Deven Shah is the founder of WikiPaisa, a collaborative platform to make money simple and life happier. He's recently joined as an Entrepreneur in Residence at IRIS Business Services Ltd. a leading company in XBRL based technology solutions. Prior to that he has worked for 15 years in technology, marketing, digital media & personal finance. He's led strategic projects for clients like IDBI Bank, Sharekhan, Kotak, Religare, SEBI, NISM, RBI etc. He started his first business in stock broking at 17 while he graduated with a bachelors degree in commerce and later an online post graduate program in advertising management from MICA. He also mentors young startup entrepreneurs, volunteers for organizing events with TiE Mumbai, Startup Weekend, iWeekend etc. and has recently started an initiative called ‘Startup Kindness’. He is 2013 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Mumbai.

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Hardik Shah is a Chartered Accountant by Qualification, Entrepreneur by Profession. He is the Co-Founder at Theek Kar Do – a one stop repair destination. He is also on the Editorial Board at Mentor Mantra, part of the core team of Google Business Group (GBG) Mumbai, a RodinHooder and is scheduled to embark on Tata Jagriti Yatra 2013. He is also a visiting faculty at ICAI and Professional Academy. Hardik is an all India Rank Holder at the Final and inter-CA levels. Before co-founding Theek Kar Do he was working with Ernst & Young as a tax consultant for almost 30 months wherein he was rated as one of the best employees for two consecutive years and recipient of the coveted EY Excellerator Award. He had also headed the student’s wings of the Western Region of ICAI – during his term the students association was awarded to be the best in India. He has also served on the board of certain college clubs and associations. He intends to go on a backpack trip as soon as work permits and learning photography and a music instrument is on his wish list. He finds reading, writing, listening to music and spending time with himself as major stress relievers. Hardik has been a regular volunteer of Mumbai Marathon for past several years. He had once directed a play and also represented his school for chess tournaments. Hardik is 2013-14 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Mumbai.

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Sajid Fazalbhoy, CEO, Amedeo Software Sajid Fazalbhoy is the founder CEO of Amedeo Software, a professional services technology company. Amedeo develops and delivers speech recognition applications and related applications using VoiceXML and other languages. These applications have primarily been used in the mobile value added services space and also contact centers and speech license developers. The company has rolled out several prestigious long term engagement projects for customers such as Alcatel Lucent, Genesys Telecom Labs, Reliance Communications, Nuance, Airtel, Infosys and several US customers. Additionally Sajid is also getting involved via investment and management in a VC funded IT contracting business. Early stage investing is something Sajid enjoys and is part of Mumbai Angels. He is also involved in the family real estate development business. He holds a undergraduate degree in business management from Regents Business School, London. Sajid is passionate about cars and aircraft and should have his private pilots license by the time SLP 2012 is over ! He is a 2012 Fellow in Startup Leadership Program Mumbai Chapter.

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"Satish brings with him more than 14 years of experience across various domains including public relations, brand management, investor relations and fund management. Some of his unique achievements include: Pioneered crowdfunding in India through his earlier venture – Springboard Ventures; Operationally headed Vistaar Religare Film Fund - India’s first SEBI registered venture capital fund investing in films and media properties; Closely associated with Indian start-up ecosystem and was consulting editor with DARE – which is India’s first media platform on start-ups and entrepreneurs and is amongst the portfolio of Cyber Media India Limited – country’s one of the largest B2B and niche publications publisher. Currently he's the founder of Catapooolt - India's fastest growing crowdfunding platform. Satish is a 2015 Fellow at SLP Mumbai.

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Taylor is founder of A Penny a Day, a platform connecting startup social ventures to crowd-funded capital. Taylor spent two years as a management consultant with Oliver Wyman, and a year and a half with Teach For India, playing a key role in the launch and subsequently managing development. In addition to A Penny a Day, Taylor does freelance consulting and writing (visit blog.taylor-jacobson.com), having recently published in CNNGo and GQ India Online. He holds a B.S. in Economics and Public Policy Studies from Duke University. He is a 2012 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Mumbai. http://in.linkedin.com/in/taylorjacobson

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