Bala Muthiah

I am currently heading engineering for a line of business and help startups in their pre-seed to seed funding journey. Experience mentoring a diverse range of leaders, from aspiring students in the refugee uplift program to tenured professionals looking to start a venture. At SAP, I was an active mentor in the SAP.io venture arm, where I worked with early-stage startups. As the founder of disrupt.io, I have coached startup leaders through the funding process.A strong advocate for diversity and inclusion in the startup community

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  Building a team

  Accomplished mentor with a proven track record of building and scaling teams in B2B, SaaS, and B2C industries. Adept at strategic staffing for early-stage startups, identifying talent and cultivating leaders who can help organizations achieve their goals in distributed and diverse environments. Proven ability to leverage organizational business models to build lean teams that are agile and adaptable to change.

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  Idea validation

  With over a decade of experience in the startup ecosystem, I have helped dozens of startups validate their ideas and bring them to market. As a pro bono VC panelist and an expert in using design thinking and other brainstorming models to help founders and creators see their ideas in a different light and evolve them

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  Mindset coaching

  As a leadership coach with over 10 years of experience, I specialize in mindset coaching. I use frameworks like Systems thinking to help clients identify and overcome limiting beliefs, develop a growth mindset, take ownership of their success, and achieve their full potential. I am also a strong analytical and problem-solver with a deep understanding of human behavior. Furthermore, I am committed to continuous learning and improvement.

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  Product market fit

  Leveraged an existing tech solution to expand the addressable market for a cosmetics startup that allowed customers to virtually try on makeup products. Strategized feature set for a fintech startup to overcome the barrier to entry and increase adoption by focusing on features that were most important to their target customers. Tweaked offerings for an edtech startup to build a revenue model by focusing on providing high-quality content that was relevant to their target customers.

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  Javascript

  21 years of experience

  Started as an engineer back in 2006 and helped shape the early JavaScript communities, build various browser based apps and enabled startups to launch Adaptable interfaces