Ming Xia HO - Head of Global Community, Draper Startup House

Ming Xia HO

Head of Global Community, Draper Startup House

More about Ming Xia HO

Human work in progress | Enabling ONE MILLION entrepreneurs | Community, Startups, VCs & Ecosystem building | Low-/No-code advocate

Human being heading global expansion, community, partnerships, marketing and tech strategy at DSH, 25+ locations & counting.

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.

I geek out on startup communities, entrepreneur tourism, discomfort zones, and solo female adventures πŸš€

(and also enjoy data storytelling. Curious about: experience design, user journeys, product management)

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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.

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.

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Unless having met in person before, please at least add a "πŸš€" in the connection request.

Skillset and things I provide expertise on:
- workflow strategy and automation
- scaling and launching new cities
- community building
- startup ecosystem buildingΒ 
- low code, no-code tools
- business partnering
- project and operations management (incl. running UATs, initiating and implementing systems, SOPs, data analytics)
- marketing strategy (social media, events, PR, communications, branding, content creation, copywriting, design)
- pitchdeck refining, startup fundraising
- VCs
- networking

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Featured speaker at previous eChai events:
Hyderabad

eChai's Fundraising Social in Hyderabad

March 08, Fri, 06:00pm
13 slots booked
Ming Xia HO - Head of Global Community, Draper Startup House Shireen Sultana - Co-Founder, KinderPass and WhiteCloudBrands Anuraag Marapally - SDE, Salesforce Supti Ghosh (SG) - Co-Founder, UXhous Spriha Gautam - Software developer Salesforce Aniruddh Mp - Entrepreneur Laawanya Kishor -  Founding Engineer @Stealth R1AJ07 - Unifying Co-founder Syed Habeeb Ali Hussaini - Founder,Ministry Of Cheese PRaneeth  gottumukkala - Dev Ops, cts ABHISHEK PSK - Unifying Co-Founder Alok Ranjan Singh - Founder at Unitalks Technologies
RSVP
Hyderabad

Hyderabad Startup Meetup

February 04, Sun, 05:00pm
80 slots booked
Ming Xia HO - Head of Global Community, Draper Startup House Tarun Mor - Founder, CoKarma Ramesh Loganathan - Professor Co-Innovation/Outreach, IIIT Hyderabad Charu Dhyani - Founder, Pro Zero Carbon Adarsh Gorla - Founder SARATH GUTTA - Sales lead Samson Joseph - Founder Sai Vinay Sunkara - πŸš€ Founder & CEO at Pedigraphy | Turning Legacies into Beacons of Hope & Learning 🌟 | Data Science Leader πŸ“Š | Ex-Dell πŸ’» | Ex-Google 🌐 Eiman Usmani - Founder's Office, CoKarma Dhara Ram - Founder of DADDY'S CABIN Subham Agarwal - Proprietor at Subham Agarwal and Company Megha Verma  - Founder & CEO, Growth Iris Sai Vardhan - founder Lumiwave Stuido Manoj Adwani - Founder, narad.io Rushabh Shah - Managing Partner - STIR Advisors MOURYA SANDEEP - Student Chandrashekhar Tallapragada - Engineering Manager Nithin Reddy - Co-Founder, FinStackk CHARAN TEJA - Co-Founder  LUMIWAVE Lakshmi Kamal Sanjay Romala - Founder Harsha Koushik - Security Researcher@PaloAlto Preethi Bojja - Applied Scientist, Twitch Veeresh Andani - Digital marketing Apprentice, Google Pulipaka Karthikeya - Student,freelancer Siddhartha Soma - Ex-Founding Engineer Rajesh Kumar - HR Recruiter Rajasekhar Reddy Vemula - Mulesoft Consultant at Deloitte Sudarshan Reddy - Digital Marketing Consultant Jagaran Chowdhury - Senior Software Engineer at ServiceNow Shubra Jain - Data scientist , verizon Satwik Mekala - Executive, carengrow DILEEEP  GANGULA - DIGITAL MARKETING mohammed nayeem - Mn Technologies . Founder kaushik Gupta - Co Founder nomorede Radha Vishwajith Nandan Gama - CEO AND CFO Jalipati Siva Sankar - Founder Uttam Rao - CEO www.indiaiit.com Uday Maduri - System engineer Durga Praveen - DevOps Engineer, Wipro Limited sudheer kumar - Design Engineer, Micron Technology Abhi Krish - Financial analyst Rushikesh Badini - Zendrive Mani Deep - Working at lumiwave studio Aditi Jauhari - Technical Product Manager Ali Kanchwala - CEO, TriosCo Arjunsinh Jadeja - Software Engineer II, Dun & Bradstreet Saikumar Veldanda - Co-Founder, Formula-Y Devanaboyina Anil Sundar Kumar - Founder - Sky Web Design Technologies Shreyansh Khare - Jr. developer, Revolution entertainment services pvt Ltd Raja Panidepu - Lead Software Engineer at Nextdoor Ganesh Kumar - Senior Copywriter - NxtWave Charan Sanjeev - Startups Coordinator, Woxsen University. Prem Amruthaluru - COO, Sky Web Design Software Solutions pvt ltd Srikar Marupaka - full stack developer Aniruddha Borkar - Software Engineer, TCS Ashok Yedduladoddi - Founder, Student Linker Lakshman Rupanagunta - Co-founder, Formula Y & Globulin Ajit Arora - Software Engineer Adithya Sarma Singampalli - CoFounder, Minima Brand Labs Vivekananda Nareddula - Co-founder, Happily Natural Beverages Private limited aravind karri - Product development engineer Prashant Pandey - UX Designer, Divami Design Labs Sombhupal B - Panta vanta Technologies Hema sundar - Digital Adverter Geet Vishwanath - Sales manager Marmik Bhatt - Founder, Monk Tech thimmareddy maddikkara - Associate in TCS Kush Prajapati - Co-Founder, Redicine Medsol Malav Warke - Co-Founder, Creatosaurus
RSVP
Bengaluru

