Shardul Mehta

We co-create advantaged startups with leading corporations and entrepreneurs.

We believe that being a product manager is the best and one of the most important jobs in the world. We believe that by delivering great products, we can improve people’s lives, and that good product management is fundamental to achieving that goal. We believe that good product management is pivotal to realizing sustainable business growth, and that is done by delivering monetizable customer value. We believe that the most impactful product managers are effective business leaders. At Street Smart Product Manager, our mission is to help product managers succeed. We want to empower them with the ability to handle practical, everyday situations to “get things done”. We want to empower them to thrive in the urban jungle of business. We do this by sharing pragmatic, battle-tested, actionable expertise and solutions that have worked in the real world across industries, organizations, and markets. We provide this through educational content, training, and tools to product managers worldwide.

Providing improv classes and workshops to students and organizations. We also hold monthly shows featuring our graduating students and local improv troupes throughout Northern Virginia, Maryland, and DC.

We’re the Robinhood for pre-IPO startups. Everyone can angel invest $100 in a Community Round. On May 16, 2016, it became legal for everyday people to invest as little as $100 in startups and small businesses. Since then, we’ve helped 1,860 founders raise almost $500M from their community - for flying cars, coffee shops, and everything in between. We’re a Public Benefit Corporation with a mission to revitalize capitalism and keep the American dream alive. GDP growth is slowing. Wealth inequality is increasing. Entrepreneurship is dying across America; falling from 10.6% to 3.6% among those under 30 since 1989. We’re reversing these trends by funding more deserving businesses across all of America, not solely tech startups in Silicon Valley. Want to help? Join us! We’re a team of founder types: enjoy autonomy, responsibility, the opportunity to learn, and no red tape. Just make it happen.

Based in Austin, Texas -- TeamTopia is the maker of SwimTopia, the worlds friendliest swim team management solution. SwimTopia enables competitive swim teams to run more efficiently by providing easy-to-use online solutions for team registration, swim meet sign-ups, volunteer coordination, and team communications. TeamTopia is a graduate of the 2011 Capital Factory start-up accelerator program, and was the winner of the Capital Factory 2011 Demo Day pitch competition.