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Andrew joins entrepreneur and Human Unicorn Pod host Nihal Mehta on a reflective journey through some of the most defining moments of his presidential run until now—from unforgettable encounters like meeting Dave Chappelle to the rapid growth of AI that threatens the global job market and economy. In this intimate look back, Andrew opens up about the highs, the challenges, and the purpose that continues to drive him forward. What did he learn, and what's next on the horizon? Get a glimpse into the heart of the journey—and where Andrew's headed next. Watch the episode on YouTube Have a burning question for Andrew? Hit us up at mailbag@andrewyang.com! Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://x.com/andrewyang Follow Nihal Mehta: https://x.com/nihalmehta | https://www.instagram.com/nihal | Human Unicorn Pod ---- Get 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50 Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yang Get 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 ---- Subscribe to the Andrew Yang Podcast: Apple | Spotify To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we chat with Nihal Mehta! At Eniac, they call Nihal the human Rolodex, thanks to the thousands of connections he has made with some of the world's top companies and brands. He developed many of these connections (and scar tissue!) over the past 20+ years while founding five startups: Philly2nite -> UrbanGroove -> Chapter 7 bankruptcy; ipsh! -> acquired by Omnicom (NYSE: OMC); buzzd -> LocalResponse -> acquired by BlueCava.Early in his career, Nihal honed his ability to spot top entrepreneurial talent by investing in Admob (acquired by Google), Swiftkey (acquired by Microsoft), Tapad (acquired by Telenor), Tala, and Uber, to name a few. Nihal and his wife are now angel investors and LPs in almost 100 underrepresented founders and fund managers.Nihal is a co-founder of the non-profit “Project Ahimsa,” providing scholarships to disadvantaged youth in India, where his parents immigrated from in the early 1970s. Nihal also recently co-founded initiatives like Help Main Street to help restaurants survive the pandemic, and The 100k Pledge, a social justice tracker of economic empowerment to Black communities. You might catch him running down the Hudson River weekday mornings with founders and his #pitchandrun crew.Outside of the office Nihal loves to spend time with his wife Reshma and is a big supporter of her non-profit Girls Who Code and her initiative “Moms First.” Around town, you will usually see him with his sons Shaan and Sai and beagle-bulldog Stanley. Nihal is the life of the party, which is why he always spearheads Eniac events.Nihal graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Philosophy and a BSE in Computer Science.Follow us!Nihal Mehta: @nihalmehtaEniac Ventures: @EniacVCErica Wenger: @erica_wengerDear Twentysomething: @deartwentysomething

Nihal Mehta is a dad to two boys and husband to change maker Reshma Saujani. He talks about giving each other time to focus and making time for exercise, especially with others. Using a stress monitoring app helps him keep burnout at bay. In particular, he advocates for dads creating friend groups so that they can feel appreciated more in their role and supported by other dads. You can find my free guides to prevent burnout at www.DrJacquelineKerr.com/free-guides.

Nihal Mehta of Eniac Ventures joins Paul and Randy to talk about the importance of a VC's network to a fund's health.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today, I'm joined by Nihal Mehta, who has founded a host of companies and VC firms, including Urbangroove Networks, ipsh!, India Internet Group and ENIAC Ventures. On today's episode, we talk through Nihal's early childhood, how that led to him becoming an entrepreneur early on and how he applied lessons from being an entrepreneur to be a successful VC. FOLLOW Arnav: https://twitter.com/arnavvgarg FOLLOW Nihal: https://twitter.com/nihalmehta To stay up to date with the podcast: Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9m1vhdkW7tA8NM8r6F9rOA/?sub_confirmation=1. Follow us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GXOT2uv64WEXjXTnMfeOb Follow us on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/investigating-pathways/id1554195882 Follow us on Google: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy80NTJiMWY3MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== #investing #startups #entrepreneurship #venturecapital

