

"Is my startup idea worth dropping out for?" w/ Ali Partovi, Neo CEO
Join Ali Partovi, Neo CEO and successful startup founder for a discussion of how to evaluate startup ideas and when to go all-in.
Ali will start with a talk (20 min) and open up the floor for live Q&A with the audience (40 min).
Thank you to our hosts, the Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs!
About Ali and Neo:
Ali tries to make a career of betting on people smarter than himself. Prior to Neo, he backed Airbnb, Dropbox, Facebook, & Uber and co-founded Code.org (#HourOfCode) to bring CS to classrooms worldwide. Ali grew up in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war, attended Harvard, and sold his first startup, LinkExchange, in 1998. He loves climbing, snowboarding, guitar, puzzles, & family.
Neo is a diverse mentorship community, startup accelerator, and VC. We help awesome junior engineers become tomorrow's tech leaders and help startups build legendary teams.