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Founder–operator across education, software, and consulting. I build internet-first businesses, and I’m unusually good at turning messy ambiguity into an executable plan.
Timeline
Dec 2025 — Present
NOW
Founder
- YouTube-first customer acquisition for internet-first businesses (done-for-you).
- Focus: bottom-of-funnel videos, positioning, and repeatable distribution systems.
Sep 2022 — Present
NOW
COO (focus: user growth)
- Scaled team and set up a more professional operating structure.
- Took over user growth focus in 2024; early traction via SEO.
- Learned what scales (and what doesn’t) in ads vs. organic growth loops.
Sep 2022 — Present
NOW
Founder (Education design studio)
- Designs transformational learning environments: curriculum, cohorts, facilitation, learning cadence.
- Work spans students, professionals, communities, and partner-led programs.
Jul 2021 — Sep 2022
HowToCBC.com
Co-founder
PAST
- Validated the CBC platform idea by becoming the power user first.
- Built deep expertise in cohort-based course creation + distribution realities.
- Partnered with multiple CBC platforms; learned internet outreach + marketing.
2019 — 2021
Pupilfirst.org
Co-founder & Director
PAST
- Pivoted from incubation to education (developer school direction).
- Built industry–academia partnerships across universities; collaborated with major partners.
- Built and open-sourced an LMS; iterated heavily across years of learning models.
2015 — 2019
SV.CO (Startup Village Collective)
Co-founder & COO
PAST
- Raised funding to scale a digital incubator platform built at SV Labs.
- Incubated 100+ student teams via cohort-style programs across India.
- Learned hard lessons about sustainability, business models, and distribution.
2013 — 2015
SV Labs
CEO
PAST
- Built the digital platform that became the future of the incubator work.
- Helped move incubation services from physical-heavy to online-first operations.
- Shipped fast, learned faster—classic builder/operator chapter.
2009 — 2013
Mobme
Leadership (early team / operator)
PAST
- Joined early and wore every hat: biz-dev, ops, sales, strategy, client relations, hiring, growth.
- Joined as employee #1 for a new division; grew it into the top revenue vertical.
- Learned the cost of missing platform shifts while executing relentlessly.
What I’m good at
Operator skills
- Breaking complex problems into clear, executable sequences
- Hiring, team design, operating cadence, and execution quality
- Sales + customer conversations (the unglamorous truth source)
- Growth systems: positioning → distribution → iteration loops
Builder / educator skills
- Education design: cohorts, curriculum, facilitation, learning environments
- Writing-first clarity (thinking, communicating, aligning)
- Product thinking: demand, ICP, PMF diagnostics, and ruthless prioritisation
- Turning messy expertise into teachable, shippable assets
Education & programs
Write of Passage (Cohort 8)
Personally invited by David Perell with a 95% scholarship. A writing-first program focused on clarity of thinking — easily the best educational experience I’ve been part of.
Maven Accelerator Program (Cohort 3)
Selected as part of a highly selective cohort of 145 instructors across 27 countries and 100+ cities (from 2,000+ applicants). One of the first 75 courses launched on Maven.com alongside top creators in 2021.
B.Tech — Applied Electronics & Instrumentation
College of Engineering, Trivandrum (CET) — 2009
Want to work together?
Send a short note: what you’re building, current traction, and what’s stuck. If you’re not a fit, I’ll tell you fast.