Jun 2025 – Present · 11 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

• Taste & Tactics breaks down the real playbooks behind iconic products, told by the people who built them.
• Each episode goes deep on one bold launch: what sparked the idea, how it reached the right audience, and the moves that made it stick.
• Hosted by Shriya Nevatia, the show is made for founders, marketers, and brand builders who are sick of vague advice and want practical frameworks.
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/72Xgo0svsNOKkCdWQnaggM?si=262afc2a1ceb48ed
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tasteandtactics
• Taste & Tactics X: https://x.com/tasteandtactics
• Taste & Tactics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tasteandtactics/
• Taste & Tactics TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tasteandtactics

Oct 2024 – Mar 2025 · 5 mos

• Fort Light builds programs, community, and content for non-founder startup leaders. Early employees have significant responsibility & impact, but lack the high-quality networks and resources available to founders & later-stage execs. We're here to change that! https://www.fortlight.com/

Mar 2023 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · Remote

• The Council Angels is a consortium of women who are active angel investors. We believe that when more women deploy capital, more different types of companies get funded. We look at Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A deals in any industry.

Mar 2023 – Aug 2023 · 5 mos · Remote

• Pitch The Council Fund -- https://www.thecouncil.co/pitch-us
• The Council Fund is a Pre-Seed fund investing in essential industries: Healthcare, Fintech, Vertical SaaS, Construction, Logistics, Manufacturing, Commerce, Supply Chain, and more. Read more about our thesis here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/softwares-third-act-amber-illig-en1ne/

Jul 2022 – Dec 2022 · 5 mos · Remote

• Sylva is on a mission to create a sense of belonging online by operating and nurturing niche online communities. We partner with independent community leaders by acquiring their communities and helping them grow to their full potential.
• Managed the following communities:
• Propel: https://www.propel.run/
• No Code Founders: https://nocodefounders.com/
• Foodboro: https://www.foodboro.com/

Mar 2021 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

• On Deck's network of young & early-career leaders is called Catalyst.
• We house all programs for the next generation of tech builders under this name:
• > Catalyst Scouts: A program for early-career professionals and students to break into VC by referring founders and startups to On Deck.
• > The On Deck Catalyst Fellowship (ODC1 & ODC2) is an 8-week remote program for young leaders who want to solve the world’s most pressing problems and take an unconventional path to building their career. We combine tactical advice with a world-class community to help you make an impact on the world.

Dec 2020 – Mar 2021 · 3 mos

• The On Deck First 50 Fellowship (OD50) is a 10-week program for those who want to find their next roles at world-changing, early-stage startups, surrounded by a community of incredible peers. We help fellows to navigate the startup ecosystem and decide the right organizations with which to partner on the next phase of their journeys. We’re a cross-functional group of engineers, PMs, operators, salespeople, and more.

May 2020 – Dec 2020 · 7 mos

• The On Deck Founder Fellowship (ODF) creates an incredible community around a cohort of experienced founders and talented individuals in the formative stages of starting a company.
• Meet co-founders, early hires, and accelerate through the most formative early days of building a company via a series of expert-led breakouts, virtual dinners, 1:1 matching, social gatherings, hackathons, access to our alumni community, and more.

Sep 2018 – Jul 2019 · 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• GLIDR software helps you validate that you're going to market with products and business models that drive real value.

Jan 2018 – Sep 2018 · 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• The GLIDR product is an evolution of Launchpad Central, a software platform used in Entrepreneurship classes by Steve Blank, entrepreneur, leader of the Lean Startup movement, and author of "The Four Steps to the Epiphany", and Jim Hornthal, formerly Vice Chairman of Travelocity and Lean Launchpad instructor.

Apr 2018 – May 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• The Violet Society ran a 10-week part-time Fellowship program for ambitious female & non-binary people in tech. Fellows are Startup Founders, Product Managers, and Software Engineers. We also ran a Hackathon (Violet Hacks), Retreat (Camp Violet), Online community, and more.

Sep 2015 – Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Oct 2013 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos

• The Violet Society was a cross-collegiate network for women in Boston who were interested in entering the tech industry. We helped students from different universities including Tufts, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, BU, BC, and Babson connect across majors and disciplines including Business, Programming, Design, and more. We hosted meetups, built an online community, and developed new friendships and relationships.

Sep 2017 – Nov 2017 · 2 mos

• On Deck Daily brought the best tech conversations to a centralized platform (Co-Founded by Erik Torenberg, founding team @ Product Hunt + GP at Village Global)

Sep 2016 – Apr 2017 · 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Reforge runs professional development programs in Growth and other topics for experienced technology professionals.

Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 · 0 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

• Hackathon for female & non-binary people to get a taste of technology & startups. Our first event was hosted at YouTube in San Bruno, CA and attracted over 100 attendees.

Sep 2015 – Aug 2016 · 11 mos · Palo Alto, CA

• TenXList/Assembled built a professional social network for top college students across the US. Backed by a16z, Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures, and more.

Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 · 0 mo · Greater Boston Area

• Breakthrough's summer programs help under-served middle school students learn powerful skills among a college-going peer group and give college undergrads hands-on teaching experience.
• This experience exposed me to the inspiring world of educational technology, was the first time I was part of an extremely high-expectations + high-support culture, and cemented my life-long passion to help all humans reach their full potential.