11: Gautam Shewakramani (On Deck)
Nov 25, 2021•43 min
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Episode description
Gautam Shewakramani is the Head of APAC and India; International Product and Growth at On Deck. Previously he built a company and headed International Product and Growth for Quora and Skillshare.
SHOW NOTES- The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00)
- The journey after moving back to India (5:30)
- His company building experience which involved tons of highs and lows (8:25)
- How did Quora come about? (14:00)
- On Deck's visions for India (17:40)
- On Deck and ODX are relevant to India. India is special for On Deck and On Deck is special for the Indian tech ecosystem (19:00)
- His advice to those who are thinking about moving back to India (28:00)
- Skills that he picked up from his experience in the US that ended up becoming valuable in India (28:00)
- What frameworks do you use when things are not going in the right direction? (37:00)
- What do his friends know him for (40:00)
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