Ishan Sharma

Ishan Sharma

San Francisco Bay Area
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I'm a Cal alum interested in tech, government, and entrepreneurship. On the side, you can…

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Experience

  • SellScale Graphic

    SellScale

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    Mountain View, CA

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    San Francisco, CA

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    San Francisco, CA

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    Menlo Park, CA

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    San Jose, CA

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    San Jose, CA

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    Cupertino, CA

Education

Volunteer Experience

  • DailyDropout.FYI Graphic

    Editor In Chief

    DailyDropout.FYI

    - Present 3 years 10 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Venture studio featuring the world's best startups.
    - 100k+ readers across aiml.fyi, webthree.fyi, and dailydropout.fyi
    - Previous newsletter sponsors include Time, Forbes, Notion, and Amazon
    - Angel investing alongside firms like Bain Capital, Kleiner Perkins, and more

  • San Francisco Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation Graphic

    Data & Design Lead

    San Francisco Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation

    - 3 months

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    Worked with public administrators from the San Francisco Office of Racial Equity in designing a blueprint for a citywide racial equity index to build a more just and collectively liberated San Francisco
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    https://www.innovation.sfgov.org/civic-bridge

  • Cal Alumni Association | UC Berkeley Graphic

    The Leadership Award - Interviewer

    Cal Alumni Association | UC Berkeley

    - Present 4 years 2 months

    Education

  • Kiva Graphic

    Pro-Bono Consultant

    Kiva

    Economic Empowerment

    • Recommended 2 social media strategies to increase conversion rates of first-time donors among millennials based on past data
    • Researched and presented to Kiva CEO, executive team a 40+ page deck on giving trends among millennials to guide their 2018 user acquisition strategy

  • Asian American Donor Program (AADP) Graphic

    Berkeley Site Leader

    Asian American Donor Program (AADP)

    - 2 months

    Health

  • Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) Graphic

    Oakland Grassroots Team

    Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll)

    - less than a year

    Economic Empowerment

Honors & Awards

  • Venture Capital Investment Competition - Global Finalist

    VCIC.org

    1st - UC Berkeley
    1st - Silicon Valley Regionals
    Global Finalist - UNC Chapel Hill (cancelled due to COVID-19)

    Global VCIC is the world’s largest venture capital competition with over 70 universities competing. VCIC is the only place where students get to be VCs for the day and startups get a due diligence immersion.

  • P&G CEO Challenge - North America Finalist

    Proctor & Gamble

    2nd / 250+ teams in North America

    The P&G Global CEO Challenge invites students to demonstrate their business skills in several real-world scenarios, showcasing the type of work they could do for P&G brands. Over 23,000 students from 40 countries compete

  • UC Berkeley Regents'​ and Chancellor's Scholar

    Undergraduate Scholarships, Prizes, and Honors Office

    Awarded the most prestigious scholarship awarded by the University of California, Berkeley, given to the top 200 entering undergraduates.

  • Leadership Award

    Cal Alumni Association

    Alumni Interviewer
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    Awarded:
    2019
    2018
    2017
    2016

  • Dean’s Startup Seed Grant

    Haas School of Business

    Awarded a $5,000 non-dilutive grant from the Dean’s Startup Seed Fund for starting Boxlet, a peer-to-peer storage solution for college students.

  • McDonald's "MyInspirAsian" Spokesperson: Rio 2016 Olympics

    McDonald's Corporation

    Selected as one of four Asian Americans to deliver a PSA about gymnastics legend Amy Chow for Asian Americans in 2016 Olympics.
    PSA viewable at: https://vimeo.com/174415911

  • Student Emissary

    Fremont Union High School District

    Selected as one of ten other students amongst nearly 11,000 high schoolers to represent my school (Cupertino High) for the Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD). A poster of myself will be permanently profiled in the FUHSD district office for the 2016-2017 academic school year. Award is chosen by Cupertino High School staff for well-roundedness and exemplifying a Cupertino Pioneer.

  • Best Stock Pick - Annual Coslet Wharton LBW Investing Competition

    Jonathan Coslet, Investor

    $5000 was donated in my name to the Wharton School of Business for winning first place in an investing challenge. My stock pick, Weibo, which gained the most percentage (+75%) over a period of 4 months (August 2015-December 2015). Analyzed macroeconomy, tech industry trends, company position, management team, momentum, valuation, and risk for my pick.

    Contrarian instincts were also involved.

  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Honoree

    NBC Bay Area

    Honored as one of five Asian Americans making a difference in the Bay Area community for 2015 by NBC Bay Area for my work in the M&M Project.

Languages

  • Hindi

    Limited working proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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