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I'm Erik, born and raised in the beautiful southern part of Germany to a german father and finnish mother.
Currently based in London and Dubai, where i'm overseeing the franchise operations of a restaurant group selling Californian Burritos, Tacos and other fine things.
I just came back from a long sabbatical travelling, and signed up for this course as i want to acquire new knowledge around entrepreneurship and, like so many of us, playing with the idea of starting my own venture.
To all of you best of luck and do hope you find the time to connect and share ideas and help each other.
Best
Erik Sedat
https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-sedat-55987b15/
eriksedat@web.de

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I am Neha Munjal and I am really excited to e-meet you all here.

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Hello everyone!

I’m Sam, based in Chennai, India. A founding member of a company specializing in providing platform-based global HR solutions to multinational organizations, marketing and strategy is my forte.

I look forward to experimenting with ideas and structuring thought processes as I progress down the lane in this course and with you all over the next 12 weeks.

I am excited to be part of this rich and diverse cohort and love to get to know you better!

Let’s stay connected at https://www.linkedin.com/in/samsweb/. You can also reach me at samsweb@gmail.com.

Cheers,
Samuel Isaac

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Hello everyone!

Great to read all of your introductions and see decades of diverse experience in the cohort! I'm a little later here... but here goes.

I live in Mumbai, India. I'm a Bioanalytical Science post graduate and I pivoted my role to a Content Strategy and further into marketing strategy and business development role within startups. I am currently leading the India business of the multinational digital media organisation - Hello Health Group - which is involved in democratisation of healthcare knowledge by serving the non-English internet users in Asia Pacific.

From a functional point of view, I have an in-depth understanding of digital marketing strategies + online media strategies, especially for the health and wellness industry. Other than designing GTM, strategies for competitive differentiation and growth, my typical week at Hello Health Group involves overseeing operational excellence within a team of 20+ editorial/marketing/BD folks and build meaningful relationships with health/wellness clients.

From an aptitude and interest point of view, I love telling stories, am told to have a creative and analytical brain (prefer to use the creative side more), like to explore possibilities within tech, combined with concepts of gamification (industry agnostic) to make 'work' and 'routine' seem more like 'play' and 'fun' (in other words, build deeper engagement with the audience).

I am passionate about gourmet desserts, food, good wine and craft beers, have an inherent love towards bakers, an appreciation for brand stories, an OCD for appropriateness of the written language, and I love reading and writing (evidently).

Keen to connect with and share meaningful conversations with as many of you as possible.

Leaving my contact details below:
desaipriyadarshi@gmail.com
+91 9769 44 3797

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Hi Everyone,
I Live in Lebanon, I have been working in the Financial sector from than 24 years, mainly in the Payments & Digital Transformation.
like all of you, I am curious about this program, and after reading your introduction that reflect enthusiasm and diverse experience, I am excited to working together to create an impact on our lives and others.

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Hi everyone!

I am an internationally certified Leadership Brand Strategist, Brand Consultant and an  Executive Coach. As the Founder and CEO of my brand consultancy firm, 212 Degrees Brand Lab, I work with start-ups and new businesses to define brand vision, go-to-market strategies and design powerful brand experiences. I guide existing businesses to help renovate their brand and marketing strategies. I work with corporate and business leaders as a Leadership Brand Strategist and Executive coach, to help them skyrocket their income, influence and impact. As a strategist, coach and mentor, I have delivered several hours of transformative interventions for corporates, business houses, start-ups, educational institutes and impacted over 2500+ corporate and business leaders. She has launched and nurtured 2 professional communities.

In my pre-entrepreneurial career, I have dedicated several years to the corporate world as a marketing and branding specialist, building power brands and leading global teams that have won consumer confidence & delivered outstanding business results.

I live in Gurgaon, India.

I am looking forward to connecting with all of you and to learn from the faculty and my peers.

Pls. connect with me here : https://www.linkedin.com/in/devapriyakhanna/

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Hi everyone,

I’m a Venezuelan living in London since 1999. Before having kids, I used to work very long hours in investment banking. I love to study and finished an Executive MBA and an MA in International Political Economy when my kids were little.

I always had in the back of my mind the desire of setting up a business and becoming an entrepreneur. Both my father and sister were entrepreneurs in my country.

Over the last couple of years, I have become interested in nutrition and health, as well as disappointed with the ingredients that the big corporates put in our food. I want to use this opportunity to set up a business that provides food that is healthy and tastes great.

I’m looking forward to getting to know you all and use this course to develop my idea and launch it in the market place.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicaparra/

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Hi all!

My name is Michael (the left one on the pricture, not the right) and I am living in Düsseldorf, Germany. Since about 10 years I work as attorney in the fields of IP.

However, there is a deep demand in me for creating something new and this course is supposed to be somewhat of a starting point of my journey to leave my two cents for a better way to live, love, grow and work...

..and of course to make some new friends.

Looking forward to meeting you all!

Michael

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Hi, everyone,

Hope you are doing well and keeping safe. I am working in Abu Dhabi, in the area of HR, Training for 18 years.

Currently I am researching about the "Entrepreneurial Mindset", studying what goes in the mind of an entrepreneurs in their pursuit towards passion, what gives them perseverance to take calculated risks, and build successful venture.

I am excited to join LBS program and learn about new venture creation to leap into the journey of being an entrepreneur. Really, I am not sure about what business to initiate, however, I am sure that one day I will be making huge difference to young minds by inculcating entrepreneurial mindset that can prepare them for the future work as  a  an entrepreneur, employee and responsible citizen in 21st century.

I would love to work with colleagues, who are thinking in the same direction.

Looking forward to learn from you all.

