Darshan Somashekar advises and writes about business and technology topics. He has spent time working as a programmer, tech co-founder, investor,
VP of Product, and management consultant throughout his career. He was a co-founder of drop.io, a media sharing, VC-backed startup that was acquired by Facebook in 2010. He also co-founded Imagine Easy Solutions, a research and citation platform (main brand EasyBib), which was acquired by Chegg in 2016. Today, he serves as a Venture Partner at tmv.vc (https://tmv.vc) and is the co-founder of Unwind Media (https://teamunwind.com).
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