Computer science engineer, B-school grad, a fan of all things internet. Love building businesses that are good for communities and the planet. Tag cloud: Impact-businesses, angel investments, personal finance, quantum physics, theatre, long-distance running.

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📜 Startup Articles

• As a founder, be aware of your personal finance
• Really, who has time for leadership?
• The Long-term view
• 11 FREE tools you can use to build your business
• Why an "All Hands Meeting" is a must-have & how to conduct one
• How we founded a positive news organization

📺Talks and interviews

• Podcast: Getting Meta
• Podcast: The Good News Crusaders on Outliers
• Podcast: Passion to Profession
• Podcast: The Business of Good News on The Filter Koffee Podcast
• Video: How we turned a small blog into The Better India
• Video: Positive news to build a better India
• Video: Young Turks on CNBC-TV18
• Case-study: The Hard Copy - "From Content to Commerce: The Better Home"

📚Recommended books

• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
• The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger
• All of Kurt Vonnegut's books
• The Financial Expert by R K Narayan
• Hard things about hard things by Ben Horowitz
• All of Joe Sacco's works
• All of Guy Delisle's works
• The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

🚀Angel Investments

Portfolio here —> https://angel.co/u/dhimant-parekh

👨🏽‍💻 Work

Founder-CEO

The Better India and The Better Home - 2013-present

India's largest impact-focused content platform - The Better India

India's first subscription-based eco-friendly home cleaners - The Better Home

Product Management

Various startups spanning social media, m-commerce and e-commerce

Companies: goibibo, ngpay, hoopos, Intuit - 2007-2013

Software Development

Embedded control systems, firmware, microprocessors.

Honeywell Technology Solutions - 2001-2006

☎️ Contact information

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📚 College

Post-grad program in management (MBA)

2006-2007

Indian School of Business, Hyderabad

Computer Science Engineering

1997-2001

Bangalore University