Grew up in a small town and had to work extra hard to get my foot in the door working on cool tech startups. My first job at age 15 was fixing iPhone screens in the mall. Then I scooped ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery and bussed tables at a local airport restaurant to pay for college. 

After football practice in high school I'd be learning how to code on CodeAcademy. People thought I was a nerd. 

Fast forward 10 years -- I've built multiple apps, b2b SaaS, internet businesses, websites, and e-commerce businesses that have generated over $100m collectively. 

I got to work remotely, travel to 12+ countries, invest in real estate and stocks and built a fruitful living for myself. 

Learning how to build apps changed my life. Now I’m on a mission to teach 10,000 people how to build apps.

Alim Charaniya

In 2019, I joined PrizePicks as employee #19, Head Mobile Engineer, when the app only had 5000 users.

This weekend, we celebrated PrizePicks acquisition by Allwyn for a mind boggling $2.5 (potentially $4.15) BILLION DOLLARS!!! 

Ready for the story? Let’s go!

At the time I joined, we were regrowing through a hyper-scale phase — and there were no sports on TV.

Post-COVID, my parents thought I was crazy for joining a sports startup when the entire sports world had shut down.

But my little brother and I played $50 worth of PrizePicks… and immediately hit our first entry for a $150 profit.

That was the moment I knew: this thing was going to be big..

I still remember the call with Jay Deuskar  and Adam Wexler :

“Can you rebuild the entire PrizePicks mobile app in 10 weeks before football season?”

I said, “You bet I will.”

For the next 10 weeks, I worked 14-hour days rebuilding the entire mobile app from the ground up. At the time, we had about 2,000 weekly active users, and the business was staying alive through esports action.

We rebuilt:
• The entire onboarding flow
• The monetization engine
• The core mobile experience

The app only had 20 screens.

20 screens.

But those 20 screens powered the next $100M+ in revenue while I was hands on the app, every single day. 

I was watching thousands of users join PrizePicks every day, and our payment processor blasting, via an app that I built with Ziyan Prasla and Adam Blaschke  

From there, it was an absolute movie. A rollercoaster. Every month the chart just went up and to the right.

But what people don’t see are the downturns.

The stress.
The uncertainty.
The moments we could have sold.
The moments we didn’t know how much bigger this could get.

Adam Wexler  is one of the most relentless founders I’ve ever met. A visionary with ruthless conviction over the product. There were many times we could have exited early — but Adam always believed the TAM was bigger than anyone realized.

And he was right.

Over three years, we scaled from a scrappy team of 19 to 300+ employees. I eventually departed when the company had grown beyond the stage where I thrive most.

But that ride changed my life.

It changed my family’s life.

It rooted me in Atlanta — a vibrant, business-forward city where I plan to build for years to come.

I’ve met incredible investors.
Made lifelong friends.
And still to this day, people don’t believe me when I say I rebuilt the PrizePicks app.

I’ll wear PrizePicks on my chest for the rest of my life.

Before signing off, I need to thank:

My mom, my dad, my little brother, and my fiancée — for believing in me when the cash salary wasn’t glamorous and the bet felt risky.

Shoutout to Andrew Steinberg , Aaron Holland , and Robert S Beadle  for making the introduction when I needed a change after my first startup.

And most importantly, thank you to Adam Wexler  and Jay Deuskar  for taking a bet on me.

Shoutout PrizePicks.
Shoutout Atlanta.

On to building the next one. 🚀

Founder, CloserCoach.ai | Scaling Sales Teams With AI | Ex-PrizePicks Early Engineer

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Droom

• Launched self-serve Rental category, enabling sellers to list inventory independently, resulting in 18,000+ listings and onboarding 100+ sellers within the first month.
• Launched Driver App to track ride and generated 7-8% more revenue on each rental order by charging overage within the system. 
• Built AI-driven seller screening system verifying 100+ parameters during onboarding, reducing manual effort by 80%.
• Upgraded FCTS algorithm to improve search ranking and visibility of automobile listings to provide better search results.
• Steering the Seller and Buyer Experience at Droom's Marketplace, managing a portfolio of 10+ core products across Automobiles, Auto Parts & Accessories, and Auto Ancillary & Certification Services.

Product

University Living

Attracted 50,000+ users by creating multiple hooks on both mobile app & website which increased the lead flow by 3%.
Developed an advanced CMS to help fulfillment team in finding lead for property, resulting in 20% increase in efficiency.
Talked to 30 users to understand their problems & analyzed various data patterns to find insights to grow apartments.

Product Intern

NextLeap

Product Fellow

AutoDoc

Did on field research to understand the needs of the user
Build a platform which helps companies create documentation directly from their github repo.

Product Designer

Dalhousie University

• Under professor Derek Reilly, researching in space syntax, storytelling and narrative experience
• Worked on StoryCreatAR tool, tested 2 AR Story on Oculus & deployed on Hololens.
• Managed FreeLab sessions, providing guidance and leadership skills to 10-12 architecture students.
• Worked with developers & architecture students to develop a story based game to demonstrate narrative experiences, deployed on Microsoft Hololens, presented in front of 15-20 people.

Visiting Researcher

Hurrey

• Conducted research, user survey, and 10 interviews to uncover user requirements for a Math-solving application.
• Collaborated with a team of developers and designers to create the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) of the application.
• Implemented gamification techniques to engage the application's target audience of K-12 students.
• Pitched about Hurrey & how it can help NCERT and government to track student progress so that the governing body can take decisions based on latest data in front of NCERT Director and panel of 8 deciding members

Product Design & Management

HirePulse

Took part in a design challenge and scored 3rd position in UI Design Challnege. After that I got a chance to develop the new website on webflow.

Webflow Developer

Ambitious App

Helping the team in building a great presence online with my designing and development skills. Developed the landing page for the application. 
Designed and developed blogs page and integrated it with webflow CMS.

Traveey Technologies

Have worked as a part of core team and build the design for Version 1. Mostly worked in designing user interfaces on figma and getting myself familiarized with a bit of product management.

User Experience Designer

GrowLease

As GrowLease is an investment platform, I have worked on their product from scratch and on their website as well. Drafted wireframes and produced an awesome platform which can be used by users in an easy way. I was also involved with engineering team for developing the website and platform.

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the web. I hope you like it here :)

I am Ankit Jha, a final year B.Tech undergrad student from Delhi University pursing my major in Information Technology, and Minor in Management. I am an aspiring product design manager & currently based in Delhi, India. 

You must be wondering of why being from technical background, I chosen product field rather than going for more technical roles. When Covid-19 hit, my first year of college moved online. Rather than waste my time, I explored different fields like web development, cybersecurity, and game development. While working on freelance web development projects, I found myself increasingly drawn to frontend and UI design. That's when I was introduced to UI/UX and realized I had found my passion. Today, I'm a product designer with experience in design, development, and management. While working as a designer, I found that I can help the team being in the managerial position as I know how to code, design and generate revenue for any product. ‍‍

Currently I work with startups to create delightful experiences for their customers by understanding their pain points, brainstorming solutions, creating roadmaps, designing the product, collaborating with engineers to ship right product, and sometimes I even like to take part in marketing aspect of product. ‍

When I am not designing then you will find me in park (completing my daily 10,000 steps), enjoying with local kids, or listening music on spotify (I was best than 96% of listeners in 2022)‍

Got questions, or just wanna chat about design, product, or music? I'd love to hear from you!

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