Oct 2023 – Aug 2024 · 10 mos

• After wrapping up my startup journey, I took a break to recharge and reset. I spent time traveling, meeting inspiring people, and exploring a few business ideas along the way. I reconnected with family, rediscovered social life, learned to play the guitar decently well, and read over 50 fascinating books. Even tried my hand at dating (let’s just say I’m still learning!).
• Now, I’m excited to embark on a new adventure in the AI space.

Jun 2020 – Oct 2023 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Scaled to ~1.5 million SMBs in India (backed by Accel and Elevation)

Jan 2019 – Aug 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Two years and 20 students, and I can boast about my mentee network in top b-schools across India.
• IIM - Bangalore, Lucknow, Shillong, XLRI- Jamshedpur, MICA (Ahmedabad), SIBM and newer IIMs admits.

Feb 2016 – Mar 2016 · 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

• A news curation and summarisation portal intended to provide users with top 10 relevant news stories on a daily basis from an unbiased viewpoint.
• Second startup to be accepted by Quintype.com's US based accelerator; mentored by Raghav Bahl, founder, Network 18.
• 27K page views in 2 months with zero ad spend, 1.5X page views compared to traditional news sites.
• Content writing
• Proof-reading
• Publishing
• Recruiting & establishing a team in Mumbai
• Setting up an office in Mumbai
• Coordinating with the content team
• Coordination with the technical team on product improvements

Sep 2015 – Jan 2019 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Trained over 2000 students for General Aptitude

Mar 2015 – Oct 2015 · 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• This was the year that I also got an admit for my MBA at XLRI Jamshedpur. I opted out to follow my passion of teaching and started a coaching institute. But soon I felt that my time was being spent with too few students whereas I wanted to make a bigger impact in that time. Also, I had no desire to scale this up and build a big business out of it. So I decided to soon shut the shop.
• Here is what I did during these months:
• Admin
• Marketing: Social Media marketing, seminars at colleges, business tie-ups with various institutes.
• Content creation
• Recruitment
• Creative’s planning and designing (business cards, banners, brochure, etc.)
• Faculty

Aug 2014 – Aug 2014 · 0 mo · Mumbai Area, India

• Conducted workshops on basics of Mathematics for MBA and MMS students. (150+ students)

May 2014 – Dec 2014 · 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• All the mistakes that some first-time, novice founders make, the preposterous arguments they indulge in, and do everything else other than building something, made for the major chunk of my learnings while trying to build this online pharmacy.
• I also learnt about:
• primary research, while roaming around in the streets and talking to shop representatives
• tying up with local medicine vendors
• the absence of govt. guidelines around online delivery of medicine, which eventually lead to us scrapping the idea.

Aug 2013 – Nov 2013 · 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Conducted workshops on basics of Mathematics for MBA and MMS students. (150+ students)

Oct 2012 – Apr 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Academic Instructor: trained students in Math and Logic for Management Entrance exams.
• Content developer: prepared class-sheets and test papers
• Social Media Manager: used Facebook and Pagalguy to create awareness of TKH’s existence and its unique pedagogy.
• Administrative work