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Today's guest is Nihal Mehta, the founder of Eniac Ventures. They invest in bold leaders who use code to create transformational companies. They especially focus on seed rounds and early-stage companies.Before becoming a venture capitalist, Nihal created 5 companies himself. Some of these went bankrupt and others were acquired for millions of dollars. So he's seen the full range of what can happen at start-up and used these experiences to help many other founders. He is a strong believer in helping founders from underrepresented backgrounds and he does this through the initiatives such as ‘The 100k Pledge' and through his wife's initiatives such as ‘Girls Who Code' and ‘Marshall Plan for Moms'.It was a real pleasure to chat with Nihal today. We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Eniac Ventures website: https://eniac.vc/Nihal's LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nihalmehta/Nabil's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/nihalmehtaKeynotes:Introduction (0:00)The first company and staring failure in the face (1:47)Bouncing back  (7:20)Inspiring moments and mentors (11:21)People are attracted to cooler things (15:15)The switch (18:25)Creating structure and getting better every day (24:03)Resilience and creativity (28:55)“Convince me that you are the only team to pull this off.”  (31:07)Fail fast first (33:30)

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Emily Paxhia, Nihal Mehta, and TX Zhuo. 

PrimeTime VC LIVE! from Rockefeller Plaza ft. Nihal Mehta, Jenny Friedman, McKeever (Mac) Conwell,II & Joshua Rahn debate Web3.0, Tech, Investing & More! Top Venture Capital Investors from Eniac Ventures, Four Acres Venture Capital, RareBreed Ventures & Oceans VC battle it out! Only 1 can be crowned the Champ! Event Partners: First Republic Bank - Robert Hughes III & Kyle Gross HqO - Optimizing the Tenant Experience for Office Buildings PitchPages.io - Tyler Kelly & Kyle Eddins Entre - The #Network for Todays #Entrepreneur - Michael Marra Tishman Speyer & Studio Gather, showing you what true hospitality feels like. Sutton Capital - Learn VC Joel Palathinkal, Ph.D --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/primetimevc/message

Nihal Mehta of Eniac Ventures joins Nick to discuss The Human Rolodex, How the 2021 VC Vintage will Perform, and the Importance of Partnership Dynamics. In this episode we cover:   How do you think about active management of relationships over time? Do you have any advice, tricks, or tips? What is something you would have told yourself when you started Eniac? How have you built the team over time and thought about roles, responsibilities, skill sets required, and driving value/outcomes for the firm? What do you look for in a fund manager? Where do 2020 and 2021 Vintage Funds rank? What inspired you to start the 100K Pledge?  Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.  

Nihal Mehta is the Co-Founder of Eniac Ventures, a successful seed venture firm that has invested in unicorns like AirBnb and Boxed. Nihal has been a serial founder and an active investor for over a decade.  The only way to know what a founder is REALLY going through is by being a founder yourself. IMHO, VCs who have operator experience have a great competitive advantage. Nihal is one of the best startup player-coaches out there so it was a blast discussing how his founder experience has influenced his VC strategy. During the chat, we also talk about some of Nihal's other endeavors, one of which is the India Internet Group (IIG). IIG is a fund based out of India so we talk about the startup and VC scene there. He also started The 100K Pledge, a website that holds people and companies accountable when they make public pledges to help fight injustice. The site keeps tabs on what they're actually doing to help the cause. As you can tell, we cover a lot during the chat. Big thanks to Nihal for joining me on the pod to catch up and share his thoughts on everything. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nihalmehta?lang=en (@nihalmehta) / https://eniac.vc/ (@eniacventures) / http://twitter.com/mpd (@mpd) Show Links Guest Links: https://eniac.vc/ (Eniac Ventures), https://the100kpledge.com/ (The 100k Pledge), https://helpmainstreet.com/ (HelpMainStreet.com) Podcast Links: http://mpd.me (Website), https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCua7T3uyg6IQeSbYyNKT_Iw (YouTube), https://twitter.com/mpd (Twitter), https://www.facebook.com/innovationwithmpd (Facebook), https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovationwithmpd (LinkedIn)

Nihal Mehta is a founding partner of ENIAC. In his experience, entrepreneurship is not a career to be taken lightly. In VC it is do or die. An episode, full of truths that may seem uncomfortable but that puts things as they are within VC.

