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Vardan Aggarwal

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 7 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Built and scaled multiple successful products.
  • Expert in user-centered design and product strategy.
  • Strong track record in driving user engagement and retention.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert with a focus on B2C applications and user engagement strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct StrategyGo-to-market Strategy

Other Skills

UX ResearchCross-functional Team LeadershipMarket ResearchAnalyticsUser-centered DesignCommunity BuildingCommunicationLeadershipEarly-stage StartupsProduct DiscoverySQLJavaScriptHTML5Python (Programming Language)Mobile Applications

About

I’m an entrepreneur and product leader with 8+ years of experience building, launching, and scaling 0-to-1 products across industries. I’ve worn every hat in the product lifecycle—from writing code and crafting UX designs to developing GTM strategies, running marketing campaigns, and closing B2B sales. Currently leveraging technology to optimise operations in hospitality, creating new revenue streams and creating social experiences for digital native users.

Experience

7 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 1 mo
Average Tenure
1 yr 2 mos
Current Experience

Gostops

AVP - Product

Feb 2025Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Building the next generation of social hotels for digital native users:
  • Leveraging technology to optimise operations for better efficiency and repeatable experiences at scale.
  • Creating deeper value for users beyond comfortable stays to deliver zero effort travel experiences.
  • Building social experiences that helps people grow by connecting with more people.
UX ResearchGo-to-Market StrategyProduct StrategyProduct ManagementCross-functional Team Leadership

Thrive now

2 roles

Head of Product

Promoted

Sep 2023Dec 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · Remote

  • Implemented a user-focused, data-driven product process across 3 teams.
  • Spearheaded the launch of ONDC (B2B) with 40% adoption and social discovery (B2C) with 30% adoption, while ensuring strong retention and stable metrics for existing product lines.
Go-to-Market StrategyProduct ManagementMarket ResearchAnalytics

Product Manager

Aug 2022Sep 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Remote

  • Led Thrive’s B2C bet, launching and scaling a food delivery app to 500K installs.
  • Leveraged deep user insights to identify a unique value proposition and boost engagement. Achieving a 60%+ M1 retention rate.
  • Utilized in-depth tech knowledge (for ex: Elastic Search) to deliver Swiggy/Zomato level user experiences with limited resources.
  • Achieved 95% on-time delivery and improved operational efficiency by combining technical innovation, human-in-the-loop solutions, and strategic logistics partnerships.
Product ManagementMarket ResearchAnalyticsUser-centered DesignProduct Strategy

Seedsaversclub

Co-Founder

Jul 2021Aug 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

  • Built multiple iterations of product using various open source technologies like (Wordpress, Matrix, LMS etc) to support rapid experimentation with business strategies.
  • Community: Built a WhatsApp community, migrated to a Matrix-based app. Leveraged content distribution to generate 1M+ organic Facebook impressions, growing the community to 5K+ farmers.
  • Courses: Developed a course platform using open-source LMS. Leveraged free sessions & paid ads for acquisition, achieving 30% margin on courses sold.
  • LinkedIn for Farmers: Built a platform for expert discovery with end goal of farmer-expert engagement. Achieved a CPI of INR 2.5 with 30% activation rate by leveraging data driven insights & rapid product iterations.
Product ManagementMarket ResearchCommunity BuildingProduct Strategy

Kamatan farm tech pvt ltd

Product Manager

Feb 2020Jul 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bangalore

  • Developed & scaled a farmer app (B2C) with hyperlocal crop advisory to 150K farmers around 9 FPO partners.
  • Leveraged in-app engagements to create supply visibility and nudge farmers to sell via our partner FPOs. Helped FPOs achieve 40% increase in procured supply.
  • Built procurement and inventory management tools for FPOs, enabling real-time visibility of supply across locations for Kamatan.
Product ManagementMarket ResearchAnalyticsProduct Strategy

Gyanapp

Product Manager

May 2019Jan 2020 · 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

  • Built an engaging product for an increasingly diverse user base as we scaled from 100K users to 800K users within a short span of time.
  • Built a flywheel of creation, discovery & engagement serving niche communities & interests. Increased engagement by 30%, leading to W1 retention of 40%.
Product ManagementMarket ResearchAnalyticsProduct Strategy

Dreamkats

Product Manager

Nov 2018May 2019 · 6 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Did extensive user & market research to identify niche market segments to target.
  • Developed a community based e-commerce MVP leveraging wordpress & open source community tools.
Market ResearchProduct ManagementProduct Strategy

The gardening company

Co-Founder

May 2018Oct 2018 · 5 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Did extensive user research across customer segments to identify pain points & opportunities.
  • Iterated through with various service based opportunities in both B2B & B2C segments.
Market ResearchProduct ManagementProduct Strategy

Bridzed

Co-Founder

May 2016Nov 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Did user & market research to establish a market need for a solution.
  • Developed proprietary UX & extensively detailed technical products for coaching institutes (B2B) and students (B2C).
Market ResearchProduct ManagementProduct Strategy

Education

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Master of Science - MS — Physics

Jan 2014Jan 2016

Delhi University

Bachelor of Science - BS — Physics

Jan 2010Jan 2014

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