Building <div>Human work in progress | Enabling ONE MILLION entrepreneurs | Community, Startups, VCs & Ecosystem building | Low-/No-code advocate<br><br>Human being heading global expansion, community, partnerships, marketing and tech strategy at DSH, 25+ locations & counting.<br><br>For a living, I map out startup ecosystems around the world and meet travelling entrepreneurs solving the world's problems while learning from investors. Along the way, I build communities that serve the needs and support the founder journey.<br><br>I geek out on startup communities, entrepreneur tourism, discomfort zones, and solo female adventures 🚀<br><br>(and also enjoy data storytelling. Curious about: experience design, user journeys, product management)<br><br>—<br><br>Xia is the Head of Global Community and a Ventures Associate at Draper Startup House. On a mission to enable one million entrepreneurs, she is passionate about ecosystem building and bringing greater value through collaborations that empower.<br><br>Learning from entrepreneurs to turn dreams into reality, Xia picked up no-code along the way. She is a big believer that it will drive progress by enabling action to founders across all fields (technical and non-technical) through democratising access to tech tools.<br><br>—<br><br>Unless having met in person before, please at least add a "🚀" in the connection request.<br><br>Skillset and things I provide expertise on:<br>- workflow strategy and automation<br>- scaling and launching new cities<br>- community building<br>- startup ecosystem building <br>- low code, no-code tools<br>- business partnering<br>- project and operations management (incl. running UATs, initiating and implementing systems, SOPs, data analytics)<br>- marketing strategy (social media, events, PR, communications, branding, content creation, copywriting, design)<br>- pitchdeck refining, startup fundraising<br>- VCs<br>- networking</div>
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- Angel / seed investors for my startup
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- A co-founder
- Senior hires for my team
- A startup role I would love, at any kind
- Growth & marketing leaders
- Founders & operators in my city
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Building Transforming my legacy tech business, Upsquare Technologies, into a Lab that does experiments with Digital & Physical AI, Robotics, Reusable Systems, models & architectures.
- Startups to invest in
- Bootstrapped, profitable founders
- Engineering leaders / CTOs
- Product leaders
- Growth & marketing leaders
- Others in my exact role to swap notes with
- Founders & operators in my city
Product (PM), Seed.
Founder and Educator / mentor, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF and Pre-seed, in Healthtech + Deeptech + Mobility / EV.
- Angel / seed investors for my startup
- Startups to invest in
- Founders with US / global reach
- Bootstrapped, profitable founders
- Founders & operators in my city
Co-founder, Pre-product (building), in SaaS + Vertical SaaS + AI/ML.
- Capital for my next round
- Growth & marketing leaders
- People obsessed with AI workflows