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Do you aspire to solve a problem in India? if you are planning to start a company in India or already running one, this group is just the right start. Lets get together to help each other to bootstrap, lay a solid foundation before making the big move.
It is now very obvious that indian startup ecosystem is exploding and giving rise to tons of innovative companies and creating billionaires of next decade. On top of all, what is more fun than improving the life of our friends and family through technology?
Plan is to meet once in a week or bi-weekly. Open to suggestions on place, time and day of the week.
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How to Build an eBay Reselling Side Hustle with AI in One Weekend
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Register for this free webinar and walk away knowing exactly what it's worth — and how to sell it.The way people buy things is changing. Secondhand isn't a fallback anymore — it's often a first choice. Buyers are looking for quality, value, and items that aren't easy to find through retail. And in a world where availability and pricing vary more than ever depending on where you live, something common in your home might be exactly what someone in another market has been looking for.
That shift creates a real opportunity for everyday sellers — especially people who haven't thought of themselves as sellers before.
You don't need to buy inventory. You don't need a warehouse. You don't need a background in retail or tech.
You need to know what you have, what it's worth, and how to describe it accurately. That's what this webinar covers.## What You'll Learn
- How to identify an item you already own and find out exactly what it's worth
- How to use AI to evaluate condition accurately and price with confidence
- How to write a listing that sells and protects you from buyer disputes
- How to build a personal knowledge hub using NotebookLM so you're not starting from scratch every time you find something new
- A clear, realistic plan for getting your first listing live this weekend
## You'll Leave With
- A fully evaluated item ready to list — one you worked through yourself, during the session
- The AI prompts to repeat this process for everything else in your house
- A NotebookLM setup guide for your category
- A weekend action plan built around 1–3 items — not an overwhelming to-do list
- An exclusive discount code for the full course, valid for webinar attendees only
## Why This Matters Right Now
Consumer behavior is shifting in ways that favor secondhand sellers. More buyers are turning to resale platforms as a first choice — not because they have to, but because it makes sense. Supply chains are less predictable. Pricing varies widely across markets. And items that are easy to come by in one place may be scarce or expensive somewhere else entirely.
That means the things you already own have a buyer pool that's wider than you might think. And it means right now is a better time than ever to know what you have and how to sell it well.## About Your Host
Charles Costa, MLIS, is the creator of ResellingGuide.ai and a senior content strategist at eBay. He's been reselling since 2021, focusing on clothing and accessories sourced from estate sales and thrift stores. ResellingGuide.ai is his independent project — not affiliated with eBay.
## Optional Next Step
At the end of the webinar, you'll have the chance to join the full course: Launch a Profitable Reselling Side Hustle Using the Items You Already Own.
It's the complete step-by-step system — from your first listing to a repeatable weekly workflow. Attendees get an exclusive discount code, only available at this webinar.
4 attendeesFrom Expert to Builder: Using AI to Turn Your Knowledge Into Products
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You don't need to abandon your expertise to build AI-powered products. The best leverage comes from taking what you already know—your judgment, your relationships, your domain experience—and using AI to turn your recurring problems into products others will pay for.
In this session, Scott Simson (AI Marketing World, AI Mavericks) walks through a framework that's already working for professionals and entrepreneurs: Protect your expertise, Automate the friction, Multiply by packaging solutions for others.
You'll Learn- How to identify what's defensible about your expertise (your "moat") in an AI world
- Where vibe coding fits: describing what you want in plain language, iterating with AI, and letting the system handle the implementation
- A repeatable path from identifying a friction point in your work to building a product others have the same problem with
- Real examples: marketers building custom tools, operators automating internal workflows, SEO experts turning expertise into software
Who This Is For
- Job seekers and professionals who think "I'm not technical, so I can't build"
- Experienced operators looking to create career optionality or side leverage
- Anyone with domain expertise who's hit the barrier of "I need a developer to build this"
Who This Isn't For
- People looking for a live coding walkthrough or technical deep-dive
- Developers seeking advanced AI engineering content
Format
This is a conversation and framework session, not a live coding walkthrough. Scott will walk through the mindset and structure, share how professionals are using this approach, and answer your questions—but you won't see an application being built in real-time. Bring your thinking, not your laptop.
What Happens Next
At the end, you'll be invited to join AI Mavericks—a community of professionals and builders who are shipping products this way, sharing what works, and thinking about AI as a career tool, not a replacement skill.About Scott Simson
Scott Simson is the founder of AI Marketing World, a leading event and education platform focused on practical AI adoption for marketers, operators, and builders.
