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About
Stavan Patel is Creative Director and Partner at Founders, Inc., where he develops narratives to support the firm's work with founders. He was previously part of the founding team at buildspace, which created the online program Nights and Weekends. Patel grew up in India, moved to Chicago at 14, and studied Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; he is based in San Francisco and spends one to two months a year in India.
Experience
- Founders, Inc.Creative Director, Partnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- buildspaceHead Of Design2022 — 2024
- QuzeFounder2017 — 2022
- MicrosoftAzure Consultant2014 — 2017United States
- Skills4AfrikaStartup Mentor and Web Development Coach2016Lusaka, Zambia
Skills & more
User Interface DesignUser ExperienceUser Acceptance TestingStart-upsFront End Engineering Design (FEED)Front-end DesignUXProject ManagementProject PlanningSketchTeachingBusiness Strategy
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Business DevelopmentConsultingEntrepreneurshipMarketingAdobe PhotoshopblockchainStrategic PlanningManagementLeadershipStrategyLanguages English · Gujarati · Hindi · Spanish
From Stavan's professional profile.
Colleagues at Founders
Addison Leong
Venture Partner at DCM Ventures
Adrianna Lakatos
Portfolio & Ecosystem at Founders
Aiden Blumenstein
Programs & Storytelling at Founders
Anna Kravets
Mentor Advisor at PharmStars Ventures
Anna Wang
Principal at GreyMatter
Brian Singerman
General Partner at Founders
Dante Lentini
Growth at Founders
David Day
Founder at Lunabill
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Stavan Patel?
- Stavan Patel is Creative Director and Partner at Founders, Inc., where he develops narratives to support the firm's work with founders. He was previously part of the founding team at buildspace, which created the online program Nights and Weekends. Patel grew up in India, moved to Chicago at 14, and studied Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; he is based in San Francisco and spends one to two months a year in India.
- Where does Stavan Patel work?
- Stavan Patel is Creative Director at Founders.
- Where did Stavan Patel go to school?
- Stavan Patel studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering); Harvard Business School Online (CORe: Credential of Readiness, Accounting and Business/Management).
Same school
Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign864
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Also attended Harvard Business School Online292
MariaInvestor at InvestinorKelsey BeausoleilBusiness Development Network at Redpoint VenturesOliver MarquesPartner, Capital Formation at March Capital PartnersJohn DemeterInvestor at Khosla VenturesJeff RoseAdvisor at AI CapitalRobAdvisor at TFX Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at buildspace6
Also worked at Microsoft2,000
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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