We get straight to the point and dive in with our special guest, Nihal Mehta of Eniac Ventures, and Co-founder of The100KPledge. His track record is filled with hits, with 5 funds launched over a 12-year span ranging from $1M - $100M+, experience bringing businesses to life, committing to helping in the diversity space, and passion for making connections, lead us to a great conversation on the Whiskey Hue. Nihal's whisky of choice is Balvenie 14 Yr Caribbean Cask Scotch Whisky and we have a great time chatting.

Stripe, Digital Ocean, NFTs, CrowdFunding, & Jay-Z's BFF w/ Jack Dorsey. Investors Lo Toney Plexo Capital, Brittany Davis Backstage Capital, Cheryl Campos Republic & Nihal Mehta match up on PrimeTime VC Episode 12 Topics Include Stripe Payments- 2021's Biggest IPO. Other Top Picks: Digital Ocean, Owlet & ACV Auctions NFTs – How big of a market will this become? CrowdFunding -Startups can now raise $5m Scott Galloway EdTech Co. Section4 looks to Disruption of Traditional Education Why is Flutter spinning out FanDuel - How big is the sport betting market Square Acquires Tidal – Jay-Z & Jack Dorsey Founders of the Week – April Koh CoFounder Spring Health #healthTech​ Start Investing Alongside us with the M1 Finance App!! Use our link so that we can keep bringing you premium investing content: http://bit.ly/M1FinancePrimeTimeVC​​ Our Gains will go to the non-profit Girls Who Code Connect w/ our Partners!! Kyle Gross & Robert Hughes III - First Republic Bank VC & StartUp Banking M1 Finance The Finance Super App! http://bit.ly/M1FinancePrimeTimeVC​ ​Kyle Eddins @E2Generations Software Solutions Tyler Kelly @PitchPages.io Pitch Decks for the New Generation of Startups https://pitchpages.io/​​​ Matthew R. Kittay #1 VC Attorney Fox Rothschild LLP Brex credit card Sign Up Here: https://lnkd.in/d8RJ2Vr​​​ Carl Eppers HR Support TriNet --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/primetimevc/message

Access to capital is a top concern for Pittsburgh's tech ecosystem. We are excited to welcome a true venture rockstar Nihal Mehta, Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures, which has invested in companies, including Air BnB, Legit and Brightwheel to name a few. Nihal will talk more about the fund and what they look for in investments. As one of the most connected VCs in the world, Nihal has been called the human Rolodex, thanks to the thousands of connections he has made with some of the world’s top companies and brands. Prior to founding Eniac, Nihal was the founding CEO of LocalResponse, where he grew revenues 2,153% in three years and landed them on Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies. 

Nihal Mehta, General Partner at Eniac Ventures, experienced the pain of building a tech venture that failed during the dotcom collapse. He's subsequently founded & exited several successful tech ventures - Nihal was also an early investor in the likes of Uber and Admob – so he's got a pretty strong track record spotting disruptive companies with unicorn potential! We explored: the resilience of New York city - despite covid lessons learnt from the dotcom collapse that today's tech entrepreneurs can leverage the need for tech founders to be able to answer this question: “Are you 1 of the very few teams in the world that could pull off this mission?” how to use Twitter and LinkedIn to engage with enterprise prospects & clients  the mental health issues facing entrepreneurs and tech leaders during the pandemic  why Eniac's portfolio has been actively hiring ethnic & gender diversity board members & employees    For more insights into Eniac Ventures, head over to https://eniac.vc & for gudiance on recruiting leadership talent for tech startups & scaleups check out https://alpinasearch.com    

TribalScale CEO Sheetal Jaitly is joined by Founding Partner of ENIAC Ventures, Nihal Mehta. From music startups to Barcelona's Ocean's 11 dinner,  from filing for bankruptcy to being known as "the human Rolodex" Nihal has decades of stories from the highest glory days of a startup, to the lowest lows, and as he says, these are often occurring within the same 24 hours. 

