Ravi Kikan

United We Care

Leading, building and disrupting mental health innovation with Generative AI technology at United We Care.

Part of the founding team at United We Care, a startup powered by Generative AI deep tech and focussed at mental health and wellness. We have created the first digital human virtual global coach - Stella, who has a gold standard intent detection rate at 94.7% (F1 Score)

What global problem are we trying to solve ?

We shifting gears through Generative AI to ensure our tech powered products are made globally accessible, affordable and efficacy driven for mental health for billions around the world. Our products are aligned for healthcare systems, employers, clinics, clinicians and retail customers at large.

Am currently leading global GTM planning, content, digital, product marketing, corporate communications, business development, business structuring and execution for products/services currently focussed at North American and Global markets.

If you are an enterprise, payer/insurance or a healthcare system globally who is wanting to ensure that your workforce is mentally agile, productive or you are a healthcare system, clinic, individual clinican, therapist who wants to build a great practice via Clinical Copilot product - feel free to reach out to me at ravi@unitedwecare.com

Global Chief Marketing Officer

NASSCOM Insights

https://community.nasscom.in/advisory-board

Advisory Board Member

Centre for Incubation and Business Acceleration

Helping seed stage and early stage startups in growthhacking and mentoring entrepreneurs to get to the next level.

If you are a startup and wanting to accelerate your business at CIBA, Goa, please feel free to connect with me.

Mentor

MentorEdge ( A CIIE- IIM-A initiative)

>  Mentoring & helping seed and early stage startups across sectors
>  Helping in Ideation>Incubation>Implementation of new ventures
>  Jury panel member at The Power of Ideas 2018, 2012 and 2010 (http://www.ideas.economictimes.com)

ZingHR

I set up the complete marketing & growth function from ground zero. 

I also led the new CIP (Corporate Identity Program) for the new branding makeover for ZingHR for a more global outlook which was rolled out in October of 2021. Instrumental in also setting up the SMB market HRTech product branding and rollout. I also set up the channel sales program, network and allied teams across India, SEA and GCC.

As part of the leadership team, I spearhead New Growth Avenues, GTM Planning, Digital Sales, Marketing, PR, Corporate Communications, Product & Regional Launches & International Business Expansion.

Director - Marketing, Online Sales & Growth 

ZingHR is an HRTech venture accelerated at Microsoft, with more than 600+ employees, 900+ customers, 1.6 Million + Active Users across the globe.

ZingHR offers a complete automation of the end to end processes in HRTech through Artificial Intelligence, Machine and Deep Learning algorithms which helps to improve employee performance and drives a process efficiency in recruitment, offers ease of leave, attendance, payroll and claim management.

ZingHR is one of the few global ventures which offers almost all web/mobile based modules from Hire to Retire Solutions with state of the art tech supporting those applications. ZingHR has some 35+ amazing products focussed at the complete lifecycle of the employee from digital onboarding to their exit.

Head Of Marketing & Growth 

Amazon

Here is an extraordinary real life story of the unseen metaphysical close bond in the unknown universal cosmos including grandmas and grandpas bag of stories.

My new book - To The Trees With Love

If you have love for the unknown or you believe in the cosmic lineage of goodwill or simply if you have had that undying love for your family/grandparents this book might just be for you. Read this story out to kids, teenagers or share this with your friends, parents, family, grandparents or just best keep this with you as I have treasured this through all these years.

Pre order this book here https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0B4WNGHTN
My previous books on startups - https://www.amazon.in/Ravi-Kikan/e/B07JFZ29R8

Looking forward to your love, support, reviews and suggestions.

Startup Author - To The Trees With Love

Many ventures globally fail because they don't validate their startup business idea before launching. 

Don't Do This, Don't Let Anyone Do This.

How To Validate Your Startup Business Idea is a book for everyone like a budding entrepreneur, homemaker, student, corporate employee, professional who is planning to startup a new business venture.

The content in this book includes my learnings from working with many startups and experiences coming from many global investors, serial entrepreneurs and startup specialists. This also includes my first hand experience of interacting with one of the largest global startup community that I manage on LinkedIn - Startup Specialists Group, which has around 300,000 members. 

Many global experts, mentors, investors, entrepreneurs and startups have also contributed to this book and shared their point of view on How To Validate Your Startup Business Idea.

Here are the quick links for the book:

Amazon India:     https://amzn.to/2A7KwDn  
Amazon Global:  https://amzn.to/2yBrW4q

Would love to interact with anyone who has read the book to discuss their startup business idea validation. Its a small crisp book with practical tips so that no one gets bored :)

Startup Author - How To Validate Your Startup Business Idea 

Everyone has the ability to change their lives - at home, work or business.

The ability to change however requires a " whole amount of will, thoughts to unlearn and relearn and a growth mindset to get things done". Without a growth mindset you are most likely to be less progressive and enterprising in whatever you do.

