Vardhan Koshal

Co-Founder

Gurugram, Haryana, India11 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Successfully launched and scaled multiple startups.
Led product localization for a major travel platform.
Achieved significant growth in EdTech operations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a dynamic leader in EdTech and Transportation startups with a strong focus on product management and growth strategies.

Contact

vardhan@tortoise.pro LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipManagementProduct ManagementMarket ResearchBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyGrowth StrategyProduct DevelopmentStartup Growth

Other Skills

AnalyticsBusiness AnalysisBusiness IntelligenceConsultingCross Functional Team BuildingData AnalysisEconometricsEdtechEmail MarketingFacebook MarketingFinTechGoogle AnalyticsInnovationInvestment ManagementLeadership

About

I love working on products that are enjoyed widely. Right now, building a more intuitive saving product for India. If you are a product designer, looking to become part of an exciting founding team, please read --> http://bit.ly/2LFyb1Y

Experience

Tortoise

Co-Founder

Sep 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 6 mos · India

Employee benefits re-imagined.
We are backed by some of the most respected builders and investors from India and around the world.

ManagementEntrepreneurshipBusiness Development

Tripadvisor

Product and Market Development, India Growth

May 2017 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurgaon, India

I led all efforts to localize India product and growth initiatives
Influenced and successfully utilized tech/ product teams across APAC and US HQ to implement India projects and changes at priority.
Lead all major partnerships for India, including Ola, Uber, Zomato, Oyo, FabHotels, Treebo to provide better information to users and in turn increase conversion rates for all.
Identified and implemented new product strategies like dedicated city pages for Indian cities, Hotel links open behavior, etc. This resulted in a lift of 1.8% lift in click-through.
Set up systems to identify and remove low-quality content coming through partners, resulting in maintaining trust.

Product ManagementMarket ResearchPartnership Management

Udacity

Country Manager, India

Nov 2015 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Udacity is a Silicon-Valley based Edtech Unicorn known for top quality Nanodegree courses offered in partnership with top tech companies
I launched India ops from scratch, hired a team of professionals and led all efforts in India for Udacity.
Achieved the highest % growth in the world and 2nd highest numbers globally, for paid users, profitably (CAC<LTV).
Launched the “Direct Interview” initiative with 50 startups where any student completing the course, will get to sit in a final interview with a hiring partner. This resulted in a 5X conversion.
Partnered with top IT companies (C-Level) to launch India’s largest employee online training program.

Business StrategyTeam ManagementGrowth Strategy

Ridingo

Co Founder

Sep 2012 – Oct 2015 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

Ridingo was an on-demand car-pooling startup. I raised 2 investment rounds and led exit to Carzonrent, India's top B2B transport provider.
Designed the Map-based ridesharing product that provided shared rides similar to Uber, in 2013.
Partnered with Bangalore Traffic Police, Electronic City Association and ITPL Tech Park to reach out to 200,000+ professionals at scale, for free.
Got selected by NASSCOM Startup Warehouse in 1st batch among (<10% )and funded by GSF Accelerator.
We scaled to 10000+ users in Bangalore without burning money and sold to Carzonrent in April 2015.

Product DevelopmentInvestment ManagementStartup Growth