Akshay Lal
FounderCo-Founder & Head of Product at Playment
London Area, United Kingdom
FoundedPlayment · YC
About
Akshay Lal was co-founder and head of product at Playment, a company acquired by Telus Digital.
Co-Founder & Head of Product at PlaymentYC W17
Intro paths
YC
Akshay went through Y Combinator (Winter 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Experience
Skills & more
Product Management30Analytics29Data Science9Business Strategy24Databases4SQL8Data Analysis25RBusiness Process Improvement1E-commerce11Event ManagementMarketing5
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MerchandisingMarket ResearchCompetitive AnalysisMobile ApplicationsProject ManagementTeam ManagementEntrepreneurshipTeam LeadershipPythonStart-upsLanguages English · Hindi
- Getting and Cleaning Data — Coursera Course Certificates
- R Programming — Coursera Course Certificates
- The Data Scientist’s Toolbox — Coursera Course Certificates
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Akshay Lal?
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- What companies did Akshay Lal found?
- Akshay Lal founded Playment.
- Where did Akshay Lal go to school?
- Akshay Lal studied at Y Combinator; Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)); Campion School, Bhopal.
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