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StartupWind’s mission is to empower startup and SMB entrepreneurs by democratizing the entrepreneurial know-how that is typically available only to the elite start-ups, and make it available to main street entrepreneurs and help them avoid costly mistakes that result into business closures.

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Our Team

Naren Patil

Naren Patil

Founder & CEO,

25 years in General Management, Marketing & Strategy, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern

Uday Dhanikonda

Uday Dhanikonda

Co-Founder & VP of Engineering

20+ years in Software Development, University of Madras

Lax Sakalkale

Lax Sakalkale

SVP Product Strategy,

25+ years of product strategy & marketing,

MBA, Santa Clara University

Board of Advisors

Mohanbir Sawhney

Prof. Mohan Sawhney

Board : Reliance JIO

Associate Dean, Digital Education Kellogg Northwestern

Sonali Sambhus

Sonali Sambhus

Member Board of Directors, AvidXchange,

Inc (NASDAQ: AVDX), Advisor, Illuminate Ventures,

Former Head of AI & Machine Learning Platform, Square

Ido Sarig

Ido Sarig

VP Marketing, Intel

VP Marketing Mercury Interactive

Ned Staebler

Ned Staebler

CEO TechTown

Michigan Econ Dev

Karen Steele

Karen Steele

Chief Marketing Officer at LeanData, Inc, Former GVP Corporate Marketing Marketo, Founder & Advisor Alloy

Sanjit Singh

Sanjit Singh Dang

Chairman of U First Capital, former Investment Diretor, Intel Capital

IPO: PLTR, DOCU, PINS

Robert Wolcott

Prof. Rob Wolcott

Chairman, World Innovation Network Northwestern Kellogg Chicago Booth

Elizabeth Xu

Dr. Elizabeth Xu

Former CTO, BMC

Board: Remark Holding

Mahesh Rajshekharan

Mahesh Rajshekharan

Partner Global Private Equity & CEO Cleo Software

Suraj Madnani

Suraj Madnani

VP, American Express, Product Strategy Expert

Madhukar Govindraju

Madhukar Govindraju

CEO Numly, Former VP of Engineering TriNet

Craig Cook

Craig Cook

Director of Strategic Partnership, Google

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Email

General Enquiry: info@startupwind.com

Sales Enquiry: sales@startupwind.com

Phone

+1(408)645-5766

Headquarters

Cupertino, California