Date
Monday, 12 Apr 2021 6:00 PM
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Claudius Mbemba is the CTO and co-founder of neu. Having graduated from Techstars Seattle and raised around 700K to grow their company, neu is providing reliable, on-demand cleaning for AirBnB hosts. In this Startup Grind we’ll dive into the shared economy, raising capital, and Claudius’ startup journey. Before moving to Seattle, Claudius’ was a long-time staple of the Columbus startup scene, played football at OSU, and was heavily involved in the Columbus community. Join us for a great time!
Agenda
6:00 PM: Welcome and Introduction
6:05 PM: Fireside Chat with Claudius
6:55 PM: Q & A
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Company
neu (useneu.com)
As a managed marketplace, we leverage technology and 3rd parties to streamline service – the sweet spot between dated traditions and a modern approach. Currently, we connect vacation rental hosts with cleaners but inevitably we’ll disrupt the service industry by creating the world’s largest cleaning company.
Speaker
Claudius Mbemba (CTO & CoFounder)
A Speaker & Tech Entrepreneur who advises early-stage founders and aspiring entrepreneurs using the tips and tricks he’s learned along the way. He has a background in software engineering having previously worked as a top software engineer at Microsoft on Outlook, Cloud, Bots, and Emerging Technologies.
Hosted By
Lucas La Tour, Chapter Co-Director
Lucas La Tour is a life-long learner with passion at the intersection of business development and technology. Through serving in leadership roles in several companies, Lucas’ work has created relationships with Fortune 500 companies, Shark Tank investors, and thousands of SMBs. As a former founder and startup operations leader, he gets excited to help others create better businesses and products. Now at AWH, he leverages this drive to help businesses solve problems with data and software.
Ryan Frederick, Columbus Director
Ryan Frederick is a Founder and product person at heart. Ryan has had the privilege of being part of starting and growing several software and service companies. He has helped companies grow from inception, to viability, through to sustainability. During the evolution of these companies, Ryan has served on company boards and been instrumental in capitalization activities. He has also helped companies to expand to international markets. Ryan combines a unique blend of business acumen and technical knowledge having originally been a developer who migrated to the business side. He now helps companies build great software products and solve data challenges for competitive advantage as a Principal at the product and data consulting firm, AWH. Ryan is an active angel investor, mentors and advises entrepreneurs and startups, as well as corporate innovation leaders. He launched a non-profit workforce development program to train under-employed adults on digital skills called i.c.stars. Ryan has authored a book on increasing the odds of success in creating products, being a Founder, and starting companies called The Founder’s Manual: A Guidebook for Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur. Ryan speaks frequently about the product, Founder, and startup journeys.
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THIS IS A FREE EVENT – PLEASE FINISH YOUR RSVP IN THE LINK BELOW
