Chris Heivly (Techstars), Robbie Hardy (xElle Ventures) and Geraud Staton (Helius Foundation) on what makes an entrepreneur
- S1E1
- 54:33
- May 11th 2021
What makes an entrepreneur? Can anyone be an entrepreneur? Those are the big questions that host Robbie Allen dives into with the help of his three guests in the premiere episode of For Starters
For Starters
For Starters shares insights about launching a new business from those who’ve done it before so you can learn from what they did right—and wrong.
This program is produced by GrepBeat and hosted by Anil Chawla of ArchiveSocial (now Optimere).
Thanks to Robinson Bradshaw for sponsoring this series.
Meet the Host
Anil Chawla is the founder and former CEO of ArchiveSocial, a social media archiving software for records compliance and risk management for public entities. He led the company from a niche idea to eight-figure annual revenue and more than 2,300 employees. In 2021, ArchiveSocial was acquired by CivicPlus.
Prior to diving into entrepreneurship, Anil spent his early career as a software engineer at IBM developing enterprise-grade security software and experimenting with emerging internet technologies. He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in computer science.