Regards

AbdulQuddos

abdulquddus.md@gmail.com

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Hello everyone
I hope all of  you are well and safe  introducing my self been living, working and trading in UK for almost 30 years.
experienced in varies  different sector as an employee and owner my own business.
Such as import and export, Hospitality sector, Retail Sector, property, and currently  Managing director of Cash and carry {FMCG Related}
Interesting in the subject of Renewable Energy, internationally Import & Export of FMCG, Online  sector.
After 30 years journey challenge's, difficulties and fallers thought not enough as we all hear often learning never end.
Like all of you I am very exited to be participant of this new environment I wish you all very very successful and endless learning journey.
Ekber Aslan
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekber-aslan-63352589

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Hi all! Excited to be here. I live in Mumbai and work as a content strategist for a mutual fund house in India. As a content person, I've worked both as a freelancer and as a corporate editor and have written in a variety of formats chiefly for businesses in the financial services industry like investment banks, equity houses and asset managers. I 've even worked for some consulting firms like BCG.

In my current role I lead the content effort and manage the editorial calendar for my firm. I hold a Masters degree in Management from LSE and used to work as a financial consultant in London during the early years of my career.

My journey from consulting to content was unexpected. I  started a venture in 2012 selling prep material and revision apps to students writing the CFA exams. It was an expensive effort even though I did achieve breakeven and it was completely self-funded. A couple of years hence I took on a corporate job to grow that business, but I realised belatedly that that was a counterproductive move.

7 years hence the bug has bitten again and here I am! I haven't decided what I want to do as an entrepreneur. But I do feel better prepared to take on the risks this time. My experience together with the tools and material from this course and interactions with experienced faculty, mentors and others like myself, will all hopefully contribute to a more successful entrepreneurial journey this time.

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Hi all! As some of you commented this is a great opportunity to test the limits of our entrepreneur mindset has it is a renowned platform hinged on LBS faculty which can lead us to at least find the best method to structure our ideas.

I have worked in several continents and whilst between projects decided to discover my entrepreneur side and test my best case study for implementation of a utility company in the energy market sector.

Hopefully we will have all some fun and a positive story to tell at the end of it.

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Greetings everyone!

It is lovely to read about every ones journey, experiences and dreams. I feel privileged to be a part of this course and look forward to the next 12 weeks.

I have gained certain expertise in the hospitality industry in India and have over 30 years of experience in this industry spanning from hotels, institutional catering, reverse auctions, hotel transactions, bespoke consulting  and market feasibility studies. This course provides me a fantastic opportunity to look at what I know anew and add supplementary skills.

I am part of a team which is creating what we hope is the world’ first carbon neutral hotel chain.  Pre-covid, I used to divide my time between Mumbai and London in search of investors for Eco Hotels. Our hotels are built on a promise of being both Economical and Ecological.

Our plan is for an initial raise of £5 mn. Most of my time is now spent on Zoom calls trying to pitch investors. So far we have had favorable feedback about our venture from potemtial investors but have not really managed to convert it into a meaningful sized cheque and I often wonder what to do next?

My daughter, whose favourite TV show is Shark Tank, is also my advisor and had asked me earnestly to think about the reasons why people are not investing in Eco Hotels? Given the framework of this course I intend to explore just that  while hoping to engineer some workable solutions  using the diverse experience and collective expertise of the group here.

I have used the Covid induced downtime to mentor a couple of student led technology projects, conduct webinars on hospitality, write blogs and learn new things. I am a regular contributor to the Economic Time Hospitality World and below is the link to my latest article.

Room for growth in Indian hospitality…Where would You reinforce the lines? - TOP TALK by Abhijeet Umathe | ET HospitalityWorld (indiatimes.com)

Other than the above I am passionate about cooking, bio-dynamic farming, reading and an avid seeker. On some rare occasions when the words find me I type poems on my phone. With a sense of purpose and a strong perspective, I am always happy to lend a helping hand to the other seekers in the world. My passion is to create sustainable solutions stemming from our ever-changing needs.

Look forward to making friends and learning!

Coordinates

Linkedin

linkedin.com/in/abhijeet-u-hospitality-sustainableinvestment-consulting

Twitter

@Abhijeet_Umathe

Website

www.ecohotelsglobal.com

Email

abhietumathe35@gmail.com

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Hi everyone,

My name is Vidur and I am based in Gurgaon, India.

After working for over 20 years in marketing & consulting, I started my own venture www.northside.co.in where we help young companies start-up and scale-up.

I am here to learn from this diverse group and use the experience to scale-up my venture. Really excited to be on this journey.

Email : vidur@northside.co.in
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidur-vyas-b9946b6/

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Nice to meet you all, lots of interesting backgrounds and experience!

I'm Jen, based in London. I've been working in software sales for a few years now and joined this course to network, flesh out ideas and concepts and gain a better understanding of business and value props! I completed a business degree a few years ago and have considered an MBA, this short course (although intense) will hopefully give me a better steer!

Currently I work for a technology company in the Microsoft space selling SAAS solutions to the banking, Insurance and legal space across the UK. I'm really passionate about technology and how it can enable business transformation and unleash collaboration! I do a little bit around e-commerce in my spare time too as a side hustle.

The dream is to start my own business one day and so looking forward to meeting you all and discussing our experience and future plans!

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Hello to all colleagues.

I have been working in the software services industry and have over 13 years of experience in the IT/ITES and EdTech sector providing Mobile App, Software and Consulting for SMEs and large companies for domestic and international markets.

I have also worked as a Product Manager / Solutions Architect and have experience in deploying and overseeing organisation’s network design / cloud computing strategy, aligning product decisions to business goals and resourceful business solutions as technology products.

At the moment I am just about to complete a course - Executive Program in Business Finance from IIM Ahmedabad.

It feels great to be a part of such a diverse group. Looking forward to a great time ahead !

You can connect with me on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/consultwithraj/
Email: raj.jain@innovatrix.ai

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Hi Everyone,

My Name is Roberta I’m from Italy, more precisely near Milan.

