When reaching out to influential contacts and connects cold, it's not uncommon to hear 'no.' It's certainly true in the fundraising world.

In this virtual chat, Nihal Mehta, Founding Partner at Eniac Ventures, shares how to turn those rejections into valuable introductions.

What you will learn in this workshop

• How to ask for feedback when getting rejected.
• How to keep your network fresh.
• How to engage your network consistently.
• How to embrace the pain of failure.
• How to maintain humility and keep challenging yourself.

Nihal is a champion of women's rights. He's a big supporter of his wife Reshma Saujani and her non-profit Girls Who Code.

Event timeline:

• 12:00-12:15. VC Nihal Mehta and Joya Dass, founder of LadyDrinks, engage in a Q&A
• 12:15-1pm. YOU are introduced individually and get to ask the speaker a question, getting one on one coaching

About Nihal Mehta, Founding Partner at Eniac Ventures https://eniac.vc/

At Eniac we call Nihal the human Rolodex, thanks to the thousands of connections he has made with some of the world’s top companies and brands. He developed many of these connections over the past 20+ years while founding five different tech startups. Prior to founding Eniac, Nihal was the founding CEO of LocalResponse, where he grew revenues 2153% in three years and landed them on Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies. Nihal also was the founding CEO for buzzd, the first real-time mobile cityguide, and ipsh!, one of the first full-service mobile marketing agencies in 2001, which was acquired by Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) in 2005.

Early in his career, Nihal honed his ability to spot top entrepreneurial talent by investing in Admob (acquired by Google), Swiftkey (acquired by Microsoft), Tapad (acquired by Telenor), Tala, and Uber to name a few. Because of his experience both building and funding top technologies, he frequently guest lectures at business schools around the country on entrepreneurship and mobile marketing and is published in over 15 books and white papers on the subject.

Outside of the office Nihal loves to spend time with his wife Reshma and is a big supporter of her non-profit Girls Who Code. Around town, you will usually see him with his son Shaan and beagle-bulldog Stanley. Nihal is the life of the party, which is why he always spearheads Eniac events.

Nihal graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Philosophy and a BSE in Computer Science.

Testimonials about LadyDrinks Virtual Chats

What an awesome webinar! Thank you , Thank you. Great speaker, great tips. Your meetings are a notch above anything I have seen in current market. As an organizer you are very eloquent and have fantastic time management.

--Varsha Singh DNP APN, Neuroscience / Stroke Program Manager, St Joseph Health NJ

Thank you so much for including me in your community and allow me to share my work. You are building an amazing community of very powerful women! I'm impressed.

--Dolores Hirschmann, Founder, CEO, Investor, Masters in Clarity

Thank you Joya for all that you do. She created LadyDrinks to help empower women, and it has changed my life. She has introduced me to dozens of inspiring women who have guided me and encouraged me to take chances I would never of have taken before.

I am so grateful to so many connections you have made for me, thank you!! For those of you that do not know about Ladydrinks, please check out her webpage (www.ladydrinks.com)

--Sanketa Jain, Founder, EatKraveLove

LadyDrinks conducts weekly meetings where we get to discuss the progress we have made in our business and what support we might need from the group. This automatically puts you in a weekly growth mode breaking down the overall business development into tiny, actionable tasks and propels you toward the overall big picture progress.

--Meera Thomas, Interior Designer, MEERA THOMAS INTERIORS