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Manish Patel
Venture Investor & Teaching Faculty at Stanford
Manish Patel is a Silicon Valley veteran known for his leadership in designing and scaling products with global impact, ranging from enterprise advertising systems to consumer experiences.
He has a passion for developing products and technologies that address deep human needs and seamlessly integrate into everyday life, focusing on the convergence of technology, business, and human experience.
His diverse roles include being an investor in human-centered companies, a lecturer at Stanford University's School of Engineering, an early Google employee involved in consumer and enterprise product development, and an inventor of various mechanical gadgets.
Manish Patel has a background in Engineering, Art, and Economics from Stanford University.
His professional journey includes founding Nava Ventures, serving as a Distinguished Fellow at IDEO, an AI & ML Fellow at the University of Toronto, and holding teaching and advisory roles at Stanford University, Google, MIT, and VLAB. He has also been a General Partner at Highland Capital Partners and involved in Product Management at Google.
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