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12 Sep 2016, 03:59
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Hi,
Please evaluate my profile
Target Schools - ISB, ESADE , Haas, Anderson
Work Ex - ~4yrs at Matriculation
GMAT - 700(Q46/V40)
Class X - 95.8%
Class XII - 90.4%
College GPA - 8.43/10 (From SASTRA University)
Experience:
1. Worked At Ashok Leyland (India's Second largest Truck Manufacturing company) for 6 months
2. Worked at ZipDial (a mobile marketing tech startup that was acquired by Twitter) for 1.5 years
3. Started a Music Tech Startup of my own - got covered by forbes, NDTV, NextBigWhat, LifeHacker and more. - worked for 1.5 years on this.I bootstrapped for around 7-8 months after which I raised some money from 2 angel investors. We grew the startup to reach to 20,000 MAU's . I was directly involved in conceptualizing and managing the Product Management, Marketing, Growth and PR. I took initiatives to on board emerging artists onto the platform to help popularize their content.This resulted in a direct increase of over 3000 MAU's We were also one of the top 10 products from India on ProductHunt . I also took the initiative to network with influencers from the Music Industry and got the Director of Engg of Spotify on board as an advisor. Apart from all this, my efforts to improve the product resulted in increase of retention from 3.1% to ~9%.However, owing to the lack of further funding and problems of raising VC funding for a music startup in India, we had to shut down.
4. Currently working at IMI Mobile - a British-Indian MNC - as a Business Analyst.
Professional Achievements:
1. My startup was one of the top 10 products on producthunt from India
2. My work got covered by many international and national magazines as mentioned
3. Got a client appreciation spot award at ZipDial.
4. Led a large Cross functional team at ZipDial and then at Twitter . Managed the company's biggest accounts(Unilever and GSK).
Extra-Curriculars:
1. Played Table Tennis for my state at Under-15 level
2. Played guitar at college level and participated at many competitions all over India. Also played various gigs at Pubs/hotels
3. Volunteered for an NGO to spread awareness on water conservation in drought affected regions in my state.
Post MBA Goals - Product Management role in a tech products firm.
Long Term Goal- To delve into entrepreneurship once more
Please let me know if ISB is achievable - it's my primary school of focus
recommendations - Director of Engg at Spotify (Advisor at my startup), Director or Client Partnerships at ZipDial (whom I reported to) & Director of Products at Twitter (whom I reported to).
Please evaluate my profile
Target Schools - ISB, ESADE , Haas, Anderson
Work Ex - ~4yrs at Matriculation
GMAT - 700(Q46/V40)
Class X - 95.8%
Class XII - 90.4%
College GPA - 8.43/10 (From SASTRA University)
Experience:
1. Worked At Ashok Leyland (India's Second largest Truck Manufacturing company) for 6 months
2. Worked at ZipDial (a mobile marketing tech startup that was acquired by Twitter) for 1.5 years
3. Started a Music Tech Startup of my own - got covered by forbes, NDTV, NextBigWhat, LifeHacker and more. - worked for 1.5 years on this.I bootstrapped for around 7-8 months after which I raised some money from 2 angel investors. We grew the startup to reach to 20,000 MAU's . I was directly involved in conceptualizing and managing the Product Management, Marketing, Growth and PR. I took initiatives to on board emerging artists onto the platform to help popularize their content.This resulted in a direct increase of over 3000 MAU's We were also one of the top 10 products from India on ProductHunt . I also took the initiative to network with influencers from the Music Industry and got the Director of Engg of Spotify on board as an advisor. Apart from all this, my efforts to improve the product resulted in increase of retention from 3.1% to ~9%.However, owing to the lack of further funding and problems of raising VC funding for a music startup in India, we had to shut down.
4. Currently working at IMI Mobile - a British-Indian MNC - as a Business Analyst.
Professional Achievements:
1. My startup was one of the top 10 products on producthunt from India
2. My work got covered by many international and national magazines as mentioned
3. Got a client appreciation spot award at ZipDial.
4. Led a large Cross functional team at ZipDial and then at Twitter . Managed the company's biggest accounts(Unilever and GSK).
Extra-Curriculars:
1. Played Table Tennis for my state at Under-15 level
2. Played guitar at college level and participated at many competitions all over India. Also played various gigs at Pubs/hotels
3. Volunteered for an NGO to spread awareness on water conservation in drought affected regions in my state.
Post MBA Goals - Product Management role in a tech products firm.
Long Term Goal- To delve into entrepreneurship once more
Please let me know if ISB is achievable - it's my primary school of focus
recommendations - Director of Engg at Spotify (Advisor at my startup), Director or Client Partnerships at ZipDial (whom I reported to) & Director of Products at Twitter (whom I reported to).
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23 Sep 2016, 08:39
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Hi there,
Thanks for reaching out! Our firm focuses on the top MBA programs in North America and Europe so we really don’t have much experience with ISB. But I can share a few thoughts based on the other schools on your list – which make a lot of sense, by the way, given your career focus. So nice job with your research!
First of all, your start-up experience is definitely unique and will help set you apart from other similar applicants with technical backgrounds. I would encourage you to share your learnings and insights from this experience in your application to provide a glimpse into the insights your whole class could benefit from learning.
Your ECs are interesting and again, definitely unique. I would love to better understand how your involvement with the water conservation NGO ties back to your values and possibly your goals.
I would definitely encourage you develop a more concrete vision for your career long-term. What kind of company would you like to found? Why? What will it accomplish? And of course, how will you short-term goal help prepare you for it? The key to a successful application is tying all of these elements (past experience+future goals+MBA) together into one cohesive story. That will have just as much weight on your competitiveness to any of the schools you list than your stats and scores. (With that said, if you can get your quant score up on the GMAT, that would go a long ways at your target schools.)
Your recommenders sound good! It’s always best to have a supervisor or former supervisor write at least one of your letters if possible.
Best of luck with your applications!
Best,
Melody
Thanks for reaching out! Our firm focuses on the top MBA programs in North America and Europe so we really don’t have much experience with ISB. But I can share a few thoughts based on the other schools on your list – which make a lot of sense, by the way, given your career focus. So nice job with your research!
First of all, your start-up experience is definitely unique and will help set you apart from other similar applicants with technical backgrounds. I would encourage you to share your learnings and insights from this experience in your application to provide a glimpse into the insights your whole class could benefit from learning.
Your ECs are interesting and again, definitely unique. I would love to better understand how your involvement with the water conservation NGO ties back to your values and possibly your goals.
I would definitely encourage you develop a more concrete vision for your career long-term. What kind of company would you like to found? Why? What will it accomplish? And of course, how will you short-term goal help prepare you for it? The key to a successful application is tying all of these elements (past experience+future goals+MBA) together into one cohesive story. That will have just as much weight on your competitiveness to any of the schools you list than your stats and scores. (With that said, if you can get your quant score up on the GMAT, that would go a long ways at your target schools.)
Your recommenders sound good! It’s always best to have a supervisor or former supervisor write at least one of your letters if possible.
Best of luck with your applications!
Best,
Melody