Working with many successful leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals globally I have found that anyone's life can change the moment they start thinking that they have the ability to change it.

Successful and happy people get things done, they don't sit and brood , they just get up and start living and stop brooding.

Who is this book for ?

You should pick this book if you fall under any of these categories and who has been itching for long to create his or her own version of success in life, work or business -

Student
Teacher
Aspiring Entrepreneur
Founder
Professional 
Homemaker 
Entrepreneur
Startups
Small Business Owner

or anyone for that matter who is hell bent on changing their life with a progressive mindset and achieve their own versions of success through following a structured growth mindset development. 

This book - Don't sit and brood - Start living and Stop brooding - is for that hungry soul and mind who is not willing to give up, ever and always looking at the silver lining in the sky as the eternal pessimist.

Startup Author - Don't Sit and Brood - Stop Brooding, Start Living

Whether you are a startup, small business owner, an aspiring entrepreneur or a growth bound venture, this book will give you effective tips on how you can have a growth mindset and prepare for raising funds.

Why this book?

Keep in mind during any phase of business specially tough ones, nothing comes as close as taking some tips from seasoned investors, global experts, aspiring startups and serial entrepreneurs who have walked the path or are walking the path as we talk. This book will help you in this unknown journey.

Startup Author - How To Raise Funds Like A Rockstar : Self Help Easy Tips For Startups

I published my second book Bounce Back Now : How Can Startups, Small Business Owners & Aspiring Entrepreneurs Bounce Back & Grow In Tough Times like this pandemic Covid19

It has been trending as the top seller on Amazon.

This book might come handy for professionals, aspiring & existing entrepreneurs who are sailing in these unprecedented times and now looking to bounce back & grow.The suggestions in the book have been handpicked as “practical actionable tips” to help people bounce back and understand organic growth for self and business even during tough times like this pandemic.

This book also addresses a very pertinent cause close to my heart.

It is my endeavor to support startups & individuals who might be in a closed state of mind, pessimistic, depressed or might have failed in their previous efforts of whatever those might be. Having gone through the same time and again, I feel this is a key thing to be addressed. This is like the elephant in the house. The content in this book is also about hope which is beyond just business

Why this book ?

When you are struggling, the best thing you can do is to reach out to people who can share hope and can guide you to the right direction. Reaching out to people who already have experienced that state of mind or have had multiple experiences in the same domain can give you a great understanding on how unchartered territories would most likely be. This lays the foundation of a bounce back mindset both for growth & scaling up. 

This book addresses that.

Feel free to share & read.  Bounce Back Now is now available on 

Amazon India https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08C5ML12G 
Amazon Global  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08C5ML12G

Startup Author - Bounce Back Now  - Awesome Self Help Tips For Aspiring Entrepreneurs  & Startups 

Plus Offices

I set up and was leading Plus Offices brand in India. 

We helped Startups, SMBs, Enterprises in providing them Customised Offices, Managed Offices and CoWorking facilities. The first facility at Sector 44 ha been working at 95% occupancy & then expanded to a massive new 250,000 sq ft facility at Sector 67, Gurugram. Over 150+ Growth Bound Startups & 1000+ coworkers were working from our both facilities.

The whole objective is to bring a great experience for the person who is working at our facility so that he or she is more productive. 

Some of the fastest growing ventures were working with us in our facilities.

Chief Operating Officer

Startup in Stealth Mode

Advising the startup in setting up their business operations, teams and organizational structure across India.

The startup is focussed at building traditional and alternate products/services in the education sector specifically in the K12 space.

Board Advisor

Panaesha Capital Pte. LTD.

Panaesha Capital is a Singapore based Fintech company which will be launching some very interesting products and services in the Fintech, Crypto, Blockchain & White Label solutions space. In the near future some great innovative products would also be rolled out. Currently the company has offices in 7 countries.

I had been advising the management on the set up and growth strategy from ground zero.

Board Advisor & COO

I have a passion for advising progressive founders, leaders, entrepreneurs, startups and aspiring entrepreneurs by infusing speed to scale their business. 

I have over 24 years of experience across the tech, deep tech, AI and non tech industries, and I've led functions as a CXO, including marketing, business growth, finance, fund raising, product management, design, sales, business development, cx, operations and technology led growth. I've helped dozens of companies and founders achieve their business goals across India, APAC/SEA, UAE, EU and US Markets. 

I'm also the author of 6 books and I'm always happy to connect with founders, entrepreneurs, leaders, startups and aspiring ones to share my knowledge. I have also been a 4X entrepreneur myself and that has given me impetus to unlearn - relearn and bring hustle to the table.

If you're someone who is planning to startup or are looking to scale your business or build large scale global communities, I encourage you to connect with me. I'd love to learn more about your business/vision and see how I can help you grow and scale up. Just leave a message in my inbox.

