1 hr 24 min
Episode 19: Gautam Godhwanion on investing in tech startups in Silicon Valley, on the future of food sustainability, and on the concept of biotechnology molecules or alternative proteins Methods to Greatness
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Gautam is a serial entrepreneur and investor with vast experience in the technology, venture capital, and animal welfare sectors. He grew up in Silicon Valley after his family moved to the United States from India when he was 10 years old. He studied Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley.
His more than two decades of experience in the technology industry were spent at Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Microsoft. He went on to establish startups Simply Hired, a job search engine; and AtWeb, a web tools company. He also co-founded India Community Center, an NGO which has raised US$40 million in funding and operates several facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is considered to be the largest India-focused, non-profit, community facility in North America. He founded Good Startup, a Singapore-based venture capital firm seeking to remove animals from the food system, which has invested in leading and emerging alternative protein companies across the US and Asia. The heightened awareness on sustainability led consumers to choose plant-based or alt-protein diets and Good Startup hopes to be instrumental in this shift.
👉 In this episode, Gautam, discusses a vast number of topics, including:
✅ Growing up in India and in different parts of the world before settling down in Silicon Valley
✅ The startups he established like Simply Hired, a job search engine; and AtWeb, a web tools company.
✅ On building startup companies in Silicon Valley
✅ Working with big technology firms HP, IBM. and Microsoft.
✅ The India Community NGO
✅ His shift from tech industry to food sustainability
✅ The entrepreneurial process - doing many things wrong until you find your footing—
✅ His take on biotechnology molecules or alt-protein investments
✅ His plant-based or alt-protein diet
✅ Why Asia will be the largest market for alternative proteins in 2025
✅ The concept of flexitarians
✅ His company Good Startup in removing animals in our food system
You can find Gautam Godhwani on this links:
Good Startup Website
LinkedIn
Podcast
Interviews and talks [1] [2]
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Gautam is a serial entrepreneur and investor with vast experience in the technology, venture capital, and animal welfare sectors. He grew up in Silicon Valley after his family moved to the United States from India when he was 10 years old. He studied Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley.
His more than two decades of experience in the technology industry were spent at Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Microsoft. He went on to establish startups Simply Hired, a job search engine; and AtWeb, a web tools company. He also co-founded India Community Center, an NGO which has raised US$40 million in funding and operates several facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is considered to be the largest India-focused, non-profit, community facility in North America. He founded Good Startup, a Singapore-based venture capital firm seeking to remove animals from the food system, which has invested in leading and emerging alternative protein companies across the US and Asia. The heightened awareness on sustainability led consumers to choose plant-based or alt-protein diets and Good Startup hopes to be instrumental in this shift.
👉 In this episode, Gautam, discusses a vast number of topics, including:
✅ Growing up in India and in different parts of the world before settling down in Silicon Valley
✅ The startups he established like Simply Hired, a job search engine; and AtWeb, a web tools company.
✅ On building startup companies in Silicon Valley
✅ Working with big technology firms HP, IBM. and Microsoft.
✅ The India Community NGO
✅ His shift from tech industry to food sustainability
✅ The entrepreneurial process - doing many things wrong until you find your footing—
✅ His take on biotechnology molecules or alt-protein investments
✅ His plant-based or alt-protein diet
✅ Why Asia will be the largest market for alternative proteins in 2025
✅ The concept of flexitarians
✅ His company Good Startup in removing animals in our food system
You can find Gautam Godhwani on this links:
Good Startup Website
LinkedIn
Podcast
Interviews and talks [1] [2]
Methods To Greatness is powered by Converge ICT Solutions Inc. Experience Better. Check them out at www.gofiber.ph or connect or connect with them through: https://www.facebook.com/ConvergeICT @convergeict on Instagram @ExperienceCNVRG on Twitter https://www.linkedin.com/company/convergeict/ Methods to Greatness in partnership with Perfect Health Philippines has come up with a special discount promo exclusive for Methods To Greatness followers and subscribers! If you are a wellness-culture advocate or a healthy lifestyle aficionado, or even someone who just needs a quality therapeutic massage at the comforts of your own home, this is the best opportunity for you to bring home Perfect Health’s massage and healthcare products! To avail of the promo, get in touch with Perfect Health’s professional healthcare consultants at perfecthealthphcustomerservice@gmail.com or via hotline 02-8831-6944 or through www.perfecthealthph.com and give the promo code MTG. That’s the Methods to Greatness promo code MTG and the health care consultants will hook you up with the best premium massage chairs, massage guns and other first-class health-care products available in the market today.
1 hr 24 min