I graduated in Communication and my working background is focused on Marketing which I experienced both for Government and Corporates. I also deepened my experience in exporting goods and networking.

But I feel I need to express something more about me: that’s why I decided to join this course. I’m hungry for learning but I recognize I need to make my idea to become concrete.

It’s great to read about all of you, your background, your intrests and your passion/determination. This is the kind of atmosphere I would like to be in. Hope we will enjoy the journey toghether also by supporting each other.

Feel free to contact me:

robertaronda@hotmail.it

or linkedin:

linkedin.com/in/roberta-ronda-4892071

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Hi Friends and classmates,
Inspired after reading the introductions below and feels like have selected the right programme!! Very diverse group in all aspects.
Am joining the programme to learn ways to start a business and things to factor. I have significant experience in technology and banking. Currently lead Product Management team in a leading financial services company. Although I launched  new products in a corporate role, I tried and failed getting a business off ground (as a side hustle than main means). Looking forward to learn how to think like an entrepreneur and raise new investment not just from the distinguished faculty but from each other.
If any of you interested or have any questions related to Banking, Payments, Blockchain, Crypto, APIs and anything technology, pls feel free to connect.
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17+ years of experience spanning Product and Proposition development, Programme / Project Management and IT consulting
● End to end experience - from inception of ideas to funding to programme / project mobilisation; managing the delivery to transition to support teams; and managing the application support to retiring the application
● Rich experience in product and propositions development and the ability to seamlessly work with UX design, technical, finance, marketing, content and compliance teams
● Led the transformation for setting up hybrid cloud and migrating large customer facing website to a highly resilient and scalable platform
● Have extensively worked on optimising customer experience, personalisation and targeting, data driven marketing and customer rewards programme
● Have successfully led the response teams to many RFPs and PQQs. Played crucial role in winning some large RFPs
● Managed programmes / projects in following areas
○ Business process re-engineering
○ Customer experience improvement & channel optimisation
○ Contact Centre Telephony rollout
○ Customer Correspondence re-design and management
○ Digital product development - mobile app and online self-service
● Very detailed and analytical oriented. Got an eye for quality and perfection

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Hello Everyone,

Hope all of you are doing well! I must say I’m pretty excited just by reading your introductions. Learning from LBS and all of you will definitely be a massive teaching for my life. My name is João, I’m 27 years old, I’m from Portugal, and I’m currently starting my career as a Medical Doctor in Portugal.

I’ve always wanted to learn new realities, something extra to had to my personal life and growth. In this journey with you, I expect to develop the best skills to launch myself into the entrepreneurial field, making use of my skills as a medical doctor as well as many others I’ve acquired. I’ve already worked in sales as well as in the hospitality fields, making simple projects come to life. As important as the rest, I also love to travel, to volunteer abroad, being in contact with Nature, to study, read, dance, walk by the beach, to meditate and practice yoga. I’m looking forward to build something valuable in the Healthcare and Hospitality areas while being able to reach people in need with my skills, honesty and authenticity.

I wish we all take something beautiful and valuable out of this course. Thank you all for your sharing.

Stay safe and well.

With gratitude,

João de Sá Santos.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joaodesasantos/

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Hello everyone. I am very pleased to be part of this diverse group.

I am Canadian with Syrian origin residing in Marbella, Spain. I am an electrical engineer by education but I spent most of my career in sales and sales management in companies such as Sun Microsystems (now part of Oracle), Computer Associates and Microsoft in the Middle East and Saudi Arabia.

After I left Microsoft (2 years ago) I took a one year sabbatical and decided not to work for corporates anymore.  I took two courses at MIT Sloan around digital transformation and Artificial Intelligence and as part of the weekly projects I developed an idea that I want, and hope, to bring to reality.

The solution is based on AI and ML in robotic process automation. Then I hit a wall: Is it a good idea, any need for it, investors want an MVP before talking more, financing the development, etc...  So, I almost gave up.  At least I have the logo ready  :-)

I decided to take this course to validate the idea and go through the entire process of a pre-startup.

A bientôt, Hasta Luego

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Hello all!

It's very interesting to read about you, your backgrounds and aspirations and I'm really looking forward to learn with you all in the following weeks.

I am originally from Madrid, Spain. My background is in Aerospace Engineering, and spent several years working in satellite systems. I started gaining interest in business and entrepreneurship, and got a position as Manager of a Business Incubation Centre focused on space and communications technologies. Currently,  I'm working at the European Space Agency giving support to their network of Business Incubation Centres across Europe.

In between, I also experimented with e-commerce, creating an online shop of inspirational gifts, that I keep as a side hustle.

Speak soon!
Susana
https://www.linkedin.com/in/susana-soto/

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Hello everyone, glad to get connected with you all on this learning platform.
I am based out of Mumbai, India.
Currently working with an Insurance Broking firm in a leadership role, has been 15 years am part of this set up nearly since inception, with focus on distributing various  General Insurance and Life insurance products.Am currently leading and heading a team which is into Direct sales & distribution of Commercial line insurance products like Property & Engineering insurance, Liability Insurance, Employee Benefits( Health & Casualty), Cyber insurance etc.

Got myself enrolled to this program as was keen to enhance my skills and learn and update myself with value creation in ones business/idea,  pitch deck creation for investors etc

Excited & Looking forward to Learn, connect and network.

Sagar Tejuja

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I hope everyone is doing well!                                                                          I am delighted to be a part of this course, really looking forward to connecting with you all over this course.                                                  My name is Rasika; I am based in Dubai. I have been working as a Fashion Buyer with Multinational Companies for more than 12 years now. I have recently quit my well-paid glories job to become a Successful Entrepreneur in the fashion industry. I know that was a rational move during this pandemic situation, but I think I am ready for this journey.                                                                                                         I have done my master's from Manchester Metropolitan University in Strategic Fashion Buying. And I have good experience in buying, but I am not good with numbers, business and finances which is scary, so I have decided to take this course. I am really optimistic that I will definitely learn a lot from this course and make some mark in the fashion industry.                

