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    Aakash Shah

    Aakash Shah

    Founder and CEO at Wyndly (YC W21)

    Engineering Manager New Jersey University of Virgini...
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    Experience
    Wyndly
    Wyndly
    CEO 2020 - Present (almost 6 years)
    Fixing allergies permanently with at-home immunotherapy and a digital health platform
    - Grew revenue from $0 to multiple millions annually in 2 years
    - Found product-market... more fit with best-in-class annual subscriber retention
    - Found product-channel fit with <6 month payback
    - Participated in Y Combinator W21 and raised a $2M preseed round
    - Scaled organic from 0 to 1M views per month across Google, TikTok, and Youtube
    - Scaled paid marketing on Google SEM and Meta ads from $0 to $1,200,000 annually
    - Sourced vendors and negotiated contracts with medical and pharmacy partners
    - Hired multiple domain owners across engineering, marketing, operations, and support
    - Built an end-to-end HIPAA-compliant platform which covers the entire medical clinic: scheduling and intake, clinician workflows, clinical orders, patient workflows, billing, and compliance
    Parse.ly
    Exit
    Parse.ly
    Growth and Data Lead - Lead Product Manager 2018 - Present (almost 8 years)
    Parse.ly is the web's most widely deployed analytics platform for content teams.

    Every company is now a content company. Every marketing team is now a content marketing... more team. And every content strategy needs to be informed by data. The web’s content pros win with data by using Parse.ly, the world’s most innovative content analytics system.

    - Led multiple cross-functional initiatives contributing to significant growth in ARR for 2019
    - Helped establish product management as a function at an engineering-driven company, driving cultural change around customer discovery, shipping quickly, and using product analytics
    - Implemented processes to collect customer feedback, product ideas, instrument new features, prioritize product opportunities, incorporate engineering projects into the roadmap, standardize messaging, and communicate product changes to sales and marketing.
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    SparkGift, Fluensi, Stockpile, Freelance -, Parse.ly, Wyndly
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    Projects
    All Schemes Considered Podcast
    Evaluating startups and mapping out their growth
    A weekly podcast where Aakash Shah and Xand Lourenco dive deep on a new startup and examine its viability as a venture backed business. It's a startup… · More case study in about 25 minutes.
     
    Education
     
    About
    Achievements

    Fixing allergies permanently with at-home immunotherapy and a digital health platform
    Participated in Y Combinator W21 and raised a $2M preseed round
    Scaled organic from 0 to 1M views per month across Google, TikTok, and Youtube
    Scaled paid marketing on Google SEM and Meta ads from $0 to $1,200,000 annually
    Sourced vendors and negotiated contracts with medical and pharmacy partners
    Hired multiple domain owners across engineering, marketing, operations, and support
    Built an end-to-end HIPAA-compliant platform which covers the entire medical clinic: scheduling and intake, clinician workflows, clinical orders, patient workflows, billing, and compliance

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Javascript Product Management Product Marketing Node.js Growth Strategy and Execution Python TypeScript SaaS
    Locations
    United States New York City New Jersey
     
    Q&A
    If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

    Exactly what I'm doing right now -- building a healthcare product to change the lives of millions of people

    What words of advice would you give your younger self?

    You're tougher than you think you are. Grit your teeth and lean in.

    Which founders or startups do you most admire?

    Marc Lore

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