Aakhil Fardeen
FounderFounder at Worksphere · Founder at Lish
Seattle, Washington, United States
FoundedLishWorksphere · YC
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About
Aakhil Fardeen held product leadership roles at Amazon, where he oversaw the e-textbooks business, and at Zillow. He previously co-founded Lish, a company he scaled to $12M in revenue. He holds an electrical engineering degree and an MBA from Dartmouth.
Founder at WorksphereYC W21
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YC
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Theresa KlaassenFounder
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Mark PiperFounder
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Experience
- LishCofounder and CEOcurrent2024 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- EnvoyHead of Product, Platform2022 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
- WorksphereCofounder and CEO2020 — 2022Greater Seattle Area
- LishCofounder and CEO2014 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
- ZillowDirector, Product Management2013 — 2014Greater Seattle Area
- Amazon.comPrincipal Product Manager, Kindle Education2010 — 2013Greater Seattle Area
- Amazon.comSr. Product Manager, Canada2008 — 2010Greater Seattle Area
- Amazon.comProduct Management Intern, Display Advertising2007Greater Seattle Area
- Tata Consultancy ServicesSoftware Programmer Analyst2002 — 2006Minneapolis, Denver and Chennai
Skills & more
Product Management33Product Development13Analytics23Cross-functional Team Leadership10PricingPricing Strategy1Product Marketing4Business Strategy7E-commerce5Agile Methodologies1Marketing Strategy9Management10
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Aakhil Fardeen?
- Aakhil Fardeen held product leadership roles at Amazon, where he oversaw the e-textbooks business, and at Zillow. He previously co-founded Lish, a company he scaled to $12M in revenue. He holds an electrical engineering degree and an MBA from Dartmouth.
- Where does Aakhil Fardeen work?
- Aakhil Fardeen is Founder of Lish and Founder at Worksphere.
- What companies did Aakhil Fardeen found?
- Aakhil Fardeen founded Lish, Worksphere.
- Where did Aakhil Fardeen go to school?
- Aakhil Fardeen studied at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (MBA); University of Madras (Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electronics and Communication Engineering).
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Also attended The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth324
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Shared employers
Also worked at Lish4
Also worked at Envoy8
Matt MurphyPartner at Menlo VenturesVítor LourencoPartner at ExpaLarry GadeaAngelAsa MillerFounder at Brave CareTheresa KlaassenFounder at WorksphereMark PiperFounder at Worksphere
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