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I hope everyone is doing well!                                                                          I am delighted to be a part of this course, really looking forward to connecting with you all over this course.                                                  My name is Rasika; I am based in Dubai. I have been working as a Fashion Buyer with Multinational Companies for more than 12 years now. I have recently quit my well-paid glories job to become a Successful Entrepreneur in the fashion industry. I know that was a rational move during this pandemic situation, but I think I am ready for this journey.                                                                                                         I have done my master's from Manchester Metropolitan University in Strategic Fashion Buying. And I have good experience in buying, but I am not good with numbers, business and finances which is scary, so I have decided to take this course. I am really optimistic that I will definitely learn a lot from this course and make some mark in the fashion industry.                

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Hi everyone, this is Bhavna from India Delhi, it’s a great pleasure to be here with all who want to really work on their lives, I am a professional costume stylist running a business from ten years , looking for a complete new enthusiasm to work and do something really constructive with new vision and clarity. I am really wishing a great change from this journey of learning here , .'
Looking forward for great opportunities and connects
Bhavna Malhotra

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Hey Everyone, This is Sarath from India. Its been a great experience to read through each one of your stories. Yes I do believe that everyone has their own story to tell the world and listen to the stories that inspire you.

I currently work as a Senior Project Manager with EPAM for one of the finance clients, what has been exciting so far is I have touched upon almost the entire gamut of roles and responsibilities within SDLC - Developer, Quality assurance, technical support, Architect, Product manager etc. The most intriguing fact that I own is I am an entrepreneur at heart - the primary reason which I owned every bit of role I performed.

I am also a tried and tested entrepreneur thrice where the learnings are phenomenal. I am still thriving to make a dent in the universe with my ideas still floating in my mind. I definitely believe that this course has the potential to help me structure my thoughts to execution and beyond.

Looking forward for great connects,

Cheers, Sarath Meduri https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharathmeduri/

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Hi everyone. I am from Malaysia and currently in London, being seconded to the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia to be in charge of Education Malaysia office since October 2018. My current work focus mainly on accelerating networking activities between HEIs in Malaysia, the UK as well as in Europe. I have been in academic/higher education for more than 15 years. I started my career in 2003 with the Faculty of Finance and Banking,  Universiti Utara Malaysia before joining the Faculty of Technology Management and Business, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) in 2007. I teach various subjects (both undergraduate and postgraduate) in the area of Financial Management, Banking, Entrepreneurship and Business Management, particularly on Innovation and Commercialization Management.

Looking forward to learn so many new thing via this course and starting this journey with each and every single one of you. Feel free to connect with me via LinkedIn or email smohamedzabri@gmail.com

Stay safe everyone!

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Hello everyone, thank you for all your amazing shares - it's so motivating to read your stories and to hear so many big ambitions expressed with such determination and energy.
I am from Cornwall in the UK, and living for many years now in The Netherlands. I'm a Product Marketer with over 20 years working in management in the telco sector in Europe, for a/o Virgin Media, Vodafone, Telenet, UPC and Ziggo.
Two years ago I moved to work in a ventures incubator to launch an innovative new connectivity technology, and I just love the start-up energy and pace!
I've meanwhile been 'playing' with an idea in a totally different direction that I would love to bring to life myself, to drive a more sustainable and local approach to meeting human and home services needs.
While I am adept at market analysis, customer insights, building value propositions and developing GTM (always very happy to help out with this part!), this course promises to enable me with the business know-how I lack - defining a winning venture business model, putting the right team together, getting funded, managing investors, and of course, creating a winning pitch!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-bamford/
Thank you again for sharing your journeys and inspiration here - I really can't wait to get stuck in with you all :)

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Hello Everyone,
I am Neha, i am from Ghaziabad India, i have 6 years of experience in Software Industry,(Augmented and Virtual Reality). I have created many application in AR/VR and seen a huge acceleration in this field, i have an idea that i would like turn into reality and make a successful business out of it.
Looking forward to make most of this course and community

My linkedin Profile- https://www.linkedin.com/in/neha-tiwari-79a7877b/
Mail-id: tiwarineha096@gmail.com

Thanks
Neha Tiwari.

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Hello Everyone,

I'm Cameron, originally from Australia now living in Vancouver, Canada for the past 15 years. I work as a sub specialty physiotherapist with an eye to move from the clinical side into the business side in the next couple of years. I have worked as a clinician for the past 20 years, have taught at university and pre-pandemic spent the last 5 years shuttling across Canada teaching from the west to the east coast teaching privately. My interests are now moving towards online delivery of specialty information along with local development of a more advanced MSK health service in British Columbia.

I was eyeing an eMBA or MOM, and landed on this LBS course and it looked like a great place to start learning the business / venture side - I'm looking forward to making the most of a busy 12 weeks!

Very excited to meet everyone and especially during a time when the pandemic makes anything outside of the home look like a true vacation :)

Looking through the list of faces and stories we seem to have an awesome group!
See you all online in the coming weeks
Cameron

p.s. I thought you'd all like to see some local winter weather on Cypress Mountain, Vancouver (and my best snowman to date)

web: www.activeshoulderseminars.com
email: cbennett1003@gmail.com

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Hi all classmates!
I'm Ricardo Bittini, my background is structural and civil engineering and have worked over18 years in infrastructure. I'm originally from the Canary Islands, Spain, but I'm currently based in London.
I work for a large Spanish infrastructure company (Ferrovial) and I've had different roles over 15 years. My last 6 years have been in innovation. I've been Head of Innovation for the construction unit for the international business (UK, US, Australia...) and now I'm currently the Lead of Digital Collaboration at corporate level working in cutting edge innovation (simulation, AI, machine learning, virtual reality, etc.).
I'm keen to get involved in this course to either move outside to take my ideas into live or to help me to pitch ideas within my company to another level.
Very happy to meet you all and get the most of it.
Best
Ricardo

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Hello Class,

I am Subhash from Kolkata currently in Noida and pursuing my startup journey with Industrykart. Have learnt a lot in the last 6 years being in this delightful journey and would love to share my experience also. Great to know the diversity of the batch and super excited to connected with u and meet with my Indian peers. Joined the program for sharpening my skills and up skill myself to make myself and the organisation more successful in the time to come.

