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Consumer product | ex-Founder iNRI (YC W23)

About

DMs open on https://twitter.com/_NishadShah Ex-management consultant, now in the startup world - loves problem solving and building sustainable businesses with technology Started with BCG - gathered experience across industries (chemicals, energy, banking) and functions (sales, strategy, analytics, procurement, operations) -- learnt problem-solving, structuring and executive communication. Led strategic projects and built multiple categories from scratch at Udaan, understanding Indian B2B retail landscape and developing execution skills to build thriving businesses in it Currently, leading Chat products at Sharechat, building the largest Indian content + social platform

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Director of Product Management at Pocket FM, Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos, On-site, - Building consumer AI, experience and growth products - Scaled Pocket TV from scratch to XX $M ARR, with best-in-market payback through business model innovation

Founder & President at Inri, Aug 2022 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos, Inri is Wealthfront for your India investments, backed by Y Combinator. Inri helps Indian expats (NRIs) to invest in Indian stock markets with hassle-free repatriation and tax compliance. Pivoted from building Trade94 (automation for expert option traders)

Head of Commerce at ShareChat, Dec 2021 - Oct 2022 · 11 mos, Building a team of PMs to create the largest content led commerce platform in India

Sr. Product Manager - Growth at ShareChat, Apr 2021 - Nov 2021 · 8 mos, End-to-end product, business, content and feed strategy for making Entertainment and News categories successful on ShareChat

Product Manager - Audio Chatrooms, DMs at ShareChat, Mar 2020 - Apr 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos, Built, grew and led the largest audio chatroom app in India Successfully monetised chatrooms to become the 3rd top grossing app on Playstore (Crossed double digit Mn $ ARR within just 6 months) in the country beating Tinder etc

Product Owner at udaan.com, Apr 2019 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr, Built and owned the Value-added services product at Udaan - Built user flows on app to solve for affordability, convenience and margins

Strategic Projects & Growth at udaan.com, Sep 2018 - Mar 2019 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Building the B2B trade destination of India - Setup the brand distribution business (Direct-to-retail), enabling mid to large brands to reach out to the GT market at lower cost - Led the monetisation initiative across marketplace sellers

Senior Associate at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Jun 2017 - Sep 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos, Mumbai Area, India, Overall transformation of a private sector bank in India - End-to-end design of a 25-member sales vertical outlining roles & responsibilities, reporting structure, targets, rewards and pools for lead generation - Formulated regional strategy for the bank outlining major geographies to focus - Planned entire branch footprint of the bank, with micromarket analysis to evaluate new areas to focus while simultaneously rationalising existing branches - Conceptualized and implemented the digital branch channel Contracts Spend optimisation of a leading private utilities player in India - Handled direct value-delivery modules on tax planning, power sale, process benchmarking, etc. - Demonstrated analytical abilities through Excel models on plant profitability - Developed strong relationships with mid-level and senior clients Recruitment - Part of BCG's campus recruitment team for IIM Ahmedabad and IIT Bombay Others - Led creation & design of BCG's publication on Power sector in collaboration with CII

Education

Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Mechanical Engineering with Minors in Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad