About Mahmood Panjwani:
Mahmood Panjwani is currently the CEO and Founder of L-NewCo, a start-up in stealth. Our promise to our customers: “Extra years of life in good health." It's a lifestyle-based approach to lower your biological age (the age of your cells) compared to your chronological age (how many birthdays).
Mahmood was co-founder, President, and CEO of iManage Inc. (NASD: IMAN) which merged with Interwoven Inc. (NASD: IWOV) in November 2003. During his tenure at iManage, Mahmood led the company from its inception in 1995 to its IPO in 1999 and finally its merger with Interwoven. Before iManage, Mahmood was the founder and CEO of Q-Image Corporation, a privately held software consulting company. His prior experiences also include working in Software Engineering with companies such as Northern Telecom and AT&T Bell Labs. Mahmood holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Illinois.
Title of Discussion topic:
Starting Up? Don't quit your job yet.
Some questions for which every founder must have answers to get funded beyond the realm of family, friends, and fools.
Mahmood wants aspiring entrepreneurs to ponder and be able to elaborate on the following before this mentorship session:
1. What's the problem?
2. What's the product or solution?
3. Who is the customer?
4. What is the unique value proposition (UVP)?
5. What's the business model?
6. What's the total available market (TAM)