Pathik Shah Email & Phone Number

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IN

I lead DB Digital, a digital content products startup, backed by the Dainik Bhaskar Group. We're building multiple digital content products for the 500 million+ users coming online on mobile by 2020, starting with a mobile-first news product built for Bharat with high quality trusted content for multiple languages, engaging content formats and a seamless.

I head Product at Hike across the Messaging, Social, Content & Payments and Platform products as well as New Initiatives and bets (and do whatever else needs to be done).We're building some really awesome products to become the only app any Indian will ever need - to connect with people, content & services in the easiest way possible.

I run Mergers & Acquisitions at Hike, among other things.Here are some deals I've led:- Acquired ZipPhone in 2015 to ramp up Voice calling features within Hike- Acquired Creo in 2017 and integrated the team to launch the ‘Total’ initiative within Hike- Acquired the Pulse team in 2017 and integrated the team to ramp up the Camera & Multimedia initiatives.

I led the Payments team at Hike. We launched a Wallet with UPI enabled Payments as well as a set of basic services like Recharge and some cool social payment features like Blue Packets - aiming to become one of the first Indian super apps with the full spectrum of offerings ranging from communication, social, content, payments and services.It was one of.

I run the Hike Labs team at Hike, among other things, working on product moonshots and experiments across Hike - messaging, social, platform & other areas. We're always trying to build the next big thing!We're the biggest Indian app with over 100 million users in 3 years since launch (Jan 2016), making us one of the fastest growing startups globally. Our.

I run the Growth team at Hike, working on growth, product, strategy, analytics and marketing.We're the biggest Indian app with over 100 million users in 3 years since launch (Jan 2016), making us one of the fastest growing startups globally. Our goal is to bring every Indian online and enable them to connect with their closest friends, express themselves.

Boston, MA, US

I led research and coverage for the TMT sector at Trefis covering multiple companies in the Internet and Mobile space like Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Apple, Alibaba, Zynga etc.I also helped run the India team operations in the second half of my stint there.Fun times, great learning, but eventually, not my thing. I wanted to build shit, not just write.

New York, NY, US

I joined Merrill Lynch (acquired by Bank of America) right out of college to be a cog in the wheel and help build/run the technology powering the Great American Bubble Machine. I was a young, impressionable kid (and for some weird reason, quite influenced by Liar's Poker and Wall Street thinking I'd make a difference in the way the system works.)One month.

Started a small setup with the very noble, world changing motive of earning a shit ton of money and retiring by the time I turned 25. (I was 16 then).Disillusioned by all the time I'd spent in school learning nothing (yes, not a very big fan of the Indian education system) while insanely cool people were dropping out and creating billion dollar companies.

San Francisco, CA, US

I was my college representative for Mozilla (the guys who made Firefox, the coolest browser 10 years ago).Did a lot of cool shit, learnt a lot, made a lot of new friends, but that's about it. Not much to say here.

Redmond, Washington, US

I was my college representative for the Microsoft Student Partner program.Did a lot of cool shit, learnt a lot, made a lot of new friends, impressed some girls, but that's about it.

Chartered Financial Analyst, Level 3 Candidate

Master Of Business Administration (Mba) - Dropout

Bachelor Of Engineering, Information Technology