Headline

Taken Dating & Discovery | IIM Calcutta | ex- DeNA | Our Shuttle needs a Carrier

About

Hey, I'm Ganesh. Over the years, I've had the opportunity to work across a wide range of industries, functions. Each chapter taught me something different. I've sold medicines, banking products, and hospitality experiences. I've owned a regional P&L, stumbled through a few entrepreneurial failures, led digital marketing and growth for a sports fantasy app, and helped launch a global live-streaming platform in India—building teams, setting OKRs, and figuring out strategy and operations along the way. I've not followed a straight line, but I've always been drawn to solving problems, building things, and learning from people smarter and cooler than me. For the past five years, I've been building Taken. We've been live for the last two, and the journey has been incredible. I deeply believe that working towards something you love and believe in gives people a reason to keep showing up and change and grow. If we're fortunate, things could get pretty crazy from here. And if not, I'm looking forward to the next edit.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

meta

notion

ChatGPT

Deepgram

Stable Diffusion

Work experience

Founder at Taken - Blind Dating & Discovery, Sep 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo, Hybrid

Resident Director at DeNA, Jan 2021 - Jan 2024 · 3 y, Greater Bengaluru Area, Pococha! Live. Link. Life. Worked with great people and plans to set up business in India. Service was launched Mar 2022, Indian Subsidiary was set up Jul 2023, of which I was the Resident Director.

Consultant at DeNA, Nov 2019 - May 2020 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Market Research and Business Plan for launching in India.

Head Of Growth at Gambit Sports, Jun 2018 - Oct 2019 · 1 y 4 mo, Greater Bengaluru Area, Nostra Pro, a sports fantasy app! Headed User Acquisition, 2 Mn+ downloads (apk) with a team of 8 people.

Serviced Apartments at Business Venture, Aug 2016 - Mar 2017 · 7 mo, Chennai Area, India, Own Venture, could have done it better.

Micromarket Head at OYO Rooms, May 2014 - May 2015 · 1 y, Chennai

Wealth Manager at ICICI Bank, Feb 2014 - Aug 2014 · 6 mo, Mumbai

Management trainee at GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, May 2012 - Aug 2013 · 1 y 3 mo, Mumbai

Programmer Analyst Trainee at Cognizant, Nov 2009 - May 2010 · 6 mo, Chennai

Education

PGDCM, Marketing and Strategy, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

B.E, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy