Making the Leap from Employee to Entrepreneur, with the Founders of PayJo & ApnaComplex
Learn how to make the switch to being an entrepreneur
Srinivas Njay, Founder & CEO of PayJo
Srinivas is the Founder and CEO at Payjo, Inc, a Silicon Valley-based company building innovative products in payment space both for international and domestic users. Before Payjo, Srinivas co-founded Smartcar, an intelligent charging and climate control for connected cars. Srinivas worked as Product Manager at Microsoft & EA before venturing into startups. At Microsoft, Srinivas led the charge to build both consumer products and developers platform ground up, where he worked very closely with Amazon and Ebay, few of the big clients of Microsoft advertising division. At EA, Srinivas led the charge to build the mobile platform for games to support identity, in-app purchases and push notifications. Learn more about Srinivas at https://www.linkedin.com/in/srinivasnjay.
Raja Sekhar, Co-Founder & CEO of ApnaComplex.com
18 years of progressive experience in IT Products & Services.
Founded ApnaComplex.com in response to personal pain to fully solve problems in managing Housing Societies in India. Successfully got another co-founder and investor on board later on and expanded ApnaComplex.com usage to Housing Societies in 20+ cities across India. Handled everything from technology, design, development, sales, marketing, growth hacking, finances, operations, team building, strategy for the organization.
Learn more about Raja Sekhar at https://in.linkedin.com/in/rajskommu.
Who should Attend?
- Anyone who dreams of launching their own company
- Anyone with an idea for a new business either launched inside their employer or independently
- Anyone curious about being an entreprenuer someday
What are some of the Topics?
- What is the difference between being an employee versus being a founder
- What to consider before becoming an entrepreneur
- How do you know when the time is right to quit
- What are the first steps in the entrepreneurial journey
- and more...
What is the Agenda?
- Welcome and Socializing
- Introduction to the Founder Institute
- Talks on Founding a Company
- Question and Answer
- Discussion and Drinks at a Local Bar or Restaurant
This event is free to attend. Join us for a fun evening! For more free startup events, visit http://FI.co/events.
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