Headline

I co-build businesses with domain experts | Ex-CEO PokerHigh, scaled to ₹6 Cr/day

About

I’ve spent 9+ years building and scaling startups in some of India’s most volatile business environments. Those years taught me two things: 1. How to engineer momentum - acquiring, engaging, and retaining millions of users. 2. How quickly things break when fiscal discipline and execution fall out of sync. Now I help early-stage founders avoid the traps that kill most startups: - Fiscal discipline & clarity - Guardrails, metrics, and rhythms so you don’t run out of cash or scale losses. - Growth & retention systems - Flywheels that turn early traction into predictable momentum. - Operational resilience - Teams, frameworks, and dashboards that keep you focused when chaos inevitably hits. I’ve lived both ends of the spectrum: - 0-to-1: Raising ~$1.6M, building product + distribution, navigating cofounder conflicts, and learning what kills momentum. - 1-to-n: At Gameskraft, scaled daily revenue from ₹2.4→₹6 cr in ~18 months, kept CACs among the lowest in the industry, and built systems that held even through regulatory shocks, all while delivering industry-best retention. I bring structured thinking, hard-earned lessons, and systems that hold under pressure.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

antigravity

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Work experience

Co-build Partner & Fractional COO at Self-Employed, Oct 2025 - Present · 11 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, - Advising early stage founders on growth, retention, fundraising, and building sustainable businesses, rooted in 9+ years of hands-on experience across consumer startups. - I partner with domain experts and early stage founders to turn ideas into operating businesses. Strategy, execution architecture, and hands-on operating support from concept to first revenue

Career transition at Career Break, Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Paused after 8 intense years of building to recalibrate. Focused on health, rebuilding foundational systems, and exploring AI-first opportunities with renewed clarity.

Associate Director at Gameskraft, Mar 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Growth & Strategy Consultant at Slash, Dec 2021 - Feb 2022 · 3 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Chief Executive Officer at PokerHigh, Oct 2019 - Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Chief Operating Officer at PokerHigh, Jan 2019 - Sep 2019 · 9 mos, Greater Delhi Area

Business Head, Founding Team at PokerHigh, Sep 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos, Greater Delhi Area

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Indian Institute of Management, Indore

Apeejay School, Faridabad