Finding Balance, Nurturing Relationships, and Implementing Family Values with Praveen Velu

Finding the right balance between career and family, building relationships with your children and spouse, and teaching children the value of discipline, patience, and humility. I talk to Praveen about his experiences as a dad with two boys aged two and five. Praveen Velu is Strategic Partnerships Lead at Meta. Praveen started his career in financial broadcast journalism during the Global Financial Crisis with companies including CNBC and Yahoo. He then led network development at The Walt Disney Company in APAC, before co-founding Evie.AI, an AI personal assistant that schedules meetings. This is one of the must-have tools I myself use in my day job as a venture capitalist. Praveen’s management philosophy begins and ends with people, and he is a father of two boys aged 2 and 5. Praveen shares several anecdotes and helpful insights to fellow parents in tech. He talks about implementing discipline in his children’s lives, while adopting a more inclusive, more open approach compared to the parenting he experienced in their childhood. He also shares how weekends are dedicated to quality family time, and how he is grateful to have a strong support system from his family and his neighbors in the estate he and his family stay in. To get in touch with Praveen, find him on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveenvelu/