Vardan Aggarwal

Experience

Head of product 2023 - 2024 (over 1 year)

- Implemented a user-focused, data-driven product process across 3 teams.

- Spearheaded the launch of ONDC (B2B) with 40% adoption and social discovery (B2C) with 30%... more

Product Manager 2022 - 2023 (about 1 year)

- Led Thrive’s B2C bet, launching and scaling a food delivery app to 500K installs.
- Leveraged deep user insights to identify a unique value proposition and boost engagement.... more

Seed Savers Club

Co-founder - Product, Tech & Growth 2021 - 2022 (about 1 year)

- Built multiple iterations of product using various open source technologies like (Wordpress, Matrix, LMS etc) to support rapid experimentation with business strategies.
-... more

GyanApp

Product Manager 2019 - 2020 (8 months)

- Built an engaging product for an increasingly diverse user base as we scaled from 100K users to 800K users within a short span of time.
- Built a flywheel of creation,... more

dreamkats

Product Manager 2018 - 2019 (6 months)

- Did extensive user & market research to identify niche market segments to target.
- Developed a community based e-commerce MVP leveraging wordpress & open source... more

The Gardening Company

Co-Founder 2018 (5 months)

- Did extensive user research across customer segments to identify pain points & opportunities.
- Iterated through with various service based opportunities in both... more

Bridzed

Product Lead 2016 - 2017 (over 1 year)

- Did user & market research to establish a market need for a solution.
- Developed proprietary UX & extensively detailed technical products for coaching institutes... more

Kamatan Farm tech

Product Manager 2020 - 2021 (over 1 year)

- Developed & scaled a farmer app (B2C) with hyperlocal crop advisory to 150K farmers around 9 FPO partners.
- Leveraged in-app engagements to create supply visibility... more

Employee

Kamatan Farm tech, Bridzed, The Gardening Company, dreamkats, GyanApp, Seed Savers Club, Thrive

Education

About

Achievements

In last 8 years, I have worked across industries wearing multiple hats. This has allowed me to develop a truly cross-functional set of skills perfectly suited to a disruptive 0 to 1 product.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Prototyping HTML5 & CSS3 Javascript Storytelling Automation Product Strategy Strategic & Critical thinking PHP Product Management Product Design Product Development Agile methodology Python Machine Learning Problem Solving Strategic Vision User Research Market Research Analytics UI/UX Design Business Strategy Product Roadmaps Quality Assurance Social Media Marketing Inside Sales Cross-Functional Team Leadership Surveys SQL Mixpanel Google Analytics Figma Wordpress MVP Development Jira Basecamp Trello Product Requirements Document - PRD Writing: press releases, pitches, blog posts, newsletters Facebook Advertising Google Adwords Android Laravel MongoDB Redis ElasticSearch AWS Open Source Software API REST APIs Chatbots ML

Locations

Bengaluru Remote

Q&A

What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
by Jef Raskin

What's your favorite non-business book?

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Which founders or startups do you most admire?

Steve Jobs, 3M when it was starting up.

What's something you wish you had done years earlier?

Read Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan 3 years earlier

What's an obstacle you've overcome?

Finding what career path fits me.

Vardan Aggarwal

Entrepreneur & Product leader with 8+ years of experience building, launching & scaling 0-1 products across industries.

In last 8 years, I have worked across industries wearing multiple hats. This has allowed me to develop a truly cross-functional set of skills perfectly suited to a disruptive 0 to 1 product.