Scott works at the intersection of AI, marketing, and product experimentation, helping professionals understand how to apply emerging tools without getting lost in hype or unnecessary complexity. His work emphasizes real-world use cases—how AI actually gets implemented inside workflows, teams, and early-stage products.
He is particularly known for translating fast-moving AI trends into accessible frameworks that non-technical audiences can use to build, test, and ship ideas quickly. Scott has been featured on ABC, NBC News, Fox, and in many other publications.
Connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottsimson/.1 attendeeHow to Land a Software Engineering Job in 2027
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The software engineering market didn't collapse. It split — and most candidates are still preparing for the market that existed three years ago.
Openings exist, but they've concentrated. AI-adjacent and infrastructure roles are competitive to fill while generalist roles sit far below their pre-2022 baseline. The entry rung has thinned as AI absorbs the well-bounded work that used to train junior engineers, which pushes recent grads and career changers into a crowded middle already occupied by laid-off mid-level engineers. Time-to-hire has stretched. Fully remote postings are rare.
The bigger change is one almost nobody is preparing for: the interview itself got rebuilt. After a wave of real-time AI assistance in remote coding screens, companies responded in two directions. Some dragged interviews back on-site. Others redesigned the assessment — adding rounds where you're handed an AI assistant and evaluated on whether you can prompt it, catch its mistakes, and defend the result. Follow-up questions became the filter. Narrating your reasoning out loud went from nice-to-have to the thing you're actually scored on.
If your prep strategy is "grind 500 LeetCode problems," you are optimizing for a screen that increasingly isn't the deciding round.
Join software engineer and mentor Phong Lam for a working session on what's actually required to land a software engineering role right now. He'll cover:- Where the market genuinely split, and which side of it your background currently sits on
- Why interview loops changed in 2026 — on-site returns, AI-assisted rounds, and follow-up questions as the real filter
- How to prepare by pattern, not volume: recognizing question families instead of memorizing solutions
- The new prep skill nobody practices — debugging and defending code you didn't write
- How to talk about using AI in your work without sounding like you've outsourced your judgment
- How mid-level and senior engineers coming off a layoff avoid reading as "generalist" on paper
- Where the openings actually are, including the non-obvious companies quietly hiring software talent
- What career changers and recent grads can do to clear a bar that moved after they enrolled
Come with your questions, your loop stories, and the roles you're targeting.
ABOUT PHONG LAM
Phong Lam is a senior software engineer at Circle, with past stops at DoorDash, Walmart, and IBM. Alongside his career he mentors junior and senior engineers on algorithmic problem solving, web frameworks, and navigating interviews. Connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/phongtlam/.1 attendeePitch to Investor Panel
Menlo College, 1000 El Camino Real, Atherton, CA 94027, USA, Atherton, CA, USThis event is organized in collaboration with many groups.
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Pitch to Investor Panel Tickets, Wednesday, October 14 • 6 PM - 9 PM | Eventbrite
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A panel of investors will discuss the latest trends in startup funding and outline what they invest in and what they are looking for in a startup.
Pre-selected entrepreneurs will then pitch to the panel, followed by questions and feedback from the panel.
The pitch format is:
Two minutes, no slides, followed by four minutes of Q & A / feedback from the panel.There are also slots for the lightning pitch round - one minute pitch, no slides, no feedback from the panel.
Audience members (even those who are not pitching) will benefit from the insights offered by the investor panelists and will learn more about the Silicon Valley startup investment ecosystem.
All attendees will have an opportunity to interact with investor panelists during the networking portions of the event before and after the program.
Agenda
6:00 PM to 7:00 pm Check In, Food, Networking
7:00 pm to 8:40 pm Program
8:40 pm to 9:00 pm NetworkingPanelists:
(More panelists TBA.)Carlos Vadillo-Rodriguez, Wharton Angels
Oscar Simon, Investor, Plug and Play Tech Center
Daniel Theobald, Venture Partner, Republic Ventures
Preethy Padmanabhan, Marketing Exec, Angel Investor, LP, How Women Invest & Arka Ventures
If you would like to pitch to the investor panel in the official pitch line up, send an email message to:
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W 10/14/26 Elevator Pitches - Pitch Applicant
Additionally, there will be startup demo tables and tables for startup service providers.
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W 10/14/26 Pitch Event - Tabler
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