We’re pleased to announce that the morning keynote at ProductCamp will be delivered by Vinit Nijhawan who will speak on the top 10 qualities of successful entrepreneurs and product managers:
The Top 10 Qualities of a Successful Entrepreneur / Product Manager.
Self-made entrepreneurs are the new American heroes. They create new products and services for consumers and enterprises, employ people and generate significant economic opportunity. Product managers are central to the launch of new businesses. This talk will highlight the qualities of successful entrepreneurs and how product managers can gain from this understanding.
Vinit Nijhawan is Managing Director, Office of Technology Development, and Director of Enterprise Programs at ITEC (Institute of Technology, Entrepreneurship & Commercialization) at Boston University. Vinit also teaches an MBA course on Entrepreneurship at BU. Vinit has over 25 years experience building five startups: as CEO of three, four were acquired, and the fifth has grown to over 300 people. Vinit was Venture Partner at Key Venture Partners and over two years sourced over 200 deals and made one investment which was acquired for $430M. Vinit is an advisor and board member to several technology startups and was a Mass High Tech All-Star in 2005. Vinit has participated in over 140 panel discussions and paper presentations, and is a Board of Trustee of TiE Global, a non-profit that fosters entrepreneurship globally. Vinit earned a B.A.Sc in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
Check out our afternoon Keynote, Tess Gorge – On the Art of Getting Along!