Would be excited to learn from the faculties and peers in the next 12 weeks time.

you can reach me at subhashb8@gmail.com
My linkedin bio for a glimpse- https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhash-baidya-119b5a47/

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Hello Everyone,

I am super excited to be a part of this wonderful batch. I am Ashish Agarwal from the historic city of Meerut, India. I am the founder of Adorna Shapewear, a brand which was launched in 2015 and is now one of the best shapewear brands in India. Prior to Adorna, I got the opportunity to work with major technology giants like Adobe for around 7 years as software engineer and got 2 patents approved by US PTO during this time. Currently, I am working on a social media app focused on spreading laughter and smiles.

With the company of this amazing group of people, I am looking forward to an exciting learning experience!

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishag8/

Website: www.AshishAgarwal.co

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Hello LBS Classmates

I am Tim, from England and live in Hampshire. I have been an investor in London for nearly 10 years, working for a Japanese company. Now I am looking at starting my own fund and joined this program to help with that.

I have expertise in many places but especially ESG (I run the ESG fund at my current work) and commodities (I have been doing these for 9 years). I have a plan to bring this together to make commodities investing better for the world and allow ESG investors to participate more in commodities cycles.

I am looking for help on the regulation and asset gathering side of things and always open to conversations with any of you on the business.

Happy also to look at finances and give any advice on models and projections.

I look forwards to speaking with you all and this journey.

Tim

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Hello everyone,
My name is Vincenzo and I am from Florence but in the UK for almost 8 years. I leave in Surrey and work mainly in London. My main work experience in the UK was working with a property development company where I learned skills such as team work, planning, marketing research, delivery expectations and managing a large team of professionals.
It is now time to start a new professional chapter and to do so, I believe this course can be the right beginning.
I am looking forward to start this chapter with you all!
Ciao

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Hi course amigos,
I'm based in London and have been doing user research in the last year 8 years. Recently I've started working for the Ministry of Justice on their Digital Prison Services, and before that for Facebook (VR) and Just Eat.

I'm excited about the future opportunities that technology can bring into our lives, particularly around food, exercise, health and well-being.

I look forward to meeting and learning from you all.

Happy days.
Amitai

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Hi Everyone!
I'm excited to be going on this journey with you all. My name is Taf, based in the UK.
I'm a chartered Chemical Engineer. I've around 10 yrs experience working in technology development - from mining, to carbon capture and recently nanotechnology. I recently joined an accelerator, where I'm working directly with startups.
I look forward to getting to know you all!
Cheers.

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I am delighted to be part of young, dynamic & intellectual course mates. I am based in Gurgaon, India. Started my professional career in 1991 and had a wonderful professional journey of 30+ years and continue enjoying every day of professional career. Successfully planned and executed various Greenfield projects in Software, Telecom, Internet & Unified Communications (Messaging, Voice, AI & Data) domains. As a business leader handled various business vertical in B2B & B2C markets.

Intend to gain additional knowledge during this course enabling me to explore new business opportunities within my organization or externally.

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Hello everyone !
I'm Ali from Saudi Arabia, I am healthcare provider. I am in my beginning of the world of work, yet I have big desire to learn about business management.
being professionally independent in the next few years seems good move.

I hope I will enjoy with you all and get the good benefit from the course.

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Hi all,

My name is Cameron (Cam) Wetherall. I come from a corporate creative strategy background and have been the Head of Marketing & Advertising at a couple of cosmetics brands here in London.
My goal is to launch a brand with my team in the wellness and activewear industry, focusing of quality of product and developing a balance between fashion a fitness. Ultimately, this will lead to charity work with mental health groups in sport.
While I have an idea of how to develop my brand from a creative viewpoint, I'm here to learn how to develop a business and financial plan for a brands overall longevity. As such, I believe that VC might be the best way to break into the apparel market.
I hope you all the best and hopefully we can all aid each other in our endeavours. Please feel free to connect, I would love to meet you all.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-wetherall-ba84a1112/
Website: http://www.vallerall.com

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Hello,

I am Priyanka, a healthcare professional and practising for last 10 years, based in Dubai. With a background in public health nutrition and core interest in community health, I am now venturing into innovative health tech solutions to nurture workplace wellness.
I look forward to joining this program to learn from you all, our mentors and network with all my peers.

Wishing each one you all the best,
Regards.

Priyanka.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drpriyankabsainani/

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Hi everyone,

Looking forward to connecting with you all over this course. My name is Mitali Tandon, I live in Bangalore, India. I did my undergrad in the UK, Kent in Criminology & Social Policy. Life's changed a lot since then! I started my own venture in 2016 in the FMCG/Nutraceutical space. We manufacture & market functional beverages like a hangover drinks, diabetic supplements & wellness tea's in India. We've been bootstrapped for the most part and I've learnt a lot in the 6 years in this industry (just made the Forbes India 30Under30 list and thrilled!) I'm hoping to be able to scale my business by 3x in the next 2 years, refine our business model and consider VC funding as part of my journey. Hoping to learn from and knowledge share with you all over the next 12 weeks!

Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitali-tandon-19b75869/
Website : www.drinkmorningfresh.com

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Hello,
My name is Daniele and I am excited to be working together with you and the mentors along the next few weeks hoping that we can create a good network that go over and beyond this course.  I have been working for over 17 years in management consulting within financial services and Fintech through my own small consultancy business.  I love to innovate and create new solutions and products. I hope this course will enable me to bring some of these to market succesfully.

