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MenuMilan Thakor YC Alum - Growth & fundraising for early startups
Growth @ Lyft. Formerly founder @ Unwind Me, a YC-backed wellness marketplace that raised over $1m seed. Growth/marketing for local and marketplace businesses.
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MT$4.17/min per minute(10)Startups, Marketplaces, Growth, Seed FundraisingMilan Thakor • San Francisco, CACreated 10 years ago in Sales & Marketing / Growth StrategyBuilt a local marketplace startup from the ground up, connecting wellness practitioners with customers. Raised over $1mm in seed financing from top investors. Participated in Y Combinator and 500 Startups accelerator programs, and later exited the company. Currently on the growth team at Lyft working on user engagement and growth. Worked with a seed-stage investor looking at deals for $50k-$150k. Growth, marketing, and business development at multiple marketplace technology startups.Milan Thakor San Francisco, CA(10)
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MT$4.17/min per minute(10)Seed Funding, Accelerators/Incubators, and Early Stage StrategyMilan Thakor • San Francisco, CACreated 10 years ago in Funding / Venture CapitalBuilt a local marketplace startup from the ground up, connecting wellness practitioners with customers. Raised over $1mm in seed financing from top investors. Participated in Y Combinator and 500 Startups accelerator programs, and later exited the company. Currently on the growth team at Lyft working on user engagement and growth. Worked with a seed-stage investor looking at deals for $50k-$150k. Growth, marketing, and business development at multiple marketplace technology startups.Milan Thakor San Francisco, CA(10)
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In a short amount of time Milan gave me 3-4 really valuable ideas to focus on. Really helpful!
Source: Clarity Steven Inge May 28, 2021Excellent chat, very knowledgable guy!
Source: Clarity Dave Idell Apr 27, 2018Milan gave us some really great actionable advice about our go-to market strategy as well as our funding focus. I would definitely schedule a call with him again.
Source: Clarity Marius Ciocirlan Mar 16, 2016Had a great conversation with Milan. He was really helpful and very open and honest. I would definitely recommend any startup raising funding to talk to him!
Source: Clarity Ranil Fernando Nov 6, 2015Great listener, provided really helpful (and encouraging) comments... looking forward to speaking with Milan again!
Source: Clarity Darin Singh Sep 15, 2015Milan offered some great advice on testing my business concept and growing it. Ahead of our call I wasn't sure on how to progress ahead on few things and after speaking with Milan I had a clear view of what I needed to do over the short term.
Source: Clarity Jared Farr Jul 20, 2015the startups.com platform
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