She escaped civil war. Lived in a ghetto neighborhood in Canada. Became an investor in Silicon Valley - Mariane Bekker

She escaped the brutal civil war in Lebanon when she was a child.  She had to hide in different bomb shelters together with her family. Moved to Canada with her mother and lived in a so-called "Arabic ghetto" neighborhood. "The kids there were so poor they couldn't get breakfast. " She says. To build a better life she moved to Silicon Valley and worked as an engineer in a male-dominated industry. The guest of the Verso Talk with Aytakin is Mariane Bekker. Mariane Bekker is a tech executive with over a decade of experience in building high-performing engineering teams at leading startups like New Relic and Mindbody. She is currently the Managing Partner at Founders Bay, a premier venture studio for AI startups in the Bay Area, where she connects a community of 45,000 founders and VCs through events, virtual workshops, and fundraising resources. Also, Mariane runs Women Founders Bay, one of the largest communities of female tech entrepreneurs in the Bay Area, providing vital resources, mentorship, and networking opportunities to empower women founders.   ------------------------------------------- The Verso Talk podcast features successful immigrant leaders in INVESTMENT, STARTUPS, and FORTUNE 500 TECH corporations. These leaders share their unique journeys and untold stories and talk about money management, leadership, startups, and career growth. 🚀 Don't miss these expert insights—watch now and learn how to position your startup, business, and career for success! 🔔 Subscribe for more expert investment and fundraising tips! Find Verso Talk on Podcasts Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7uwGvLjylyL80vvDqIm8PG Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/verso-talk-with-aytakin/id1793461877 Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d7f49868-74c9-4025-a48e-59a21f5af80b/verso-talk-with-aytakin iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-verso-talk-with-aytakin-262686366/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VersoTalkwithAytakin Follow Verso Talk with Aytakin on Instagram for exclusive short clips and sneak peeks of interviews with successful immigrant investors. https://www.instagram.com/versotalkwithaytakin/ Follow me on LinkedIn for inspirational stories of successful immigrant leaders and changemakers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aytakin-aliyeva-femigrants/ Subscribe to "Femigrants Connect", a bi-weekly newsletter to be informed about the elegant and unique events that I host to bring together a global community of diverse immigrant leaders in Silicon Valley, New York, and London: https://femigrants.com/subscribe-to-femigrants-connect/   ------------------------------------------------------ #invesment #Howtoraisefunds #howtoinvest #howtogetinvestment #howtopitchtoinvestors #pitching #startup #angelinvestors #fundraising #raisefunds #investor #immigrantinvestors #SiliconValley #raisemoney #venturecapital #venturefunding #venturer #investmenttips #investmentdecisions #investing #investor #Verso #VersoTalk #VersoTalkwithAytakin #Pivotcompany #Startuppivot #Inspirationalstoriesofimmigrants #SuccessfulImmigrants #startupgrowth #Startuppitch #FoundersMistake #MarianeBekker #FoundersBay