Scaling Up Your Startup - Bangalore edition

June 03, Sat, 06:00pm
63 slots booked
Scaling Up Your Startup - Bangalore edition
Himanshu Upreti  - Co-Founder & CTO, AI Palette Mainak Sarkar - Co-Founder & CEO, Explorex Ming Xia HO - Head of Global Community, Draper Startup House Tarun Kopuri - Founder & CEO, dotEYE Raj Varsadiya - A Tech Enthusiast Founder & Co-Founder of InFicial Puneeth Reddy - Co-Founder & Engineer. Designer. Product enthusiast.
RSVP
Bengaluru

eChai Startup Demo Day in Bangalore

April 29, Sat, 06:00pm
88 slots booked
eChai Startup Demo Day in Bangalore
Mohammed Amaan Memon - Venture Capital at Ankur Capital Fund Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures Himansu Varghese - Investment Analyst, Inflexor Ventures Bikramjeet Singh Kapany - Investments, Bharat Inclusion Seed Fund Vijetha Shastry - Startup Ecosystem Enabler Sunil Cavale - Investment Associate, Speciale Invest Ming Xia HO - Head of Global Community, Draper Startup House Tarun Kopuri - Founder & CEO, dotEYE Almitra Rego - Karan Singh Bhakuni - Cofounder, CEO, Latracal, Grigora Aalap Sanghvi - Co-Founder, Immersfy
RSVP
Indonesia

CoRise Women Entrepreneurs Circle in Bali x Draper Startup House

April 21, Thu, 06:00pm
12 slots booked
CoRise Women Entrepreneurs Circle in Bali x Draper Startup House
Tassa Agustriana  - Founder, Thrive Food Consulting Ming Xia HO - Head of Global Community, Draper Startup House Shelby Mahoney - Operations Manager, BetU Yulia Topoliuk - Chief Business Development Officer, 12Go Agnes Kay - Head of Business Development, Liv.it
RSVP
Singapore

Startup Growth Panel - Stories from Singapore

December 17, Thu, 11:00am
5 slots booked
Milan Reinartz - CEO, iVS Tulika Tripathi - Founder & CEO, Snaphunt Dhruv Arora - Founder, Syfe Anupama Singal - Co-Founder, SLICeR Ming Xia HO - Head of Global Community, Draper Startup House
RSVP
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CoRise SEA Summit

