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Sid Banthiya brings over two decades of experience in capital raising and leading high-growth consumer-facing brands in finance, strategy, and operating roles. Most recently, he was the CFO/CSO at Milk Bar, leading multiple successful financing rounds and diversifying the business into retail to bring its products to a broader, nationwide audience. Before Milk Bar, he headed Corporate Development at Blue Apron, where he supported the Company's technology-based approach to disrupting the food industry, including leading their commercial partnership efforts and Initial Public Offering process. Before his roles at tech-enabled start-ups, Sid was in investment banking at Credit Suisse, UBS, and Jefferies, where he focused on M&A, equity, and debt financing for high-growth technology and Latin American-based businesses. Sid also passionately supports underserved communities and causes near him. He volunteered with the United States Peace Corps in Paraguay, working on municipal service projects to improve living standards in rural communities. He also currently supports Project Purple – an organization dedicated to supporting families living with Pancreatic Cancer. Sid graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Neuroscience and the University of Texas at Austin with an MBA.

Sid Banthiya
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Jan 27, 2025
If we continue to live in a world where our most talented entrepreneurs feel they must pursue the formulaic “pattern” everyone else is chasing, we’ll end up with mediocrity.

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Keep your business priorities straight by focusing on the most impactful areas. Running a business is a game of competing priorities, both day-to-day and long-term. With so many areas to tend to, business owners can easily favor certain tasks over others—including those that aren't necessarily the most impactful. To help, the members of Fast Company Executive Board discuss the things business owners tend to put too much weight on and why overprioritizing these areas can limit growth. They also share their insights on what business owners should focus on instead to achieve lasting success.

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Bad-faith investors are getting away with mistreating founders and employees because of the way they wield their capital.
Company details
TMRW Life Sciences
Company bio
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗚𝗚 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗥𝗬𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗘 TMRW Life Sciences is a fertility technology company that provides safety and transparency to modernize and transform egg and embryo storage. The current system is manual, outdated, and stressful for embryologists and clinicians. Automatization and state-of-the-art technology identify, track and remotely monitor frozen eggs and embryos. TMRW is a scalable solution for overcrowded clinics that have unintentionally become storage facilities since the rise in people seeking fertility treatments. Named Fast Company's #1 Most Innovative Biotech Company in 2022, TMRW is in leading clinics across the US and will soon be available in the UK and Europe.