@ktucky

Hopeless Optimist | Entrepreneur | Ideater | People Person | Writer

 Toronto, Canada
Joined January 2009
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Girish and Ketaki originally aimed to relocate to Canada in a couple of years, but when the pandemic hit, they drastically ramped up their plans: torontolife.com/real-estate/…

This couple moved to Toronto during the pandemic. They bought a $1.5-million detached in Mimico -...

They figured Toronto would be better place to live than Pittsburgh

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Ketaki Desai retweeted
OneEleven@oneeleven_11113 Sep 2021
Our aumni have officially surpassed USD $2B in collective funds raised. On top of this, since our reopening under a year ago, OneEleven’s current member companies have raised an additional CAD $171M+ in follow-on funding 🚀 betakit.com/oneeleven-alumni…

OneEleven alumni pass $2 billion USD in collective funding milestone

Former members of Toronto-based tech innovation hub and incubator OneEleven have officially raised over $2 billion USD in combined funding to date.

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NO LINEUP outside of Woodbine Racetrack pop up right now. As of now, less than 200 ppl have come and there are 2400 doses available. Eligibility now expanded at this site to this list of postal codes and workers (no appt needed, walkins only):
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Ketaki Desai retweeted
CCRM@CCRM_ca25 Feb 2021
Our latest CCRM Goes Live is ready to view. @DrNKuchinsky and @ktucky @OCInnovation discuss transitioning from academia to industry, #businessdevelopment, training opportunities, keeping #STEM grads in Canada and more bit.ly/3uxDXUV
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Had a great panel with the team discussing gender bias and what we can do moving forward. Thank you to @CaiChristina and @Jenn_Okogbaa for joining @CKrywiak and @ktucky on the panel and providing your insights and advice! #ChooseToChallenge
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For more than a decade in Pittsburgh, we lived the U.S. immigration nightmare. The pandemic sealed our move to Canada. publicsource.org/pittsburgh-… via .@PublicSourcePA .@JulietteRihl .@ktucky .@SenRickScott .@SenMikeLee #S386

For more than a decade in Pittsburgh, we lived the U.S. immigration nightmare. The pandemic sealed...

As a high-skilled immigrant, I worked to build the Pittsburgh region. But obtaining permanent residency in the U.S. felt impossible.

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"For more than a decade in Pittsburgh, we lived the U.S. immigration nightmare. "The pandemic sealed our move to Canada." @ktucky shares her story with PublicSource publicsource.org/pittsburgh-…
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Congratulations to this years’ amazing class of Pittsburgh’s 40 Under 40 honorees, especially, my @aesthesense! Girish is not one to be in the spotlight, he prefers leading from behind and leading with example. In the past two year…lnkd.in/eNPkysQ lnkd.in/etfRW3G

#servantleadership | Ketaki Desai, PhD | 18 comments

Congratulations to this years’ amazing class of Pittsburgh’s 40 Under 40 honorees, especially, Girish Chavan! Girish is not one to be in the spotlight, he prefers leading from behind and leading with...

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Ketaki Desai retweeted
Kitty Hu@KittyHu1030 Aug 2019
Replying to @AmericanAir
Booked my flight to Florida. Yup it was basic. Book same basic on @united. Got to change my flight to the day I wanted with United. American waslike nope, you can only fly between now and 9/11. How about a credit for a future flight AA?? Nope! Use it by 9/11 or lose it.
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Replying to @AmericanAir
You're literally only giving the option to change their flights through 9/10. Like you're actually planning on flying people into an impending hurricane or into a resource-depleted hurricane recovery zone. Total corporate trash.
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After years of working in all kinds of fields - biomedical informatics, education technology, manufacturing analytics, non-profit, startups, accelerators, consulting - my career is coming a full circle. I started this week as Head of Strategy for Translat…lnkd.in/eFhNKXH

#technology #startupecosystem #strategy #firstday #venturecapital #womenintech #healthcareinnovat...

After years of working in all kinds of fields - biomedical informatics, education technology, manufacturing analytics, non-profit, startups, accelerators, consulting - my career is coming a full...

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Be your own light and your best self #quotestoliveby lnkd.in/enn-sZg
If there is one thing you watch today, watch this video of a young girl who started with an idea for solving a problem at home when she was 7 and has now received the first shipment of her officially bottled drink at the age of 15. She is looking for dist…lnkd.in/ecKUAW8
I have loved reading since I was little, and browsing through books in a library gives me immense joy even today. It is quite sad how many people do not realize the power there is in our libraries, and that when there are budget cuts such institutions are…lnkd.in/eivazVC
Let’s not forget the reason why we do everything we do, why we work so hard and why we set out to accomplish anything at all ... it is so that we can provide for the people in our lives. But are we, as a society, focusing on the im…lnkd.in/efZgbeB lnkd.in/ek-bTD5
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This weekend, Ravi Mittal, graduated with a Masters degree from Carnegie Mellon University. He reached out to me as part of a mentoring program that connects alumni to current students. And while I have been a mentor in this program for many years, this w…lnkd.in/eiqCfFG
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Almost 2 years ago, I had posted a picture of Cynthia Torrence with the President of Penn State University, Dr. Eric Barron. She was learning the ropes on starting her business for making low-calorie drinks, an idea that started because her father is diab…lnkd.in/edXQ4v4

#entrepreneurship #emergingleaders | Ketaki Desai, PhD | 16 comments

Almost 2 years ago, I had posted a picture of Cynthia Torrence with the President of Penn State University, Dr. Eric Barron. She was learning the ropes on starting her business for making low-calorie...

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#failure #success #quoteoftheday lnkd.in/eH3h298

#quoteoftheday #success #failure #leadership | Ketaki Desai, PhD

Stop doing things as they are because the fear of failure is preventing you from even trying something new! #quoteoftheday #success #failure #leadership

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Check out this great video by One America Works: bridging the gap between Silicon Valley and Pittsburgh by adding more cities to the Growth Playbook to make it easier for companies to identify their best options and help them actually open offices in targ…lnkd.in/eNfNAji

One America Works | Ketaki Desai, PhD

Wouldn’t you want to move to Pittsburgh after watching this great video by One America Works? They are bridging the gap between Silicon Valley and Pittsburgh by adding more cities to the Growth...

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If you forget to realize that the reason we are building everything is to serve humanity and the betterment of our lives in every way, and you have the delusion that the success of your company did not come from every single person…lnkd.in/euY969a lnkd.in/efdMKHv

#innovation #technologyforgood #corporateresponsibility | Ketaki Desai, PhD

If you forget to realize that the reason we are building everything is to serve humanity and the betterment of our lives in every way, and you have the delusion that the success of your company did...

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