Shaherose Charania
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Shaherose Charania is a Canadian born entrepreneur who currently lives and works between San Francisco and New York. Charania is a noted expert in open innovation
in mobile and telephony startups.
She is currently running Founder Labs - a pre-team, pre-idea incubator for new mobile startups.
Charania is also an advisor at Opinno, an open innovation network for growth stage startups across web, mobile, cleantech and biotech. She is also a mentor with 500Startups.
Recently she consulted Ribbit (acquired by British Telecom) on various consumer products and market launches. Previously, she was Director of Product Management at Talenthouse where she led the company’s product from concept to initial alpha launch.
Before that she was at JAJAH (acquired by Telefonica/O2) as the Director of Product Management and Marketing. She began her career in Silicon Valley at TiE Global overseeing governance and operations of 40+ entrepreneurship centers.
In parallel, Shaherose is perhaps best known as the CoFounder and CEO of Women 2.0
, a network and pre-incubator for woman-led startups in Silicon Valley. She has led its growth to include tens of thousands of participants, hosting monthly educational and networking workshops and engaging entrepreneurs and investors from top Venture Capital firms and Angel circles. Over the years she has seen over 300 early stage startups through Women 2.0 and has a strong interest in supporting the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Shaherose holds a B.A. in Business Admin from The University of Western Ontario’s Richard Ivey School of Business and completed an international exchange program at ESADE in Barcelona, Spain.
Open Innovation
Although the idea and discussion about some consequences date back at least to the 60s, open innovation is a term promoted by Henry Chesbrough, a professor and executive director at the Center for Open Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, in his book Open Innovation: The new...
in mobile and telephony startups.
She is currently running Founder Labs - a pre-team, pre-idea incubator for new mobile startups.
Charania is also an advisor at Opinno, an open innovation network for growth stage startups across web, mobile, cleantech and biotech. She is also a mentor with 500Startups.
Recently she consulted Ribbit (acquired by British Telecom) on various consumer products and market launches. Previously, she was Director of Product Management at Talenthouse where she led the company’s product from concept to initial alpha launch.
Before that she was at JAJAH (acquired by Telefonica/O2) as the Director of Product Management and Marketing. She began her career in Silicon Valley at TiE Global overseeing governance and operations of 40+ entrepreneurship centers.
In parallel, Shaherose is perhaps best known as the CoFounder and CEO of Women 2.0
Women 2.0
Women 2.0 is a global network and social platform for aspiring and current female founders of technology ventures. Founded by Shaherose Charania, Angie Chang, and Shivani Sopory, the group organizes workshops and events aimed at helping women entrepreneurs. In 2011, Women 2.0's mobile-focused...
, a network and pre-incubator for woman-led startups in Silicon Valley. She has led its growth to include tens of thousands of participants, hosting monthly educational and networking workshops and engaging entrepreneurs and investors from top Venture Capital firms and Angel circles. Over the years she has seen over 300 early stage startups through Women 2.0 and has a strong interest in supporting the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Shaherose holds a B.A. in Business Admin from The University of Western Ontario’s Richard Ivey School of Business and completed an international exchange program at ESADE in Barcelona, Spain.
External links
- http://www.women2.org/
- http://founderlabs.org/