I'm a senior product manager, writer, and cohort program director. Previously I’ve worked at both growth and early-stage startups. I’ve been actively writing on Substack (930+ subs) and have forayed into writing long-form pieces on web3 starting with a beginner explainer into NFTs. Part of several web3 communities including Chain Runners, Crypto Coven, The Product House; and writing and startup communities like Foster and On Deck.
Writing | Work Experience | Side Projects | Podcasts | Contact
Writing
I've been writing consistently over the last 2+ years. I have 900+ subscribers to my newsletter The Discourse. My writing has been published in publications such as Product Craft and Mind The Product. Here are some of my favorite articles:
Explaining NFTs as a unique blend of art, collectibles, community, and equity
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A deep dive into how Polywork (a16z portco) aims to be part of the cooperation economy
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What's the speed feature stack and what are the apps that offer this experience
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Discussion of the jobs-to-be-done and comparison between whiteboarding apps
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💼 Work Experience
The Product Folks
Program Director, No-code Program (Oct 2021 — Present)
5-week cohort program to teach non-technical people how to build apps without code
- Launched The Product Folks first paid CBC and ran two successful cohorts
- Got experts in from top no-code platforms like Bubble, Glide, Softr
- We had diverse learners from 5 continents and varied backgrounds and companies like Polygon, UNICEF, AngelList, Bumble, Cornell University, Duke University
Bord.com
Product Lead, Remote (Sep 2020 — Present)
Early stage startup building remote collaboration tools
- Built an MVP of a whiteboarding tool with templates, auto shapes, marking up presentations, and storyboarding. Early users include people from McKinsey, Bain, BCG
- Conducted user interviews and reviewed user testing sessions, collecting ~800 data points
Emtropy Labs
Senior Product Manager | Bangalore/Remote (May 2019 — Dec 2020)
Early-stage startup solving customer service quality using machine learning
- Developed QA automation to analyze 30K monthly support tickets increasing quality by 15% and resulting in $400K cost savings for Whoop
- Created feedback and recognition products (pivot) used by 400+ employees to share 700+ kudos and 500+ feedback
MakeMyResume.co.in
Co-founder | Mumbai (Jan 2017 – May 2019)
Early-stage venture providing career advancement products/services to boost customers' job prospects
- Increased annual revenues to $68K by optimizing SEO, process and quality improvements, and partnerships
- Initiated, negotiated, and set up franchise partnerships in Bangalore and Delhi
- Built no-code apps Cover Letter Builder to create 2000+ cover letters and Order Tracking App to reduce support costs
- Increased website conversions by 107% and achieved top 3 Google rankings by redesigning the website and optimizing page speed
- Hired, trained, and led a team of 17 remote contributors – 4 ops, 10+ writers, 2 developers, and 1 designer
CarDekho.com
Senior Product Manager | Gurgaon (May 2015 – Nov 2016)
Sequoia Capital and CapitalG funded company; CarDekho is India's leading auto portal valued at $700M
- Facilitated 3000+ used car loans valued at $12M by building a platform across mobile (Android + iOS) and web
- Reduced loan application processing time by 60% through an innovative camera user interface for document capture
- Led a cross-functional team of 7 Engineering, 2 QA, 2 Design, 1 Junior PM, 50+ Sales and Operations in 5 cities
Accenture
Software Engineering Analyst | Mumbai (Jul 2010 – Apr 2014)
🎓 Education
- Post Graduate Program in Management (MBA equivalent), Indian School of Business (ISB), 2015 Finalist of 2 Global Case Competitions – IESE Barcelona, Impact Investing; CEIBS Shanghai, INNOVATE China
- Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, University of Mumbai, 2010
Side Projects
😷 IndiaCovidResources.in
No-code Maker / Core Team (Apr 2021 – Jun 2021)
During India's devastating Covid second wave, I worked with two online communities with 200+ volunteers to build an app that helped 150K people get access to life-saving resources like oxygen, beds, medicines in time.
- Built a no-code app in 2 days to help connect people to life-saving resources including hospital beds, medicines, oxygen, mental health experts, and more
- Helped build a donation website visited by 3M users to raise $500K over a period of 2 months
- Press coverage: HardCopy
😌 Mind Health
No-code Maker (Jun 2020 – Present)
Mind Health is an app that helps you improve your mental wellbeing by practicing mindfulness, and challenging negative thinking by identifying distortions.
- Illustrated designs for 10 cognitive distortions and created an app in Glide to help users identify faulty thinking patterns and challenge the negative thinking
- Added guided meditations to help users practice mindfulness meditations
⚡ Showw.work
No-code Creator (Sep 2020 – Present)
A platform to help designers to create their personal portfolios using Notion templates and help keep them updated
- Created this platform in 30 days as part of Makerpad's 30-day challenge, serving 121 customers
- Developed a 7 day email course and automated the operations with Zapier
Video Podcasts
This includes some of my top audio and video appearances over the years
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Tools proficiency
Product Management/Design:
- Notion, Figma, JIRA, Notability, Miro, Mixpanel, Segment, Userbrain, Intercom
No-code tools:
- Glide, Zapier, Integromat, Webflow, Carrd, Bubble