December 17, Thu, 11:00am
669 slots booked
Natasha Dawn Bautista - Operations Head, QBO Innovation Hub Milan Reinartz - CEO, iVS Anna Melissa Nava - Co-Founder & CEO, 1Export John Sharp - Managing Partner, Hatcher+ Tulika Tripathi - Founder & CEO, Snaphunt Eddie Ler - Partner, Vantage Venture Trang Tran - Principal, B Capital Group Shwetank Verma - Co-Founder, Leo Capital Udit Goenka - Founder, PitchGround & FirstSales.io Heera SKV - CEO, Bursa Sajadah Dhruv Arora - Founder, Syfe Lennise Ng - Co-Founder & CEO, Dropee Wayne Soh - Director, Investments (Singapore), Plug and Play Tech Center Sweta Rau - Founder, White Ventures Aaron Sarma - General Partner, ScaleUp Malaysia Alvin Cai - Acting VP - New Ventures, Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) Cherry Murillon - Founder, CAWIL.AI Yeoh Chen Chow - Co-Founder, Fave Group Anupama Singal - Co-Founder, SLICeR Budi Santoso - Founder, Doclink Indonesia Jazz Tan - CEO, YouthsToday.com Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures Adrita Bhattacharya - Product Marketing Lead, Livspace Monica Mehta - Executive Vice President, Wadhwani Foundation Ming Xia HO - Head of Global Community, Draper Startup House Stanley Ng - Program Director - Southeast Asia, New Energy Nexus Johnson Lam - Founder, KakiDIY Angela Oetama - Co-Founder, Gradana Sharon Vaswani - CEO, PanOphthalmics Christopher Peralta - Founder, Silicon Valley HQ Roslyn Teng - VP Growth Marketing, Ampjar Yienyee Soh - Co-Founder, AVANA Shruti Jobanputra - I have done my graduation from pune university in B.Com & PGDBA in HR & Finance from Symbiosis. I have worked as HR executive with a school for 3 years. Then i joined my husband's primary company as manager & now I'm one of the director's of the company.the company is into C&F business since 20 years. I also have started my own consulting firm & wish to start a new venture along with a friend into new space specially catering to women entrepreneur. Himani Rahil - Entrepreneur Marmik Bhatt - Founder, Monk Tech Rohit Sharma - We’re going to be the most forward-leaning company on remote work at scale. While contributing to a better work-life balance and a cleaner planet. One less coffee cup at a time. Jatin Chaudhary - Salesman @eChaiVentures l Good at managing WhatsApp groups n organizing high quality, large gatherings at low cost :-) l Observer l Fmr Global Shaper @WEF Ajit Vahadane - Bloodyfast mobile app-available on Google play store for 3 days 
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Main objectives
 
1)    To reduce the death toll in fatal road accidents worldwide
 
2)    To provide blood in emergency situations anywhere it is needed
 
3)    To reduce waiting lists of organ transplant patients in all countries
 
4)  To eradicate blood disorders like Thalassemia from the world by the year 2030

5) To make all life-saving services available on every mobile phone in the world to empower people and give them the confidence to save their own lives

6) To create a global network of NGOs working in various fields

7)    To assist United Nations and governments in all countries in their disaster management efforts in deadly situations like the earthquake, Tsunami, wild-fires, flood as well as riots, wars, revolutions where saving Human lives, environment and property becomes the most critical factor for the peace, existence, and stability of the Human race
Sumant Lohar - I am a tech blogger at Blogospedia.com, content creator, content as well as social media strategist and social media marketer. NIKUNJ SHAH - Currently, Promoting films on social media platform & making short films. Special focus on Gujarati Film industry.
RSVP
Founders and startup folks who joined past eChai startup events

The eChai Effect - In Their Words

"The eChai platform has been super valuable for me - it has helped me gain a deeper understanding of domains in the startup and tech ecosystem. What stands out most is the celebration of knowledge, professional growth, and entrepreneurship - it’s one of the best for the Indian ecosystem. Along the way, I’ve also been fortunate to make some great friendships and connections too."
Shalin (Shawn) Parikh - Founder, MyCPE One
Shalin (Shawn) Parikh
Founder, MyCPE One
"We found eChai to be a force multiplier throughout our startup journey. Through it, we connected with folks from DevX, Allevents, Plutomen, and more - many of whom became friends of IndiaBizForSale.com and even part of our clientele."
Bhavin S Bhagat - Co-founder of Indiabizforsale and IBGrid, TiE Ahmedabad President
Bhavin S Bhagat
Co-founder of Indiabizforsale and IBGrid, TiE Ahmedabad President
"At DevX.Work, we’ve greatly benefited from our association with eChai. Their events and networking forums have connected us with high-potential startups, ecosystem leaders, and innovation-driven professionals β€” many of whom have become valuable partners, collaborators, and even clients. What stands out most is the openness and accessibility of the community β€” whether you're an early-stage founder or an experienced entrepreneur, eChai provides a welcoming space to learn, collaborate, and grow. It's more than just a network β€” it's a catalyst for real, collaborative growth. We’re proud to be part of the eChai community. Highly recommended for any organization aiming to grow within the startup space."
Umesh Uttamchandani - Co-Founder, DevX
Umesh Uttamchandani
Co-Founder, DevX

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