Saad Jamal — Co-Founder
"Powerful people come from powerful places" I don't. I come from Haldwani. Life's simple here. Actually, good. I've always excelled at academics and extracurricular both. Directed & acted in school plays. School's poster boy. Everyone's favorite. Not that a big deal though. I was one of the 4 students in our batch ( 12th-PCM) at school. Yes, just 4. I was underexposed but extremely curious & hardworking. I ranked 99+ percentiles in National Level examinations like JEE, IISERAT, etc. Fun fact: I share my same alma mater with Mr Mukesh Ambani & several other super successful entrepreneurs running Asian Paints, Pidilite, etc. It's inspiring to know that these legends too sat on same benches, ate in same canteen & went on to build huge empires. Why can't i? By Dec'18, I was sure to start up. Asked my father to drop out. Fortunately/unfortunately, he denied. Multiple times. On Feb 26th '19, I began freelancing with David Wagstaff, Founder of Eprenz (one of USA's largest community for entrepreneurs) & ClarityFi, a US-based financial consultancy firm. I was closely working with David on multiple Community initiatives ranging from marketing, growth, product management, etc. In June'19, I became probably the youngest freelancer in the world to be recognized with the Rising Talent Badge by Upwork Inc. Then I operated SIPWay School, a community-led education initiative from ideation to above 500+ students. Our AUM grew twice to $270k+ within just 3 months of launch! Started Serri (Edtech), got pre-incubated at IIT-M, & raised funds from Harvard alum. Build enSeed, profitable & bootstrapped education biz. Lately, I served as interim CEO at Younited Communities, a community-tech startup. With learnings & earnings so far, I'm building Serri. Won Eureka! Raised $125K pre-seed from investors from 🇮🇳🇸🇬🇲🇾🇯🇵. Build a solid team. Scaled to $500K with just 5 folks in a year. Profitable, cashflow positive. Growing 40% MoM. Touching $1M soon! I think the secret to this success lies in questioning the conventional approaches, thinking ground up from first principles & being kind. I read a lot about biz, finance, economics, biology, filmmaking, marketing, technology, history, sales, etc. It helps more than just reading startup advice (which btw is mostly useless propaganda by wannabe VCs, coaches, etc). Let me know if I can help you with anything. My parents taught me, "If God made you capable of helping someone, it's your duty to do so". Siginng-off from Haldwani💙 "Powerful people make places Powerful"
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS entrepreneur with a strong focus on community engagement and growth strategies.
Location: Delhi, India
Experience: 8 yrs 4 mos
Skills
- Strategy
- Sales
- Product Management
- Growth Strategies
Career Highlights
- Founded a profitable AI startup with 200M+ users.
- Recognized as Rising Talent by Upwork at a young age.
- Scaled community-led education initiative to 500+ students.
Work Experience
DLabs at the Indian School of Business
Incubatee (2 yrs 5 mos)
riidl
Incubatee (3 yrs 5 mos)
Serri
Founder & CEO (3 yrs 7 mos)
Spaceonova®
Strategic Advisor to CEO (4 yrs)
Younited Communities
Interim CEO (5 mos)
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Entrepreneur Lead at GDC (2 mos)
Serri Tech Solutions
Founder and CEO (1 yr 5 mos)
Creative Guns
International Business Development Manager (1 mo)
Entrepreneur's Network
Senior Marketing Analyst-Community growth & strategy (11 mos)
Product Manager - Community Engagement (2 mos)
Marketing Analyst-Community Growth (1 yr)
SIPWay School
Community & Marketing Lead (4 mos)
Upwork
Rising Talent Freelancer (9 mos)
Freelancer (1 yr 1 mo)
Quora
Quora Partner (1 yr 1 mo)
Clarity FI, LLC
Marketing Analyst (1 mo)
Internshala
Internshala Student Partner (3 mos)
Stealth AI
Founder (10 mos)
Education
Fellowship at Kairos School Of Business
BE - Bachelor of Engineering at Institute Of Chemical Technology
Startup School Certification Programme at Y Combinator
12th CBSE Board at Himalya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School
High School (10th) at Himalaya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary Public School