Once Upon A Startup

In a twist of events, the host has become the guest and Qudddus Pourshafie has taken the host's spot for the day. Listen to my journey as an IP evangelist and as Quddus draws a narrative out of my "all over the place" responses. With this episode I have respect and admiration for my guests as they try to understand the questions, anticipate the direction the host is trying to take th...

This is Season 2 Episode 1 of Once upon a Startup I am your host- Attorney / IP professional and Start-up Founder Shalini Menezes. I am passionate about intellectual property – especially patents. Valuation, monetization, commercialization of patents is my current passion and my startup revolves around that. As a founder, I have a zillion questions popping up in my mind each day and when I spoke t...

Thank you for joining me for another episode of  Once Upon a Startup I am your host- Attorney / IP professional and Start-up Founder Shalini Menezes. I am passionate about intellectual property – especially patents. My start-up Patented. Network deals with the Valuation, monetization, and commercialization of patents. As a founder, I have a zillion questions popping up in my mind each day and...

I am your host- Attorney / IP professional and Start-up Founder Shalini Menezes. I am passionate about intellectual property – especially patents. My start-up Patented. Network deals with the Valuation, monetization, and commercialization of patents. As a founder, I have a zillion questions popping up in my mind each day and when I spoke to other founders, it seemed like we were all in the same bo...

Thank you for joining me for another episode of  Once Upon a Startup I am your host- Attorney / IP professional and Start-up Founder Shalini Menezes. I am passionate about intellectual property – especially patents. My start-up Patented. Network deals with the Valuation, monetization, and commercialization of patents. As a founder, I have a zillion questions popping up in my mind each day and...

Thank you for joining me for episode 10 of  Once upon a Startup I am your host- Attorney / IP professional and Start-up Founder Shalini Menezes. I am passionate about intellectual property – especially patents. My start-up Patented. Network deals with the Valuation, monetization, and commercialization of patents. As a founder, I have a zillion questions popping up in my mind each day and when...

This is episode 10 of Once upon a Startup. Don’t you love a good story?  One where you are snuggled up beside a fire with a mug of tea listening to grandma narrate something about a princess and an ogre?  Adulting makes us forget the simple joy associated with a story. So we bring you something new-  Once upon a start-up  Founders are busy creating their businesses. Most times...

Thank you for joining me for episode 8 of  Once upon a Startup I am your host- Attorney / IP professional and Start-up Founder Shalini Menezes. I am passionate about intellectual property – especially patents. My start up patented. Network deals with the Valuation, monetization and commercialization of patent. As a founder, I have a zillion questions popping up in my mind each day and when I...

Thank you for joining me for episode 8 of  Once upon a Startup I am your host- Attorney / IP professional and Start-up Founder Shalini Menezes. I am passionate about intellectual property – especially patents. My start-up patented. Network deals with the Valuation, monetization, and commercialization of patents. As a founder, I have a zillion questions popping up in my mind each day and when I spo...

Thank you for tuning into Episode 7 of Once Upon A Startup. I am your host- Attorney / IP professional and Start-up Founder Shalini Menezes. I am passionate about intellectual property – especially patents. My start up patented. Network deals with the Valuation, monetization and commercialization of patent. As a founder, I have a zillion questions popping up in my mind each day and when I spoke to...

Thank you for joining me for episode 6 of Once upon a Startup I am your host- Attorney / IP professional and Start-up Founder Shalini Menezes. I am passionate about intellectual property – especially patents. My start up patented. Network deals with the Valuation, monetization and commercialization of patent. As a founder, I have a zillion questions popping up in my mind each day and when I spoke...

Welcome to episode 5 of once upon a startup with another stellar guest. Writer of kick ass start-up pitches, crocodile wrestler, sketching genius, graphic artist, founder of 8 seconds to connect, and Mountains of Imagination,  creative director and founding member of Wheels plus Wings, host of pitch club and, someone whom though, I have never met in person, I consider a dear friend. Let's wel...

We are in conversation today with Phil McSweeney-  A man who wears many hats. Non-executive director, founder, start-up advisor, author, and angel investor. Listen in to know what goes on in the mind of an angel investor, what makes an exceptional founder, and how you can and should do due diligence on an investor! Don’t you love a good story? One where you are snuggled up beside a fire with...

Thank you for joining me for episode 4 of  Once upon a Startup I am your host- Attorney / IP professional and Start-up Founder Shalini Menezes. I am passionate about intellectual property – especially patents. My start-up patented. Network deals with the Valuation, monetization, and commercialization of patents. As a founder, I have a zillion questions popping up in my mind each day and when...

In today’s show, let’s hear from Vince about his platform Ensō, his story and his learnings. Vince will also towards the end give us his questions which we can get answered by our future guests on the show.

Don’t you love a good story? One where you are snuggled up beside a fire with a mug of tea listening to grandma narrate something about a princess and an ogre? Adulting makes us forget the simple joy associated with a story. So we bring you something new- Once upon a start-up Founders are busy creating their businesses. Most times though they are riddled with self-doubt. They need mentoring. But t...