My Linkedin profile is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieleazzaro

Speak soon!
Daniel

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Hello everyone,

It is a pleasure to virtually meet you all. My name is Somayeh, and I live in Hertfordshire, UK.

I am a qualified nurse from Iran but decided to move to the UK 16 years ago to pursue a career in law and business.  Aside from my work experience as a nurse in Iran, I had been working in the Health and Social Care sector in the UK in various positions until 2 years ago when I completed my LPC and MSc in Law and Business.  Since 2019, I have been working in a public law firm advising the local government on public law matters. I am also the co-founder at Reach Outstanding Care (“ROC”), a company providing bespoke support to social care organisations to improve their service standards. I am also involved in community based voluntary projects, as I am a big advocate of social justice.

Recently I have decided to establish a law firm under the social enterprise structure to provide legal services in both immigration law, and public law including community care and social care at affordable prices, to provide people from BAME communities, disadvantage backgrounds, and individuals who cannot afford city firm prices, with the opportunity to access legal services.

As it is rightly said in the introduction, and given I have already started up a consultancy business, I have learnt that not every business idea makes it to success if the foundation work is not done well.  Hence, I am here to develop my entrepreneurial skills and more importantly bounce ideas with like-minded people globally, with the view that I finish the course with a stronger plan to turn my idea into a venture that can benefit our communities, particularly post-pandemic where there has been a significant rise in social injustice.

In my own time, I am a keen runner and have been running Marathons and Half-Marathons to raise fund for charities.

I look forward to getting to know you all, and working closely together throughout the course.

My LinkedIn profile is Somayeh Tosi - please feel free to connect!

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I was born and raised in London, however I am half Colombian half french. One of the reasons i love London is because it's a cultural melting pot filled with individuals like myself with different backgrounds and different cultures which always makes for interesting conversation.

From a young age I've been a keen on the business world and educating myself on such topics as the stock market which is why i went to do a summer course a brown university at the age of 15 on the topic.

My real passion is entrepreneurship as i love bringing people together and solving problems as a team but also having the space for limitless creativity and the ability to bring ideas to fruition. I graduated university 2 years ago and started a street food business just after. We operated in several markets around London and had a permanent stand in Mercato Metropolitano. The first year of starting a business is always the hardest and unfortunately Covid struck which completely shattered my industry and meant we had to close the business. I learnt a lot about managing a business and all the finite details that go into it but also covid taught me to be aware of other opportunities as many businesses still managed to thrive through Covid.

I am doing this course to sharpen my skills and knowledge and to learn invaluable information from the teachers and mentors we have at our disposable on this course. I look forward to meeting all of you and am very excited to be embarking on this new journey!

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Hello there,

It's really great to connect with you all and read about everyone's diverse backgrounds and aspirations. I am an Australian currently living on the outskirts of London. Five years ago I founded an organisation dedicated to supporting disadvantaged communities with cricket equipment. If you're curious about the scope of my work, please have a look at www.cricketcharity.org

I have enrolled in this course to hopefully transform my Cricket Kindness Initiative into a sustainable profitable Social Enterprise. This will enable me to assist many more impoverished communities, and also draw a salary for myself as the CEO for the many hours I work voluntarily.

There will literally always be an endless supply of quality sporting equipment, both redundant superseded new kit, and pre-loved outgrown gear, able to up-cycled in well resourced countries, and sent on to poorly resourced communities desperate for sporting equipment. The funny photo attached of me swimming in cricket gear is evidence! All it takes is the time to collecting vast quantities, packing it up, setting up distribution networks with recipients and raising funds to transport it. There are obvious wide reaching humanitarian and environmental benefits to this large scale project, ensuring first world excess is not wastefully discarded.

I need to devise ways to keep financing my humanitarian work. I don't come from a business background and my hope is that this course will help crystalize the ways this is possible. I also always hoped to expand support to educational resources and breakfast programs in communities where children arrive at school hungry.

I look forward to learning with you and getting to know everyone over the coming
months.
Please feel free to get in touch anytime; tamaralowe@cricketcharity.org
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-lowe-9a7a1590/
Wishing you well,
Tamara

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Hello colleagues,

I am writing you from Sydney where I have been living and working for the last six years at a listed company named CIMIC. I had the fortune of being part of another LBS training program back in 2009 when I was living in Ireland.
My background in infrastructures has given me the opportunity of experiencing first hand the enormous transformational power we have. Urban planners and entrepreneurs enable positive change for many people  across different geographies however it comes at a cost.
Growing use of resources, wastage, emissions. I am interested in the idea of circular economy and how to create value out of reducing resources and reuse wastage in infrastructure,
I look forward to seen you soon
Roberto Gallardo

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Dear classmates,

My name is Niek and I'm living in Switzerland. Currently I work within Credit Suisse  and focus here on strategic regulatory inititiaves. In my free time I currently finish an executive MBA that should finish in the next months. As this program did not give me the right structure on starting my own venture, I decided to join this program.

When I was younger I have been having my own companies but since I moved into the corporate world I never went back. Now I see that I want to set-up something by myself that can bring positive impact in the lifes of many people. With the entrepreneurial edge I hope to find the right structure to set my ideas into motion.

Looking forward learning from all and please write me at any time for either simple chat or catchup. I'm always happy to get to know new people.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/niektenhove/

Wishing you a great start of this program.

Greeting from Zurich,
Niek

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Hello everyone!

My name is Andrea Mulazzani, I am Italian and I have recently graduated in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. I am right now doing an internship in Rome!

I am very passionate about the energy sector, and in particular about solar energy.  I hope with this course I will have the possibility to know you better, to learn and to be inspired. I like nature, sports, science, and sailing.