Aux États-Unis le débat sur le racisme rebondit dans le secteur de la tech. Des leaders noirs appellent les patrons du secteur à en faire davantage pour combattre les inégalités raciales au sein de leurs entreprises. C’est un fait connu mais souvent occulté : les Noirs sont sous-représentés dans la Silicon Valley. Aucun ne dirige une grande entreprise du secteur. Ils constituent seulement 7% des salariés ; et 1% des capital risqueurs, ces financiers déterminants dans le développement des start-ups. Depuis le meurtre de George Floyd qui a choqué toute l’Amérique et provoqué une prise de conscience dans de nombreuses entreprises, les grands patrons américains de la tech, de Apple à Tiktok en passant par Google, Verizon ou Facebook ont promis des millions de dollars. Des dons destinés à des acteurs engagés dans la lutte contre le racisme. Cet assaut de générosité laissent sceptiques les premiers intéressés Parmi eux Ralph Clark, l’un des rares Afro-Américains ayant percé dans la baie de San Francisco avec sa start-up Shottspotters, qui sert à faire baisser le niveau de violence par les armes à feu. Ralph Clark apprécie les 10 millions de dollars promis par Facebook pour faire bonne figure mais il préfèrerait largement trois postes de vice-présidents réservés à des membres de sa communauté pour faire reculer l’ostracisme anti noir qui règne dans ce milieu. Cette discrimination positive est déjà entrée dans les actes pour l’un des fondateurs de la plate-forme de discussion Reddit, Alexis Ohanian. Il a annoncé ce week end qu’il abandonnait son poste d’administrateur à condition qu’il soit attribué à un candidat afro-américain. Cet entrepreneur blanc agit pour des raisons à la fois politiques et intimes, puisqu’il est le papa d’une petite fille métisse née de son mariage avec la championne de tennis Serena Williams. C’est aussi une décision qui tombe à point nommé pour Reddit, interpellé pour n’avoir pas assez agi contre le racisme. Quelles solutions pourraient faire bouger les choses  ? Des patrons noirs de la baie de San Francisco ont lancé une pétition pour exiger des engagements concrets. Notamment dans le recrutement et le financement des projets d’entreprise. Car travailler dans la tech reste un parcours du combattant pour les Afro-Américains. Ce ne sont pas les lois qui sont en cause, mais les biais culturels qui tendent à reproduire les barrières sociales et raciales. Pour sortir de leurs réseaux fermés, certains investisseurs ciblent les universités très fréquentées par les Afro-Américains. Il y a quelques jours Nihal Mehta, l’un des co-fondateurs de la société d’amorçage Eniac Ventures, destinées aux jeunes pousses du net a lancé un appel sur twitter aux jeunes talents noirs, leur promettant un accès gratuit à ses services. En quelques heures une centaine de rendez-vous ont été pris. La demande est donc bien là, mais encore largement ignorée par les milieux de la tech. EN BREF Le gouvernement français prépare un méga plan de soutien à l'aéronautique. D'après nos confrères du quotidien Les Échos, 10 milliards d'euros seraient débloqués pour aider cette industrie. Une activité florissante qui a été complètement anéantie par le confinement. Le détail du plan devrait être annoncé demain mardi. À partir de ce lundi tout voyageur arrivant sur le sol britannique est soumis à une quarantaine de 15 jours. Une mesure très contestée par l'industrie des transports aériens. Les compagnies aériennes British Airways, EasyJet et Ryanair dénoncent un dispositif « disproportionné » et « injuste ». Les contrevenants risquent une amende de 1 000 livres, soit environ 1 120 euros.

