Touraj Parang: Can Tech Entrepreneurs Win the Start-Up Game Without Selling Out Morally?


Author: Andrew Keen August 2, 2022 Duration: 34:31
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Touraj Parang: Can Tech Entrepreneurs Win the Start-Up Game Without Selling Out Morally?

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

In this episode, Andrew is joined by Touraj Parang, author of Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End Game.

Touraj Parang is the Chief Operating Officer at Serve Robotics, an innovative robotic delivery startup in Silicon Valley, and an Operating Partner at Pear VC, a top-tier early-stage venture capital firm. As Vice President of Corporate and Business Development at GoDaddy, he led M&A and strategic partnerships for several business units. Parang has founded and sold several startups and has participated in evaluation, negotiation, and execution of hundreds of M&A, strategic partnership, and venture financing transactions valued at more than $5 billion.


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