Startup Leadership Program

SLP is a 9-month program that attracts outstanding first-time and future Startup CEOs in their mid-20s to mid-30s from diverse backgrounds with a history of achievement or expertise, and the potential to be a successful startup CEO. Through hands-on workshops, ideation sessions, and intimate speaker series, and one-on-one mentoring, the Fellows learn the hard and soft skills of entrepreneurship: reading a term sheet, preparing business plans, crafting elevator pitches and investor presentations, the critical skills of networking, negotiations, managing investors, boards and leading team members. Startup Leadership Program (SLP) was founded in 2006 by Anupendra Sharma (Partner, Siemens Venture Capital) and Puran Dang (Founder, Minuteman Group)

TiE

TiE is the world's largest entrepreneurial organization. Many of its members are well-established industry veterans and repeat entrepreneurs. Startup Leadership Program brings together the experience and expertise of TiE's Charter Members in Boston and connects them with the passion and ideas of younger entrepreneurs at the beginning of their careers. Mentorship is a crucial component of Startup Leadership Program.

Program Team

Founder & Director: Anupendra Sharma
Chief Operating Officer: Upma Sharma
Chief Technology Officer: Praveen Yajman
Chief Financial Officer: Mangesh Wadegaonkar
Chief Marketing Officer: Tamara Nazzal
Chief Advisors: Scott Yaphe (Boston), Satish Gupta and Sandip Gupta (Silicon Valley)
Admissions: Siddharth Loganathan
Program Expansion Team: Angela Chen (Beijing) and Abhinav Khushraj (Bangalore/Delhi)
Alumni Coordinator: Amar Kendale
National Program Liason: Angela Chen
Program Leaders:

SLP SITE	PROGRAM LEADER
Boston	Mike Mullins
New York	Kanchan Koya
Silicon Valley	Ashish Garg
San Diego	Rebecca Breitenkamp
Beijing	James Tan
Bangalore	Sudip Dutta

Startup Leadership Program

TiE

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