Feedback
Finding the right mentors changed everything for my startup.
As an engineer turned entrepreneur, I understood feedback was crucial, but I wasn’t getting the quality I needed when it mattered most. Building a product company in 2011 Bangalore presented an extreme challenge. The city’s known for BPOs and service tech, not the kind of product mentors I was searching for; people who really understood web-scale solutions, product-market fit, and strategic thinking.
I spent months networking at conferences and collecting introductions through friends and family. Eventually, I found a small group of advisors who became my compass through every pivot and career decision.
Who am I? 🧐
Engineer -> Product Manager -> Founder.
Deeply thinking about Product and tech since 2011, and privileged to have worked on products & platforms used by billions of people across the world. You can read more about my professional journey here.
Who is this for? 👩🎓👨💼👩💻👳
- Entrepreneurs looking for early feedback on their ideas
- Engineers / PMs looking to startup
- Startups looking for expertise or 🌱capital
What’s in it for me 😇
- A chance to give back to the community, what I have received in plenty over the years
- Connect with the community of founders, product managers, hackers, and change makers of tomorrow.
How does it work? 📅📄✉️
- Send me an email (itsmeritesh at gma..).
- Important: communicate clearly what you expect from me in our time together.
- Include any decks, demos, apps, that I should see. If everything checks out, I’ll schedule a 45 minute phone-call/video session.
- I might bring friends along if I think they have a perspective you should hear.
Have others found it useful?
You can see feedback scores from previous participants and more metrics about this here in my retrospective.
FAQs
- Will I meet everyone who signs up? If I feel like I have nothing meaningful to contribute, I’ll let you know early and not waste both our time.
- Will I sign an NDA to see your pitch deck? I’m happy to if you feel strongly about it.
- What timezone am I based in? Pacific Standard/Daylight Time (California, USA)
- What can I expect from these sessions? I will mostly help answer your questions and point you to the right resources.
- what can I discuss during these sessions? Anything. You can talk about your product, ideas, growth, starting up, raising capital and more.