Interactive Session with Silicon Valley Entrepreneur

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Guna Prasaad

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Aug 30, 2013, 2:25:41 PM8/30/13

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Greetings from E-Cell, IIT Bombay

Entrepreneurship and Business Club (an initiative of E-Cell, IIT Bombay) presents a speaker session for coding enthusiasts by Karl Mehta, a known silicon valley entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder of CodeforIndia.org, wherein he helps coders solve critical social problems by "Thinking Locally and Hacking Globally".

During his session, he will be talking about his life journey as an engineer, a civil servant (he served as a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow, selected by the Obama Administration during the inaugural 2012-13 term), an entrepreneur as well as an active investor in Silicon Valley.

He will also be talking about how to identify problems that need solving the most and key steps as an entrepreneur.

Venue: Classroom 2, SJMSOM (First Floor)

Date: 31st August

Time: 5:00 pm

Entry will be strictly on first come first serve basis!!!

About the speaker:

Karl Mehta is a serial entrepreneur, investor, engineer, and civil servant with over 20 years of experience in founding, building, and funding technology companies in the U.S. and international markets. He is currently Venture Partner at Menlo Ventures, Mountain View California

Previously, he was the Founder & CEO of PlaySpan Inc., acquired in the March of 2011 by Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the world’s largest payment network. PlaySpan is a global leader in payments and monetization for digital media, mobile apps, social networks, and online games.

Karl served as a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow, selected by the Obama Administration during the inaugural 2012-13 term. He was also recently appointed by Governor Brown to the Workforce Investment Board of the State of California.

Prior to founding PlaySpan, Karl was part of the founding team at MobileAria Inc. (acquired by Wireless Matrix) based in Mountain View and Co-Founder & CEO of OmniLabs Inc., based inSingapore and India. Previously, he held executive positions at Hughes, leading new business and technology development.

In 2010, Karl won the “Entrepreneur of the Year” award for Northern California from Ernst & Young.

Karl is on the boards of Intel Capital, Simpa Networks Inc., and the Chapman University Center for Entrepreneurship. He is based in the Silicon Valley and is an active angel investor in the clean-tech and Internet sectors worldwide.