Manish Verma

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About Manish Verma

Manish is a Business Leader with over 25 years of experience as a Corporate Executive and as a serial entrepreneur. With 20+ years in the corporate world, he has worked across Multinationals, Geographies, Cultures (Japanese, American, Indian) and Leadership Roles. His corporate journey across Banking and Automotive Industries has helped him gain exposure to diverse areas ranging across P&L Management, Strategy, Business Development, Operations, Processes, Investments. As an entrepreneur, he has started and scaled up 2 businesses right from scratch before taking an exit from them. His latest venture is AngelBlue, a full stack Angel Network which provides Consultancy to startups and MSME’s in terms of Strategy, Business Models, Scaling, Pitch Decks and Operations along with helping them raise funds from Angel Investors and VC firms. Manish has been closely associated with the start-up eco system for the last few years. As a Charter Member of TiE, he is on the Governing Council of TiE Chandigarh chapter, has been functioning as the Chairperson for TYE (TiE Young Entrepreneurs) and conducting Entrepreneurial workshops for young founders, students and faculty members across Universities, Colleges and schools of repute. As a mentor to multiple startups, he has helped the respective founders understand the nuances of the startup eco system and has been helping them streamline their business models. As an active member of the Startup eco system, Manish has been speaking at various forums and has been moderating multiple panel discussions As a certified Independent Director (IICA - Ministry of Corporate Affairs), Manish is present on the Board of a listed company. Manish strongly believes in giving back to the society and is a regular volunteer with Prasanchetas Foundation (an NGO working for the empowerment of women, youth, elderly) He is a fitness enthusiast and has represented India once at the ITF level (International Tennis Federation) and represented Chandigarh on multiple occasions at National level Tennis Championships. Manish has a passion for writing and is a regular blogger (@manishverma322.blogspot.com) with topics ranging across sports, corporate, start-ups, movies, philosophy, spirituality etc.