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.

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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 2020Present · 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 2017Aug 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 2015Jan 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 2012Oct 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

Education

Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

Master's degree — Economics

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