Nihal Mehta, Founding General Partner, Eniac Ventures Key Takeaways: 1. "Time spent on media" vs "ad dollars going to media" are not directly tied. Consumer business models are not designed to succeed in recessions, and many will need to adjust rapidly to survive. 2. Construction, real estate, insurance, health care are large components of GDP transforming very quickly, presenting new opportunities for investors. 3. It's a great time to build, but not a great time to sell. Spend time building and improving your product, as opposed to focusing on selling. 4. Customers and buyers are also facing tight budgets, and there are better uses of your team's energy and focus over the next 12 months.

Tales from Hell with Nihal Mehta, a partner at Eniac Ventures, a venture seed fund out of New York City and long time friend. I wanted to get a perspective from an investor to see what advice he's giving founders. This is a very serious time, if you don't take precautions, you could be put out business quickly. Lucky for you, Nihal gave some really great advice about getting through this time and thriving afterwords. Follow Dee on: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/deemurthy Twitter → https://twitter.com/deemurthy LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/dee-murthy-8a3557/

Live at Microsoft Start Up Investor Series w/ Nihal Mehta, Founding General Partner, Eniac Ventures talking StartUps, Fundraising, Networking, Company Culture, & Partnerships. So many Gems in this one! Nihal is a 5x Tech Founder & Highly Successful Investor in Uber, Admob and Tapad. Eniac Ventures leads seed rounds in bold founders who use code to create transformational companies.  Past Shows: www.charlienyc.com/leaderslive

Nihal Mehta is an entrepreneur turned VC, running a $100M fund with offices in NY and San Francisco. He was an investor in companies you know like Uber and Airbnb and and a variety of mobile tech companies that exited to the likes of Google, Spotify and Microsoft. Nihal's career has ridden in part on a wave of serendipity and a motivation from a young age to do things that empower others. Whether investing in promising entrepreneurs, promoting gender parity, or simply offering a listening-ear and some introductions to pretty much anyone who asks, Nihal believes in doing what he can to add fuel to entrepreneurial fires. Nihal joins Julia Pimsleur to share how he is taking chances in order to be more courageous, and how his mindset practices help him find focus and recharge; and how, after years of hearing two-minute pitches from entrepreneurs, what happened when he got his "two minutes."

Omar Hamoui is a Partner at Sequoia Capital, arguably one of the most well-known VC firms in the world, with investments in some of the biggest names, including Dropbox, WhatsApp, Xoom, Square, Evernote, InstaCart to name a few. In this episode, Omar sat down with Nihal Mehta, Founding Partner at Eniac Ventures, to share his story on building AdMob, one of the most successful mobile ad networks, how it caught the attention of Steve Jobs and Sergey Brin and what it was like being acquired by Google. From being a serial entrepreneur and successful founder, Omar also discusses his move to VC, the core values of Sequoia and what it is like behind the scenes. He opens up about the most challenging parts of venture capital, the long feedback loop and why it is a “low ego” job. He also shares his most used app - and it might surprise you! If you liked this episode, please share and tag us on Twitter: @omarh @sequoia @nihalmehta @EniacVC @seedtoscale Send comments or suggestions to seedtoscale@eniac.vc.

Nihal Mehta, Founding General Partner at ENIAC Ventures, provides a great set of insights into his definition of a full stack founding team. Either a set of co-founders who cover all the requisite skill-sets, or a solo founder who is a full-stack person – both configurations can work. Listen to the discussion for more color on the topic.

Nihal Mehta speaks with the talented founders of Shine Text, Marah Lidey and Naomi Hirabayashi on how they’ve built one of the fastest-growing health and wellness companies. Working together at DoSomething.org, they realized the importance of daily peer-to-peer support and seized the opportunity to build a community to help others. In this episode, Naomi and Marah speak about the early days growing Shine from 50,000 to now 3 million users and their approach to fundraising. They discuss the changing model of investor-founder relationship and how keeping an open dialogue led them to a Series A on Christmas Eve. Marah and Naomi also touch on how millennials are dispelling the Baby Boomer Myth of being too broke to invest in yourself and the intersectionality of self-care and technology, especially how important it is today in response to what is happening in the world. Send comments to seedtoscale@eniac.vc and tweet us @seedtoscale.

