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Parallel Process

The story of Cardmunch


Instructor
Manu Kumar

Entrepreneur turned Investor, Founder of K9 Ventures, Team & Starting Up Expert

Lessons Learned

CardMunch had the right idea but the wrong pitch to investors.

CardMunch digitized business cards by applying parallel processing to a common issue.

A huge network can be more powerful than revenue.

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