At LBB, we’re all about learning from the best! We’re back with another WYSIATI (what you see is all there is) Session at LBB’s brand new headquarters- this time, with Managing Director of Etsy’s operations in India, Himanshu Wardhan. Sign up for an interactive session with Himanshu and our co-founder Suchita, where we learn about Himanshu’s journey in setting up a business from scratch in India- at Etsy and Craftsvilla, failures he’s seen in E-Commerce.
WYSIATI Sessions: The Opportunity in SMBs & E-Commerce with Himanshu Wardhan (Etsy India, MD)
What’s Happening?
About Himanshu
Himanshu is a technology executive and entrepreneur with experience of building and leading businesses in India and the US. Currently Himanshu is the Managing Director for Etsy in India where he is heading the India business. His key focus is mobilising and empowering the creative community in India and connecting micro-entrepreneurs from different parts of the country to the world through the Etsy platform.
Himanshu has also been an entrepreneur based in Mountain View where he founded MentMo - a peer to peer mentorship and admission consulting platform. In his previous roles Himanshu was head of operations at Craftsvilla in Mumbai, sales strategy and operations lead at HP based in Palo Alto and a consultant with McKinsey in their US and India offices. At McKinsey, Himanshu advised Private Equity, Technology and Financial services clients on a wide range of topics.
Who’s It For?
In this hour long session, we’ll be covering a bunch of topics including:
Bringing SMBs in India online
Ecommerce: Shopping Vs Buying
Craftsvilla: Key learnings
Etsy: Year 1 of setting up the company, and what’s coming next
Himanshu’s built and been a part of 3 startups; we’ve got a lot to learn & ground to cover!