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CRAVE Chat: Online Money-Makers


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Topic: Online Money-Makers
Speakers: Poornima Vijayashanker, BizeeBee.com
Mousumi Shaw, Sikara & Co.
Nona Lim, Cook!
When: Tuesday May 29th, 6:30–8:30pm
Where: Britex Fabrics — 146 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94108 [map]
Tickets: $25 USD general admission
Free for new members of CRAVE San Francisco (email tanya[at]craveparty[dot]com for a discount code)

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Topic: Online Money-Makers
These days you can fulfill all your shopping desires with the click of a mouse. You can purchase those new shoes or the next book club read—even your groceries—online. We love online shopping, but what does it take to run a successful e-commerce business? We will discuss the best way to market an online business, how to connect with clients without in-person face time, and top online merchant systems. With so many options for online shopping, how do you make your product or service stand out?



About CRAVE Chats
Do you CRAVE more opportunities to network with each other as well as spend more time with our entrepreness intelligentsia? After all, we are a community of intuitive, resourceful, passionate, business-savvy, adventuresome mavens! CRAVE hosts intimate, informal discussions which take place at a different coffee shop or casual venue each month, and will be initially focused on our monthly business topic; however we will boldly go wherever the conversation takes us.



About Our Speakers


 Poornima Vijayashanker, founder and CEO of BizeeBee.com

Poornima Vijayashanker graduated from Duke University with a double degree in
Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science. After graduating she headed
out to Silicon Valley, where she first worked for Synopsys as an R&D Engineer, and started
working towards a Masters in CS at Stanford. She left her Masters to join Mint.com in
2006 as the third employee, and stayed until its Intuit Acquisition in late 2009 for $170
Million. In January 2010 she left Mint.com to start BizeeBee.com, and is currently its CEO
and Founder. Aside from being a coder, entrepreneur, speaker, and mentor to junior
engineers, Poornima blogs on Femgineer.com, is an avid traveler, foodie, and bikram
yogini.

BizeeBee.com
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Twitter: @poornima
Femgineer.com


Mousumi Shaw, founder of Sikara & Co.

Mousumi Shaw is a serial entrepreneur and is currently the founder and CEO of Sikara
& Co., an affordable luxury jewelry brand. She oversees the company’s growth strategy,
operations, partnerships and philanthropy. The brand is sold through a network of
over 250 retailers, online and through pop-up retail stores in San Francisco, Austin and
Boston. Prior to Sikara, Mousumi founded HireEngine.com and Silicon Spot, Inc., served as
Strategy Consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers and with the Parthenon Group where she
advised private equity clients. Mousumi has a joint masters from Harvard Business School
and the Kennedy School of Government. During her time off, she enjoys photography,
rowing, spending time with family and friends and gallivanting around the globe.

sikarajewelry.com
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Twitter: @SikaraJewelry

Nona Lim, founder and CEO of Cook!

Nona Lim, Cook!’s founder and CEO, started the Bay Area’s first allergen-free meal delivery service to fill a void in the availability of healthy, delicious and convenient food. She has successfully expanded her online business from delivering gourmet entrées to offering clients a food-based cleanse, the Delicious Detox, which is delivered nation-wide and also producing a retail line of gluten-free, and dairy-free soups sold in Whole Foods and other leading groceries. Cook! is a certified green business in the Alameda County, and is also a portfolio company of Inner City Advisors (ICA). Nona is currently the President of the San Francisco Professional Food Society, and an active member of the Bay Area’s entrepreneurial and small business community.

cooksf.com
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