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At Chakoree, we curate traditional jewellery from across India to match the taste of the global customer!

reFAB is a non-profit charity that upcycles fabrics donated by luxury boutiques in UK. It creates beautiful products such as fabric bags created by a group of underpriveleged women tailors in Pune. I was responsible for handling operations and co-ordinating between the women tailors and the UK team. It involved understanding the design requirements, effectively communicating them with the UK team, getting samples approved, ensuring quality standards are met, arranging cost-effective logistics to and fro to London.

UpStart Klub designs and executes startup incubation / acceleration programs / startup exchange programs / university based startup incubation programs / entrepreneurship awareness programs. We help design and manage, build local networks, manage community, establish partnerships, do startup outreach, etc. If you're looking for someone to do any of the above and more, please reach out to me at aarti@upstartklub.com.

LetsIgnite, organised by LetsVenture, is the largest angel investing conference in India. • Co-ordination with all vendors before and during the event• Finding new vendors where needed and negotiating with those who were shortlisted• Managing logistics before and during the event, ensuring timely execution of the program• Build a budget based on previous event expenses; keep track of the approved budget to avoid overrun• Co-ordinating with the programming team to take updates on the change in elements of program and make changes to the logistics requirement, as needed

I have always been fascinated with the fashion retail industry. Shopping for clothes has always been very time-consuming for me. It struck me that what if there was a trained fashion stylist who could help me do my job faster. Be honest in opinion! And also suits the pocket :)I developed a short course that trains retail staff in fashion styling. The course was developed in collaboration with fashion expert from top design school. The idea did not fly with most retail stores, for lack of my own fashion background. So, to pilot, I partnered with NGOs and selected 5 girls who were looking for employment and took them through the 5-days training.All the trainees got placed. While HRs still contact me for more trained manpower, none is willing to pay. If there is anyone who wants to get insights regarding fashion retail / HR as a client in retail, I'd be happy to share my experiences.

• I joined LetsVenture when a new product was envisaged by the team. The product was aimed at solving common problems faced by incubators and accelerators. Helping inc / acc 1) find best startups 2) find right mentors 3) streamline funding process.My role was to do business development for this product. I got to talk to hundreds of incubators and accelerators in 6 months. While the product did not take off, the learnings later helped me while I formed my own company.• I worked on creating a curated marketplace for service providers. From product development (management) to business development, I did everything from scratch.• Later, along with working on the marketplace, I was a part of Investor Relations team and was responsible for events / interactions with investors based in Mumbai and Pune.

• Regularly interacted with Yatris (participants of the Yatra) who decided to startup after the Yatra and helped with relevant connections• Designed the fund-raising strategy which targeted the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of companies, foundations, HNIs, crowdfunding platforms, and the alumni of the program• Developed the funding pitch for the different targets by understanding their requirements, and created the marketing collaterals by collaborating with the design team• Executed the strategy by generating new leads and pitched to the decision-makers there• Created a sponsorship relationship management system that included regular reporting on disbursal of the sponsors’ funds, progress of the program, and impact created, and enabled communication between sponsors and the program beneficiaries• Developed and executed a system for analyzing the impact of the program on its alumni; managed a team of volunteers for the impact study and published the report widely among the stakeholders• Designed and executed the first crowd funding campaign for Jagriti Yatra by partnering with an online platform that involved the alumni of Jagriti Yatra• Designed and executed 2 important events – Jagriti Sakhi Udyogini (a mentoring and networking for women entrepreneurs) and Launch Event (a day-long event in Mumbai for the launch of Jagriti Yatra)

• Designed and executed the marketing strategy for the startup, in consultation with the founder, with an objective of customer acquisition• Partnered with relevant networks such as hospitals, restaurants and cafes, corporates, clinics, resident welfare associations, and NGOs • Conceptualized and implemented promotional ideas such as offering discounts and free sample deliveries, to drive sales• Partnered with popular websites and blogs to market our brand of organic food through content• Conceptualized and executed events such as movie screenings and healthy cooking classes, in collaboration with home composting companies, organic gardening and yoga experts, generating awareness among target customers• Conducted market research: pre-sales to understand the demographic profile of potential customers through questionnaire survey, and post-sales to get customer feedback through personal visits and calls; managed a team of interns for the research• Was involved in different functions of the startup for the initial 6 months, which included partnering with farmer groups to procure organic produce on daily basis, supply chain management from farm to warehouse to customer, and branding and pricing of produce • Worked closely with a consultant to design strategy for a critical operational function – managing inventory, with an objective of reducing the daily wastage of produce• Was responsible for fixing the prices of the produce on everyday basis, and closely monitored staff who was responsible for home-deliveries and interaction with the customers

• Conceptualized and executed promotional activities such as exhibitions and stalls• Conducted promotional activities for launch of new products, which included poster campaign and press release; managed the sales team of to execute the promotions• Conducted research on the effectiveness of various media channels• Worked closely with an advertisement agency for creating marketing collaterals such as product packaging, website content, press releases and banners

• Designed sales pitches for nutrition packages• Provided diet counseling to the members of the health club• Ensured client satisfaction through regular follow up and monitoring• Created daily reports to compare the achieved sales against the targets