel with growth stage founders and startups folks on 1st July, Saturday from 6 pm to 8 pm.

Saturday, 1 July 2023
6:00–8:00 PM IST
Venue: CIIE.CO, IIM Ahmedabad.
Ahmedabad
Abhishek Desai Amit Gupta Jatin Chaudhary Abhishek, Amit + 5 others went See who came
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