Nikhil Manhas

Experience

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  HSBC

  Jul 2011 - Aug 2012

  Business Analyst

  Crunched numbers, learned who to work with data.

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  Plovist [plovist.com]

  Sept 2012 - Oct 2013

  Co-Founder

  Forayed into entrepreneurship. Exciting & tough times. Committed 100s of mistakes, got selected in a startup accelerator but in the end it was too much.

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  CloodOn

  Oct 2013 - Jun 2014

  Back End Developer

  Good stint. Learned how a software company works. Was amazed by the positive leadership. Changed my point of view.

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  Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

  Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

  Research Assistant

  De-tour from industry into academia. But couldn't continue.

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  Teabox

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2016

  Senior Web Developer

  Amazing learning at a growing startup during boom time. Developed an e-commerce platform from scratch.

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  Self-employed

  Aug 2016 - Dec 2017

  Freelance Web Developer

  Continued with entrepreneurship , tried multiple ideas, nothing worked.

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  HAPPY - A Digital Lending Fintech

  Jan 2018 - Aug 2019

  Program Manager

  Led the partner API integration program. Learned developer support, project management, API design.

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  Happy - A Neo MSME Platform

  Aug 2019 - Apr 2020

  Principal Product Manager
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  Learn 21

  Nov 2020 - now

  Founder

  Started Educational Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Learn21

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  Chqbook

  Sept 2021 - Feb 2022

  Product Consultant

  Worked with the team on integration projects.

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  Peoplebox

  Jun 2022 - Jan 2024

  Real SaaS experience. Scaled product usage 10x, revenue 2x, team 3x.

  • Senior Product Manager

    Sept 2022 - Jan 2024

  • Senior Product Consultant

    Jun 2022 - Sept 2022