AMA with Mr.Sanjay Nadkarni – Business Development, How to plan for what happens next

Speakers

Mr. Sanjay Nadkarni
Ex India Country Operation Manager | Houzz , Bangalore , India

Sanjay Nadkarni is a digital entrepreneur with leadership experience in e-commerce, media, and telecom. He is currently an active angel investor and advisor in multiple startups. In his last assignment, he had helped launch and localize Houzz in India. I set up the local partner environment and recruited the IN team. He focused on growing the IN professional community and improving local engagement. They were able to show 2.5x growth. His engagement contribution could be best measured by the number of leads he provided. Earlier, he built the babyoye brand from scratch, The journey had its ups and downs involving 3 VC funding rounds, acquiring a competitor and finally being acquired by the Mahindra Group. He then transitioned a startup brand to take over the masthead of Mahindra Retail.