Join WAFFA for an evening of storytelling with Om Malik, Partner of True Ventures, journalist, and founder of GigaOm.

As a journalist, a founder of GigaOm and a current Partner at True Ventures, Om understands all sides of storytelling and will share what makes a story interesting to the audience and valuable for the growth of a startup. We will explore topics including how to develop your story, how to create a true connection with journalists, and how to develop an impactful narrative over the lifetime of a company.  

About Om Malik

Journalist Om Malik founded technology blog Gigaom in 2001. With seed funding from True Ventures, he turned the one-man blog into a media company and research firm. Not long thereafter, Om became a venture partner at True Ventures. In 2014, he graduated to partner at True where he continues to invest in promising networking and internet infrastructure technologies.

Om regularly writes for The New Yorker and provides commentary on tech trends to broadcast channels including Bloomberg West, NPR, and BBC television and radio. Om started writing about tech in the early 1990s at Quick Nikkei News before joining the founding team at Forbes.com. After a short stint at H&Q Asia Pacific as an investment manager, he then returned to the media world as a senior writer for Red Herring and later at Business 2.0.

He published his first book, Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist, in 2003. Born and raised in New Delhi, he is now happily situated in Northern California. He holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Stephen’s College where he graduated with honors. His grandfather once told him, “Do not bank money. Bank people.” This advice remains core to Om as he considers new opportunities.

About our Sponsors

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Register Online CANCELLED
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Time: 6-8PM
Location: SigFig, 560 Davis St, San Francisco, CA 94111
Cost: Members $15. Non-Members $20

About WAFFA

The Wharton Alumnae Founders & Funders Association is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Our mission is to accelerate the success of Penn Wharton female founders and investors. Today, 13% of Penn founders are women but they raise just 6% of venture capital. WAFFA harnesses the power of the Penn Wharton network to educate, support, and foster connections for female founders and funders. Learn more at www.hellowaffa.org


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