Join us for our October DIL Salon. Vishal Vasishth, Managing Director at SONG Investment Advisors, will be facilitating a discussion on Innovation & Purpose: Launching & scaling new innovative product and business models that improve lives.
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Meet the Moderator: Vishal Vasishth is the founder and current managing director of SONG, an investment firm targeting the small and medium enterprise space in India. Previously, he was the CEO of Clean Partners, a business advisory/consulting and investment firm he founded. Vishal has also served as vice president of Revolution Living, part of the $500 million investment fund started by Steve Case. Prior to this, Vishal was chief strategy officer for Patagonia, Inc and also directed their Capilene P&L. Vishal has worked as a consultant for Investor’s Circle, an angel investor forum targeted towards the clean-tech space. He also developed a business plan to promote organic food in India for the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, a non-profit based in Uttar Pradesh, India. He serves on the board of directors for Coalition of Clean Air and is a member of the Association of Strategic Planning and American Economic Association. Vishal earned a B. Tech degree in India, a master’s degree in sciences from North Carolina State University and an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.
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DIL Salons are in-depth, small-group conversations led by leaders across the technology and development fields. Each 1-hour Salon focuses on a broad implementation them. Modeled after Technology Salons, DIL Salons have adopted these guiding principles to promote frank conversation and sharing of ideas:
- Meetings are lively conversations, not presentations
- No powerpoints are allowed
- Participation is capped at 20 people
- All partcipants are encouraged to share insights and lessons learned
- Every Salon follows Chatham House Rules