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Hello All,

I'm Rahul Koul from India and living in London since last 6 years. I have worked earlier in India, Singapore and Frankfurt. Travelled extensively across UK, Europe, India, APAC.

I have led many IT Transformation initiatives in Banking & FInancial sector. My current role is P&L, strategy, sales for digital transformation in Big data, analytics and cloud for accounts in BFSI. I'm a technologist at heart and strongly believe in innovation led transformations. Have led many consulting engagements, designed TOMs, established services across diverse areas in Banking.

I invest in real estate, equity, f&o. Love playing sports, video games, read books, watch movies, an audiophile, watch planets.

Passionate to make a difference with a social venture and look forward to work as a startup mentor, advisor, may be investor, board member.

I hold a Bachelors in Technology, Master in Science and recently completed my MBA.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulkoul/

Looking forward to share a great bond with you all !!

P.S. I believe in people and for me the relationships come first and then business. You may hold any imp role any position but without people in equation it means nothing.

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Hi everyone,

Nice to meet you all! My name is Mory I am originally from Paris and I have been living in London for the past 7 years. I have spent most of my professional life 10+ years working as an investment banker for various international organisation, financing renewable assets across the globe. Outside of work my main passion is travelling, which I can’t really do at the moment.

I have developed an interest for the start-up eco systems about 3 years ago, I started reading, watching YouTube videos and tv shows, listening to various podcasts, talking to entrepreneurs and venture capitalist from different nationalities and different background. Although this is not an easy path and as mentioned in the course intro most of start-up ideas fail, I think I am at a point of my career where I am ready to make the big jump, and this start here with you guys!

This intensive course is the perfect opportunity to work on a killer pitch deck and introduce my business idea to the market.

Looking forward to exchanging ideas and learning with you all!

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Hi Everyone,

I am Abeer from Saudi Arabia,

I have been working in management role for the last 10 years between corporate and government entities. In January,  I was laid off by my employer,  due to Covid-19 pandemic,  like unfortunately many people. I took it as a sign for me to start my own business and to be self-employed, a wish that I have been contemplating for so long but never had the courage to do it. When I received an email about this course , I thought that was my second sign 😊 so here I am.

I am excited for the learning and the new possibilities for my upcoming journey.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-abeer-bakri-00868614/

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Hello everyone, my name is Mohamed AL Jneibi, you can call me either Mohamed or MJ for short.
I am MBA graduate student from University of Strathclyde since 2013 in Business Administration.
I have worked in several disciplines such as Quality Management, Policy and Procedure, Enterprise Risk Management, and Business Continuity.

I would like to learn from this LBS program about entrepreneurship journey from experts and understand more about investment in self developing your passion to work to add value to society. second point, which is very important, is to understand the market dynamics and fitch some good ideas out of it, and how to observe potential risks / threats, while reviewing these investment pitches.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamed-jumaa-al-jneibi-4b21367/

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hello colleagues and classmate iam Realtor in California the beautiful city of
san diego i just received my real estate license  in December but i have ben into real estate over 10 years buying property in Jamaica and mostly recently in
Baltimore Maryland this the investment market i want to take on very aggressively moving from houses to apartment buildings in the future and still be a California realtor

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Hello everyone ! I am based in Noida, India , working in telecom domain for the past 22 years . Have been part of the B2B units in various cross functional roles ranging from engineering , product management, P&L , new product launch , marketing to digital experiences build and adoption. I am a mother of twin daughters who are now majoring in CS and data science respectively. From these two major life experiences I have learnt and lived the way ours, firms and customers needs and expectations have evolved in the ICT world. Very eager to start a venture of own out of couple of ideas nurturing in my head and bring them to life. The specific outcomes of this program had me very motivated to join and I am sure i will come out of this wiser and also with even stronger resolve :)

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I am based in India, Pune. working as India Head from 2014 for Swedish Information & Technology Service Company.
I am looking forward bringing entrepreneur framework for our organisation to successful every initiative.

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Hi everyone! Great to meet you all. I'm Henry, I live in Dorset, U.K. I'm excited to join this programme and fill gaps in my entrepreneurial journey so far, looking forward to learning with you. This is an ideal 'window' for me, having just spent the past four years involved in a start-up to bring the sport of Professional Triathlon into the mainstream globally, with the creation of a pro-active Professional Association (PTO) and an event arm to the business capable of delivering exciting, engaging broadcast and OTT content showcasing 'the world's greatest athletes' from the world of Triathlon. I played a strategic 'behind the scenes' role in securing a $12M investment from Michael Moritz's Crankstart Investments. If you're interested, you can read a bit more more here:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesayles/2020/02/03/triathlon-aims-for-the-mainstream-after-securing-investment-for-2-million-collins-cup-prize-fund/?sh=3d457a376887.
Before this I was embedded in sales and marketing for another start-up in the global luxury hospitality sector, delivering a digital marketing solution for luxury hotels and resorts that increased revenue from guests by delivering the right message, to the right guest at the right moment in their stay. I was 'first boots on the ground' in London and Northern Europe helping to secure client contracts with the Dorchester, Park Lane; Intercontinental Carlton, Cannes; and Le Fouquet's, Paris amongst others, and secured a Best Hotel Marketing award from the HMA/HOSPA.
All of the above has been preparation to 'fly solo' so to speak and become the founder of my own start-up. I attach this photo as one passion of mine would be to turn my green juice recipe into a mainstream healthy drink for children – the dream would be to see it in every school lunchbox across the UK and the globe!

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Jhansi Vijayarajan, Highly ambitious, Passionate, focused on what I do, Charismatic, Pumped up with lots of energy.

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Jhansi Vijayarajan, Highly ambitious, Passionate, focused on what I do, Charismatic, Pumped up with lots of energy.