Nihal Mehta kicks off Seed to Scale’s opening episode with one of VC’s most prominent investors Mike Maples, the founding partner of Floodgate. Mike has backed some of the most well-known tech companies today, including Twitter, Twitch.tv, Lyft, Okta, Chegg, Demandforce, among many others. In this episode, Mike talks about his journey from being an entrepreneur in junior high writing video games to being a founder of two IPO companies, Tivoli and Motiv, and how his pivot to investor was his way to remain close to startups in order to “stay forever young.” He gives advice to investors on the importance of making randomness your friend and to remember you don’t have a monopoly on truth. Mike also digs into his role of spotting the Thunder Lizards before they hatch, what he believes makes a good founder: “They want to start a movement, not just a company,” and his biggest red flag. Let us know what you thought: Send comments or suggestions to seedtoscale@eniac.vc or @seedtoscale.

Nihal from Eniac talks IoT investing and what he looks for in founders

Episode Summary Nihal Mehta is the Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures. Nihal has founded five startups and invested in over 100 companies since 1999. He is a noted expert in the emerging adoption of mobile technologies and so much more. In this interview, Nihal says he likes to put pressure on the founders to deliver a product. This is a great way to see how the team handles pressure and whether they're capable of moving quickly in the market. He also says he's grateful that his first startup ended in bankruptcy and failure, because without those experiences he would not have been able to achieve success.  Key Takeaways 02:55 - Nihal talks about the 'A Day in the Life' video. 05:40 - The founding team has to be sales efficient. 07:25 - How did Nihal get into investing? 09:40 - When coaching new entrepreneurs, Nihal tells them to fail fast. 11:15 - Nihal's first startup failed and he had to declare bankruptcy. He's glad for that experience. 14:15 - Nihal wants entrepreneurs who are passionate about their work and don't care what they're currently wearing. 15:10 - Show the product to Nihal as quickly as possible. If you can't do that, it's a red flag. 19:55 - Your mission can be about anything, but you just have to be incredibly passionate about it. 21:00 - Nihal wants to know that the entrepreneur has at least thought about the acquisition cost for each customer and their life time value. 22:55 - Nihal also looks at exit strategy, but he does it a little bit differently. 24:30 - How does Nihal like to meet and find new founders? 26:20 - What does Nihal like to invest in? 27:45 - Nihal comments on how Apple wants more apps and Google wants more people to search the web. 29:15 - Nihal recommends four books off his Kindle. Tweetables Create lightening and have your team catch it.Be ravenous about your mission. What is your path to profit? Be scrappy and passionate. Links Mentioned EniacA Day In The Life: There's No 'White Space' in Nihal Mehta's CalendarZero To One by Peter ThielThe Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben HorowitzThe Everything Store by Brad StoneDavid and Goliath by Malcolm GladwellNihal Meta's Twitter Want the Transcription? Click Here to Download Share The Show Did you enjoy the show? I'd love it if you subscribed today and left us a 5-star review! Click this link Click on the 'Subscribe' button below the artwork Go to the 'Ratings and Reviews' section Click on 'Write a Review'

July 8, 2015 Greatest Hits Nihal Mehta & Brian Smith

May 22, 2015 - Mobile Guru, Uber Investor Nihal Mehta & Hollywood Producer Maury Rogow

A quick interview with Nihal Mehta of Buzzd at the Buzzd and Skyfire party, CTIA Sept 2008

A quick interview with Nihal Mehta of Buzzd at the Buzzd and Skyfire party, CTIA Sept 2008

A quick interview with Nihal Mehta of Buzzd at the Buzzd and Skyfire party, CTIA Sept 2008