Hello, I am Abhi
My professional experience: spans industries, global markets, and businesses size. From working 1:1 with disruptive entrepreneurs to gaining an understanding of scale-up companies navigating growth using analytics and purpose. My ambition today is to help organizations tap into purpose strategically and innovate on it. I love what I do and believe that the future of business will come to those who are aiming to be purpose-driven and innovative - regardless of size, stage, region or industry.
As a global creative consultancy and business division of the Boston Consulting Group, we strive for the perfect fusion of strategy and creativity. A new way of thinking and working together that has the greatest possible impact for our clients. Blending on-the-ground investigation and deep insights with compelling creative storytelling, we offer the only holistic and impactful system to mobilize large organizations.
For 4 years, I worked for and led the global venture accelerator – IDEA. I was part of the Investment Team, ran Operations & Platforms and recently was appointed to be CEO during the 10th Anniversary.
I directed the incubation and launch of our global portfolio containing 350 industry agnostic ventures mentored by a partnership infrastructure of 250 key industry experts and investors
I led on multiple initiatives that helped boost total ventures launched to 75, external funding raised to 202M+ and spearheaded strategy around 10-year anniversary growth initiatives
Here is our IDEA 2020 Impact Report & Personal Impact Report
Fundraising - Raised $1,000,000 in capital to sustain scale over the next 5 years
Stakeholder Management - Aligned organizational initiatives with the interdisciplinary teams, industry experts, advisory board, university deans, angel investors, and venture capitalists
Leadership - Managed a 42-member team to drive organizational operations & finances while overseeing a $250,000 Seed Fund and $150,000 Prototype Fund that provided seed investment to 120 ventures
10 Year Campaigns - Devised large scale multi-channel monthly campaigns that enhanced brand reach by 32% and press coverage from BostInno, and local startup magazines. Launched limited series Podcast “Bright IDEAs” with over 700 hits
Digital Transformation - Devised a system for the program to be more tech enabled through the launch of a resources portal, 200+ virtual community, and automated venture throughput operations that resulted in 68% increase in engagement
Business Analytics - Developed analytics program to collect, track and analyze over 150 touchpoints and improved KPIs
Product Management - Built out 8 new incubation programs that we introduced and resulted in 11 ventures launched this year
Crisis Management - Deployed plans to move programing virtual and operations remote without any suspension from newly built digital platforms during COVID-19 outbreak
Investments - Invested over $250,000 in early stage deep-tech, consumer-tech and digital startups that have now raised VC funding
Managed case work by conducting data analysis, primary and secondary market research, and synthesized the results and findings into cohesive models and deliverables.
Selected Case Experiences:
Commercial Due Diligence - Assessed a national auto collisions company, including benchmarking against competitors and market sizing which resulted in our client making a $450,000,000 private equity deal
Digital healthcare - Growth strategy assessment for a large healthcare publishing company; identified innovative digital solutions and integration methods
Cost Optimization and Acquisition - For a $30B Hedge Fund of a Global Packaging Company
Vendor Due Diligence - Assessment for a Forbes Top 50 petrochemical transport company; created a database and ran a large-scale geographic analysis that allowed the client to focus on expansion initiatives to maximize growth potential
Digital Transformation - Process strategy case to implement Industry 4.0 solutions for a Fortune 500 client; analyzed crucial pain points in the engineering construction workflow
Collaborated with the national brand team on multi-channel Go-To-Market strategies & campaigns by analyzing market data to understand consumer wants, needs, and beliefs for national launches.
Segment Research - Created a network of partnerships with Indian venture capital firms, small & medium enterprises, as well as co-working spaces for the development of an incubator program- Red Bull Basement
National Campaign - Designed strategy for a six-week nationwide targeted campaign to increase consumption awareness of Red Bull in the growing fitness industry through cross-functional activations from digital to field marketing tactics that resulted in a roll out in all major cities
Worked with leading investors, advisory board members, and founders of regional startup ecosystem to present Endeavor’s benefits to potential founders in joining and building the Endeavor venture network
Created three internal information systems utilizing Salesforce dashboards to visualize how Endeavor services were being utilized, and provided solutions on how to distribute resources and mentors efficiently to support entrepreneurs for pre and post selection services
Awards & Recognition
D’Amore McKim Professional Experience Award
Presented at Northeastern’s Entrepreneur of The Year Award
Northeastern University’s Huntington 100
IDEA’s 2020 Impact Report
Forbes Recognized Poets & Quants Best and Brightest - Undergrad Business Student
Northeastern University Representative in meeting Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
Education
Northeastern University, D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Concentration: Entrepreneurship and Marketing Minor: Business Analytics
Specialist Skills
Ability to manage, lead, work as part of a team and form working relationships quickly. Over the years I have worked between marketing, product, investment, management consulting and technology departments/ I have a great insight into how startups, mid-sized and larger corporations work together in order to scale, innovate and globalize. I operate to be strategic and tactical where I use what I know and learn what I need to know.
Product management
Vision
Roadmapping
Planning
User experience design
Prioritization
Recruiting
Software well versed in
Tableau
SPSS
Python
Salesforce
Adobe Photoshop
Sketch UI and UX
Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint)
Consulting & Analysis
KPI assignment
Data collection
Analysis + Visualization
Great presentation skills from seeing over 500+ pitch decks and creating my own