Hi, I am Tanmay.

Past life

1. 2025 onwards

   Back in India

   • /Returned to India after a decade abroad
   • /Co-founder at Emoneeds
   • /Began angel investing
   • /Started building sc3ne
   • /Continued writing through this website and Business & Pleasure
   • /Continued music and DJing through Tanny Beats

   All Roads Lead Home (Eventually)If you're a founder, find your version of the reception desk.“Why do I need therapy? I'm not going through anything that serious.”

2. 2023 to 2025 · 📍 Chicago 🇺🇸

   Kellogg MBA and the multi-city year

   • /MBA, Kellogg School of Management
   • /MS in Design, Northwestern University
   • /Guitarist for the Rocket Pockets, fulfilling my lifelong dream of becoming a rock star
   • /Summer 2024 internship at Google, YouTube Music, in New York City
   • /Winter 2025 in San Francisco for a winter immersion, working on an AI thesis for mental health for Emoneeds
   • /Travelled to more than 10 countries during this period

   Everything I Dreamed, and MoreWhy MBA?Crushing the MBA PM Interview

3. 2019 to 2023 · 📍 Tokyo 🇯🇵

   Tokyo and the Rakuten years

   • /Worked at Rakuten as a Product Manager
   • /Led product pro bono at mymizu
   • /Launched Encore, a productivity and personal growth app · How it started
   • /Founded Japan Product Camp, a one-of-a-kind Product Management bootcamp for college students and young professionals in Japan
   • /Revived ProductTank Tokyo, the largest English-speaking Product Management community in Tokyo, during COVID
   • /Visited more than 30 prefectures in Japan
   • /Started producing music

   My Japan RecsSelected works in Product ManagementUnderstanding Data and User Behaviour to Encourage Sustainability Through Technology

4. 2015 to 2019 · 📍 Hong Kong 🇭🇰

   Undergrad at HKUST

   • /B.Eng in Computer Science
   • /Entrepreneurship minor
   • /Exchange semester at the University of Southern California
   • /Captained the English Debate Team
   • /Brother of the Chi Phi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi

   How I stumbled into my dream job as a Product Manager