Salim Virani

What am I up to these days?

I’m a new parent, and prioritising my attention on our new rhythms as a family. Work-wise, I’m trekking along at a cozy pace, with a few non-exec, advisory roles for cryptography and microchip manufacturing programs.

In the past, I've designed peer-learning programs for Oxford, UCL, Techstars, Microsoft Ventures, The Royal Academy Of Engineering, shifting from VC-backed startups to broader humanitech and engineering. I also played a role in starting the Lean Startup methodology, and the European startup ecosystem. You can read about this here.

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Books & collected practices

  • Peer Learning Is - a broad look at peer learning around the world, with a focus on practical program design
  • Mentor Impact - researched the practices used by the startup mentors that really make a difference
  • Decision Hacks - early-stage startup decisions distilled
  • Source Institute - open peer learning formats and ops guides, and our internal guide on decentralised teams