Experience

Swoops

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO+CTO & co-founder

  • Oct 2021 - Nov 2023

  * Raised $3.5M from Courtside, Slow, Vayner Sports, Alpaca, ownership groups for the 76ers and Celtics, and other amazing sports-tech investors. * Built a sports league from the ground up with original IP, achieving over 3000 users, 500k+ games played, $600k in player trading volume, $200k of direct sales and D1/D7/D30 of 56%/32%/29%. * Hired a team of 12 that spanned engineering, data science, marketing, and ops. Directly managed a team of 4 engineers, 2 data scientists, and 1… Show more * Raised $3.5M from Courtside, Slow, Vayner Sports, Alpaca, ownership groups for the 76ers and Celtics, and other amazing sports-tech investors. * Built a sports league from the ground up with original IP, achieving over 3000 users, 500k+ games played, $600k in player trading volume, $200k of direct sales and D1/D7/D30 of 56%/32%/29%. * Hired a team of 12 that spanned engineering, data science, marketing, and ops. Directly managed a team of 4 engineers, 2 data scientists, and 1 head of operations. Wrote python code for our backend and simulator services. Show less * Raised $3.5M from Courtside, Slow, Vayner Sports, Alpaca, ownership groups for the 76ers and Celtics, and other amazing sports-tech investors. * Built a sports league from the ground up with original IP, achieving over 3000 users, 500k+ games played, $600k in player trading volume, $200k of direct sales and D1/D7/D30 of 56%/32%/29%. * Hired a team of 12 that spanned engineering, data science, marketing, and ops. Directly managed a team of 4 engineers, 2 data scientists, and 1… Show more * Raised $3.5M from Courtside, Slow, Vayner Sports, Alpaca, ownership groups for the 76ers and Celtics, and other amazing sports-tech investors. * Built a sports league from the ground up with original IP, achieving over 3000 users, 500k+ games played, $600k in player trading volume, $200k of direct sales and D1/D7/D30 of 56%/32%/29%. * Hired a team of 12 that spanned engineering, data science, marketing, and ops. Directly managed a team of 4 engineers, 2 data scientists, and 1 head of operations. Wrote python code for our backend and simulator services. Show less



South Park Commons

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member

  • Sep 2020 - Oct 2021

  Ideation, research, founder therapy. Ideation, research, founder therapy.



Underline Sports

• CTO, co-founder

  • Jan 2021 - Sep 2021

  * Wrote entire fullstack application using Django and React * Grew to over $4k/day in wager volume * Deck: https://manish-dev-test.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/Underline+Investor+Deck.pdf * Wrote entire fullstack application using Django and React * Grew to over $4k/day in wager volume * Deck: https://manish-dev-test.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/Underline+Investor+Deck.pdf



Disco

• Canada
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim CTO

  • Dec 2019 - Jan 2021

  * Chose tech stack, hired and managed first four engineers * Took ad network from 0->20k impressions per day * Helped company from $30k raise -> $1M raise -> $5M raise * Chose tech stack, hired and managed first four engineers * Took ad network from 0->20k impressions per day * Helped company from $30k raise -> $1M raise -> $5M raise



Buzz Robotics

• Founder

  • Mar 2019 - Jan 2021

  We're building the barbershop of the future. June 2019 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20655681 December 2019 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21804089 March 2020 - https://twitter.com/manishsinhaha/status/1239581765024399360 We're building the barbershop of the future. June 2019 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20655681 December 2019 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21804089 March 2020 - https://twitter.com/manishsinhaha/status/1239581765024399360



On Deck

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Fellow

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  ODF1 ODF1



Braid

• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

• Co-founder & CTO

  • Sep 2016 - Sep 2017

  * Shipped a Google Chrome Extension in the form of a React application inside a JS extension widget. * Shipped a backend built in Django using the Django REST Framework. * Shipped a Slack bot that interfaced with our backend. * Performed customer interviews and decided on product strategy with our CEO. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/braid/hefhmdpdiemkipkgibpfdikphjibhpok?q=rss&itemlang=en-US * Shipped a Google Chrome Extension in the form of a React application inside a JS extension widget. * Shipped a backend built in Django using the Django REST Framework. * Shipped a Slack bot that interfaced with our backend. * Performed customer interviews and decided on product strategy with our CEO. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/braid/hefhmdpdiemkipkgibpfdikphjibhpok?q=rss&itemlang=en-US



Qhojo

• South Africa
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Mar 2013 - Feb 2014

  Peer to peer marketplace for renting camera gear. postmortem: http://dopeboy.github.io/Lessons/ Peer to peer marketplace for renting camera gear. postmortem: http://dopeboy.github.io/Lessons/



Morgan Stanley

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technology Associate

  • 2011 - 2013

  Corporate & Post Trade Technology. Strategy Challenge 2012 Corporate & Post Trade Technology. Strategy Challenge 2012



The White House

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technology / Ops Staff Assistant

  • 2010 - 2011

  Presidential Personnel Office. Helped create an in-house ATS for our staff to fill for politically appointed positions. Presidential Personnel Office. Helped create an in-house ATS for our staff to fill for politically appointed positions.