Thanks for your initiative and help. Indeed, this is very useful for potential candidates and I really do appreciate your efforts.
Though bit late, I am aiming for ISB now after finally getting rejected (got waitlisted) by LBS. Please allow me to brief through my profile
1) 9 years of experience in the Information Technology sector including 2 years of heading USA based my own start-up in India and 2 years of working in similar role in another start-up. Though I belong to the common pool of Indian applicants with IT background, I have had significant experience (over 4 years and still continuing) as an Entrepreneur. I have worked in start-ups and launched and headed my own start-ups (
https://www.peerme.com and
https://www.zenoova.com ). A few links about my previous work in PeerMe are below:-
https://www.business-standard.com/india/ ... ono=221235https://newsblaze.com/story/200509150530 ... story.htmlhttps://www.convergenceplus.com/sep05%20 ... %2003.htmlhttps://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/9/prweb285207.htmSubsequently, I moved to another start-up where I headed team of 3 products comprising of 25 team members. Later, I moved to London to gain international experience, crucial for my long term aspirations of launching company at global level. I am now working with a Technology consulting company, advising Fortune 500 clients to establish technology strategy at an investment level. I am also involved in building global team of size varying from 5-30 members across USA, UK and India and leading them for delivering £5-20M budget projects. Simultaneously, as a co-founder, I am involved with a few of my like-minded friends and ex-colleagues to brainstorm and prototype Enterprise Internet based products through my another start-up venture Zenoova Technologies (
https://www.zenoova.com )
My career progressions includes multiple promotions. Worked in varied roles of Director/Chairman, Co-founder, Engineering Manager, Team lead and Consultant (Manager) and have managed various teams of different sizes. Around 2 years of international experience (includes a promotion as well), but in previous companies have worked with global teams as others have. But my partner in PeerMe was a US guy with whom I launched the company.
2) Great academics - 8.9/10 in B.E. from Anna University (C.E.G.) and 3.82/4.0 in my P.G. Awarded "Gold Medal" and GE Scholarship during UG and PG respectively.
10th - 83% (C.B.S.E.)
12th - 89% (C.B.S.E.)
3) Decent extra-curricular, and social activities as part of GE(Elfun), and now AID-London in London.
4) GMAT - 690 (Maths 93% , Verbal 68%, AWA 6.0)
My differentiating factor - Start-up experience, raising start-up from ground zero to a team of 25-30 people. Headed India development centre for couple of years, oversaw operations, launched product and conducted press releases with substantial media coverage. Played multiple roles of Director, Manager, HR, Product manager and possibly everything that was needed to get the company running. Moved to another start-up in a broader role, headed 3 products, formulated product strategy and managed teams.
My Goal - To become Entrepreneur in Technology Sector. In short term, I want to work in the role of Product manager for Tech companies as I see close connections between Product manager and Entrepreneur role. Also, my short-term goal will be testing ground for me to establish a new product in a established/start-up before trying out my ideas and raising funds for that.
I applied in LBS but got wait-listed and finally rejected. ISB is my next choice and it would help me build skills (product development, business skills, fund-raising) on my entrepreneurial experience in short time and will provide me the required networking - crucial for both short-term and long-term goals.
Thanks for your help.