Varun Duggirala

Co-Founder

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India19 yrs 2 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Co-founded and exited a leading digital creative agency.
Author of a book on unconventional learning and creativity.
Building an IP-first kids media company focused on emotional intelligence.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a creative entrepreneur in digital media and content strategy.

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Skills

Core Skills

Creative EntrepreneurshipContent StrategyCreative WritingEntrepreneurshipOperational EfficiencyBrand BuildingCreative Direction

Other Skills

ContentCreativeInnovationLearning ToolsEmotional IntelligenceCreativityConnectionsHealthy HabitsHappinessPodcastingContent CreationHuman ExperienceGrowth StrategiesDigital StrategyBrand Management

About

I’m a second-time creative entrepreneur and a lifelong creator. I co-founded The Glitch, built it through a defining shift in digital media and advertising, and eventually exited after its acquisition by WPP. That first chapter gave me a front-row seat to how creativity scales and where it breaks when platforms, incentives, and attention change. Before that, and alongside it, I spent years in television, digital media, and publishing as a producer, founder, and author. It shaped how I think about stories, formats, and the difference between what travels fast and what actually lasts. Today, I’m building Emomee, an IP-first kids media company focused on character-led storytelling and play. The belief is simple: the most meaningful media isn’t built for virality, it’s built for repetition. For being returned to. Trusted. Loved. Across two decades, I’ve come to see myself less as a “content creator” and more as a creative tastemaker..someone obsessed with taste, clarity, and judgment in a world where tools keep getting cheaper and noise keeps getting louder. My work now is about understanding how ideas really compound: through restraint, distribution, point of view, and knowing what not to make. I’m less interested in being visible. More interested in being useful.

Experience

19 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Emomee

Co-Founder and CCO

Apr 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · On-site

Driving Content, Creative and Innovation in Emomee's mission to build an ecosystem of Learning Tools to aid parents and educators in raising emotionally intelligent future adults.

ContentCreativeInnovationLearning ToolsEmotional IntelligenceCreative Entrepreneurship+1

Penguin random house india

Author of “Everything Is Out of Syllabus: An Instruction Manual for Life & Work”

Feb 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

As someone who has always been an unconventional learner, this book is an outcome of my journey and the lessons I have picked up along the way. Expect some funny anecdotes, some reflections, along with what I have learnt about creativity, building connections, forming healthy habits, and finding happiness.
Buy your copy here: https://amzn.to/3rhLB51

CreativityConnectionsHealthy HabitsHappinessCreative WritingContent Strategy

Plot device entertainment

Founder

Mar 2021 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

I Host the podcast “Take aPause “ and create content to enhance the human experience in work and life.

PodcastingContent CreationHuman ExperienceCreative EntrepreneurshipContent Strategy

Angel investor

Investor-Coach-Mentor

Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 · 3 yrs · Mumbai

I’ve invested, coached and mentored over 30+ companies.
My primary focus is bringing in my experience in content management for an organisation, operational efficiency & vision setting for long term growth .

Operational EfficiencyEntrepreneurshipCreative EntrepreneurshipGrowth Strategies

The glitch

Co-Founder / Chief Content Officer

Dec 2009 – Oct 2022 · 12 yrs 10 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

What has now grown to become one of India’s leading digital-first creative agencies had its humble beginnings in 2009.
Now, we have 400+ digital strategists, technologists, content creators, and planners delivering award-winning campaigns for international brands, including Netflix, Hindustan Unilever, LinkedIn, HotStar, and Diageo.
Along the way, we were acquired by the global media investment company WPP in 2018; and then in 2020, we joined hands with their global experience agency VMLY&R Network.

Digital StrategyCreative DirectionContent CreationBrand ManagementCreative EntrepreneurshipBrand Building

Channel v

Show Producer & Director of Non-Fiction Shows

Aug 2007 – Jan 2010 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Here, I worked as a show producer/director on non-fiction shows like Get Gorgeous, Launchpad, and a ton of Bollywood content. My responsibilities included content creation and logistics supervision.

Content CreationLogistics SupervisionCreative DirectionContent Strategy

Viacom

MTV | Assistant Producer

Mar 2007 – Aug 2007 · 5 mos

I started off as an Assistant Producer at MTV at a time when culture was defined within the four walls of their office. I worked in some capacity or the other across all their shows and in many ways, it was the beginning of my journey of unschooling!

ProductionContent Creation