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I’m from both Business and Corporate world, from Bangalore, India: I have got 2 decades of Corporate work experience on IT infrastructure and Information Security. Business is in the DNA and would like to pursue something on own that gives a purpose and fulfilment to life. I’m totally excited about the course and looking forward to meet you all. I’m sure this course will position us to do wonders. Take care. See you soon. Have a great session throughout the learning journey.

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Hi All, I am based in Pune, India. Currently working as Senior Vice President at global cyber security company. Previously worked in large IT MNC's and Big4 consulting companies at various leadership roles. Look forward to hone my skills in strategic investment pitches.

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Hi All, I am based in Pune, India. Currently working as Senior Vice President at global cyber security company. Previously worked in large IT MNC's and Big4 consulting companies at various leadership roles. Look forward to hone my skills in strategic investment pitches.

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Suhas Desai

My LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desaisuhas

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Hi everyone,

I am based in Europe, Brussels, working for the past 14-15 years in the Chemical industry for major corporations, such as SABIC. I have had various different positions starting from engineer and leading up to innovation strategy leader and now active in strategic marketing and business development. Recently I switched over to a smaller company in the industry, with limited resources at my disposal, realizing new product development ideas and market developments projects requires buy in from internal stakeholders as well as external investors.

I am here to brush up on some already existing skills but also add new ones in terms of communication with investors and creating top class pitches. Looking forward to interacting with you all!

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Hi !
I am an Interior Designer .
I am leading Retail Showroom Project since last 14 years with various corporate from Garments to electronics to Music.  On this Profile there is mix of Project Management, Vendor Management, Negotiations, Cost Control, Time Control, Corporate politics, Liability & Accountability. It is very critical to adhere all  to smooth Project Roll out. There is always source is limited, be it Budget, Vendor, Materials & Time. Still you have to meet the Target as a sustainability.
I want to edge my skills with this very much competitive & digital time to make it smooth as its top level.
In the market to sustain demand is always more than you think be in corporate or business. If you deliver everything as suited everything go smooth or you will be at the back street.
In India what I can find that lack of quality craftmanship & non-skill vendors what is a major challenge. No one wants to follow rules & regulations may be at on-site or off-site.
I am very much excited with this course that I can add some value on it.

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My name is Rafika Moumen, I am HR professional in a large group, based in Dubai and in charge of the Middle East.
I am at this stage of my career, where I want to accelerate my professional goals. Getting ready to take the driving seat in my own business.

Indeed, I am thinking of creating my venture – I have an idea to explore further and to get ready for. I am sure that this program will bring a lot of added value to this project, on a general note with insights of the entrepreneurial mindset and maybe specifically in emerging countries where I would like to put my focus.

I am confident that this program will open wide possibilities to help me reaching my professional goals and surely in an accelerated pace. Not only because I am impatient, but more because I feel ready for it and will surely benefit from a lot of other entrepreneurs to be with the same enthusiasm to be a change agent !

I miss time at the university, what a great reward to myself to go back to school (more 2021 like = digital)

My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafika-m-053a5b14

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By way of introduction, I would like to share my journey from pursuing engineering to becoming a social entrepreneur. Six years ago, while pursuing Computer Science Engineering from Thapar University, I was introduced to the social sector as a volunteer at Teach A Child (T.A.C.), a Chandigarh-based Social Purpose Organisation (SPO) focused on extending primary education. Although I had participated in outreach programs to serve the underprivileged back in school, my 8-month engagement with T.A.C. made me recognise my privileges and inspired me to find ways to fill the resource gap for those who were struggling to make ends meet. This urgency around solving the problem that I observed across multiple SPOs, led to the inception of Oorjaa Sustainable Solutions LLP in February 2015. I completed my PGP in Development Management in July 2019 from the Indian School of Development Management in Noida to form a deeper understanding of the sector I wish to contribute to. You may read more abour work by logging onto www.oorjaa.org.

I have enrolled in this programme to enhance my entrepreneurship journey by engaging with the holistic course offered by LBS, and interacting with fellow passionate entrepreneurs or prospective entrepreneurs. I hope to add value to the people I engage with through this programme. You may read more about me  - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karn-singh/ or connect with me on karansingh@oorjaa.org

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Hello All, my name is Ilker Soydan and I come from a corporate background. I worked at various large corporates and I am involved in the startup world in the last 2 years. Hope to understand more on how to prepare succinct pitch decks and optimize the time and content for investors.

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Hello, my name is Akash and I am very excited to be here! I am 18 years old and a recent high school graduate, and am currently taking a gap year. I'm very passionate about entrepreneurship and business, having worked with startups and SMEs for business development.

The pandemic transformed my life in many ways. I saw a stark change in lifestyle and mindset that encouraged me to follow my passions. Through diverse media and resources, I began learning about business, sports and life from idols of mine and it made me healthier, happier and determined to change the world in any way I can. I founded a startup called Juice, a self-development platform teaching and enabling goal-oriented lifestyles through sharing valuable ideas, tools and people.

I'm looking forward to working with this exciting group, and am eager to learn and develop from mentors.

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Hello distinguished faculty and peers. I am Ashish Agarwal. I have done my bachelors in technology in Computer Sciences and have I am really excited to be the part of this program.

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Greeting distinguished peers and faculty. It gives me immense honour to receive this opportunity to be part of this program. My name is Sambhav Gupta and I am currently finishing my Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Batch of 2021 from Symbiosis International University. The pandemic has opened and shut doors to new ventures and truly given me time to reflect and more importantly filled me with ideas, concepts and businesses that i hope to bring to India.
The name of the brand is Fellow Sapiens. A brand that wishes to cater to the vast demands and requirements of our Fellow Sapiens. We are not limited to a clothing brand as we believe in creating an entire ecosystem of lifestyle products that deeply embed themselves in our Fellow Sapiens daily life. From clothing to the food they eat and much much more. I hope to gain the knowledge and tools required to to scale this business venture while gaining real insights from professionals working industry and building a strong network. I am open to collaborating and building completely new and unique projects as well.