About
Rakesh Goyal is co-founder and CEO of Velt. He previously spent nine years as a Product Manager at Google, where he worked on AR integration in Maps and Search.
Founder at VeltYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Rakesh went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner β the partner who ran Velt's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Rakesh can intro founders to Velt's investors below.
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Experience
- VeltFounder & CEOcurrent2020 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleProduct Manager, Augmented Reality2018 β 2020Mountain View, California
- GoogleProduct Manager, Access2017 β 2018Mountain View, California
- GoogleProduct Manager, Next Billion Users2016 β 2017Mountain View, California
- GoogleProduct Manager, Payments2015 β 2016Mountain View, California
- GoogleProduct Experience and Innovation Program Manager, AdWords2014 β 2016Mountain View, California
- GoogleDesign Thinking and Technical Trainer2014 β 2016Mountain View, California
- GoogleSMB Innovation and Technology Lead, AdWords2012 β 2014Hyderabad, India
- GoogleOnline Specialist, AdWords2011 β 2012Hyderabad, India
Skills & more
Velt (YC)2Superflow1Product Management8Entrepreneurship10Strategy5Business Strategy9Marketing Strategy8Market Research13Business Development9Marketing2Android Development1Java
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PythonJavaScriptAngularJSGoogle AdwordsDesign ThinkingTeam ManagementInnovation ManagementLanguages English Β· Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rakesh Goyal?
- Rakesh Goyal is co-founder and CEO of Velt. He previously spent nine years as a Product Manager at Google, where he worked on AR integration in Maps and Search.
- Where does Rakesh Goyal work?
- Rakesh Goyal is Founder of Velt.
- What companies did Rakesh Goyal found?
- Rakesh Goyal founded Velt.
- Where did Rakesh Goyal go to school?
- Rakesh Goyal studied at Y Combinator (YC W22); Harvard Business School Online (Certification, Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen); Stanford University (Certification, Stanford Advanced Project Management).
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