This Friday: Meet the CEO of Neo, who has backed Facebook, Airbnb, Uber and more!

Welcome Ali Partovi! Angel investor, Co-founder of Code.org, CEO of Neo this Friday (03/24) in Ross R2240 from 6-7PM

V1 is honored to welcome Ali Partovi (again!) for a hybrid V1 Connect. Ali is the founder and CEO of Neo, a VC fund and accelerator that has backed companies like Ramp, Scale AI, Bubble, Vanta & many other high-growth startups. Come and hear more about his own journey and mistakes he’s made along the way (so you don’t make the same ones!).

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Join us this Friday (03/24) at V1 Connect, where Ali will talk about cringe-inducing stories, and advice on what to do (and what not to do) when starting a company, as well as how to prepare yourself for success when starting or joining an early stage company.

We have limited capacity—so RSVP below and you’ll receive a calendar invite. V1 Connect will be hosted in Ross R2240 this Friday (03/24) from 6:00-7:00 PM.

About Neo:

Neo is a diverse mentorship community, startup accelerator, and VC. We help awesome junior engineers become tomorrow's tech leaders and help startups build legendary teams. Applications for our accelerator and scholar program are now open!

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