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Manas Takalpati

Manas Takalpati

Founder of Blue Orchid. UNC alum. Based in NYC.

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NYC, sports, friends, sci-fi, and long rabbit holes. When I'm not working, I'm probably playing volleyball, golf, or pickleball somewhere in NYC, or getting drinks with friends. I watch too many sci-fi shows, have seen all of Monk twice, and go down long rabbit holes of YC videos and Prof G podcasts.

I think a lot about sustainability, not just clean energy, but sustainable people and communities. How do we build a world where people actually take care of each other?

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