Fremont’s Startup Grind Chapter continues to engage the East Bay’s entrepreneur community with a series of lively fireside chats. The most recent program featured a discussion with EdCast CEO Karl Mehta covering his ideas about using social media to innovate education. Key points from the conversation with Karl Mehta appear later in this post. (As a reminder Startup Grind is an international business startup community with the mission of connecting, educating, and inspiring entrepreneurs with chapter in over 175 cities and 70 countries.) Follow Startup Grind Fremont on Twitter @FremontGrind, like us on Facebook at StartupGrindFremont, and attend an upcoming event.

Next Thursday, October 29, 2015, Startup Grind Fremont will host its third event with Steve Basta, former CEO of AlterG, manufacturer of an anti-gravity treadmill and bionic leg company. Basta has rich experience building and managing medical device companies, including BioForm Medical, Inc., where he navigated the company through the successful commercialization of aesthetics products. He also served in key roles at Merz Aesthetics, Gliatech, Inc., Creative BioMolecules, Inc., and The Immune Response Corporation. Basta began his career in investment banking with Dillon, Read and Co. Inc. He holds a BA from The Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University.

Don’t miss what’s sure to be a great conversation on Thursday, October 29, from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. at DeVry University. Tickets are available online.

At the last Startup Grind event, guest entrepreneur Karl Mehta, CEO of EdCast and Fremont resident, shared his personal journey with a friendly audience at DeVry University in Ardenwood. Mehta shared his philosophy that a “purpose statement” for a startup is necessary in order to remain consistently driven and inspired. He told his story of being a veteran of online payment systems and then deciding to tackle education, thanks to his desire to make a difference and his belief that “outsiders” can challenge industry experts because they’re willing to question basic assumptions. His company EdCast focuses on making lifelong learning easy and accessible in order for employees to stay relevant and employable.

Can’t make next week’s event with Steve Basta? No worries. Check back in for our recap of the event. And we have two more events scheduled in the upcoming months:

  • November 19, 2015: Andrew Ponec, founder of dFly Systems, creator of a solar power amplifier.
  • December 16, 2015: Dr. Micah Yari, CTO & founder of Tactus Technology, a touch screen technology company
  • January 19, 2016: Preetish Nijhawan, Managing director of Cervin Ventures, funds B2B companies

If you have any
question or suggestions for guest speakers, send an email to Shilpi Sharma, Co-founder &
CEO of Kvantum, and Chapter Director for
Startupgrind Fremont.