Here are some of my accomplishments:

-  Helped grow businesses from $0 to $10 million in top line in just one year
-  Led teams from an IC role to 1000+ employees across multiple locations
-  Launched several successful products and services across the globe
-  Built cross functional and startup teams in record time
-  Built and moderating the largest community of startups with 1 million + members

I'm passionate about:

-  Mentoring teams to collaborate and hit the goals
-  Sharing my knowledge and experience
-  Solving complex challenges and problems
-  Design and implement contemporary projects at scale 
-  Community building and scaling 

I'm always up for a great conversation, so don't hesitate to reach out to me. You can follow me here on LinkedIn or email me on kikanbooks@gmail.com.

You can also follow me on X  @  https://twitter.com/ravikikan

National HRD Network

The National HRD Network is an association of professionals committed to promoting better rights of people in all forms of employment in the country and enhancing the capability of human resource professionals and teams in order to enable them make an impactful contribution to enhancing competitiveness and creating value for society at large. Towards this end, National HRD Network was set up in 1986 at Ahmedabad. Currently, there are about 30 chapters, which together have over 9,800+ members.
It  is committed to the development of human resources through education, training, research and experience sharing. The network is managed by various industry professionals in an honorary capacity, stemming from their interest in contributing to better people development and growth

Business Mentor

ad:tech India

As Adtech and Martech continue to grow in the industry, the largest convention of the same which is Adtech,India that's been happening for over a decade now and has been shaping the lives of many and creating opportunities across the ecosystem, it's an honor to be back in the board while it's not just this one Summit but we continue to help grow the industry, provide platforms for new talent and continue to  work through new emerging tech and as part of the Board we will collectively drive the same

Board Member

NITI Aayog

While a large portion of NITI Ayog is to evangelise, educate, co-create through the Government and it's various initiatives and the corporates there's also the need to create tons of entrepreneurs and students who can make that difference becoming those. Playing a role of thus educating thousands of young minds and creating opportunities of being self employed/ running their own startups through the right skill development with a focus on Digital First, Tech and Digital Marketing across the smallest cities of India

Education Mentor

CitrusAd

Leading the region I am responsible for sharing and expanding the fast-growing footprint of the CitrusAd platform into new retail and e-commerce partnerships, putting control of monetization programs into the hands of retailers, creating opportunities through various channels/ types for e-commerce media for advertisers/ brands and their agency partners also looking for ease of deployment, ease of operation and analytics, and creating the most relevant experience for customers in the process.

Head- India and SEA

Appriffy-Digital IT Hub(Your's Hiring & Tech Partner)

Appriffy-Digital IT Hub : A marketplace to hire developers On-Hourly, On-Demand and On-Project Basis. Appriffy team help Individuals, Startups and Enterprises to build their world-class Tech products.

Appriffy Labs : India’s Fastest Growing Startup Studio, which is an Initiative of Appriffy - Digital IT Hub Pvt. Ltd. that works on a concept of part-cash and part-equity with various startups.
A Startup that helps in building other startups. Appriffy Labs will help early-stage startups and mid-stage companies with their creative strategy, process, and culture. We will work with selected startup founders in Part-Cash and Part-Equity format to help entrepreneurs in terms of Technology, Office Space, Legal and Financial Support and access to funding through our various tie ups Angels, Seed and Venture Capitalists.
Appriffy has an In-House team of experts working across various Mobile and Web Development, Testing, UI and UX, Operational Strategy, Brand Creation and Awareness, GTM and Leading Experts Advisors and Mentors.

Director

I-COM Global

I-COM is a Global Association helping its 400 plus member companies to achieve competitive advantage in Smart Data Marketing, the art of creatively leveraging value from Data to create competitive advantage in products, user experience and promotion. Responsible for evangelizing and setting up various local members and teams in India- South Asia and creating forums, learning sessions, awards all in the emphasis of Data Driven Marketing.

Vice Chairman-India

Integral Ad Science

Lead the global ad-technology company that offers data and solutions to establish a safer, more effective advertising ecosystem for India and South Asia and successfully launched IAS into the market and the region.
Worked with a plethora of Global marketers and a host local brands along with their various marketing agency partners across a gamut of solutions across desktop, mobile, OTT, Connected TV and more. Offering ad-tech solutions and a host of products and customized technology for various media publishers and content platforms in the region too making IAS the preferred technology partner within a span of just a year. Worked across teams of the leading global brands and the partner agencies like Intel, IBM, Citibank, Unilever, Amex, Standard Chartered, GSK, CocaCola, LVMH, Mastercard, Visa, Ford, Diageo, J&J, Microsoft, Nissan, Facebook, Lufthansa, Philips, Volvo, Jaguar, Mercedes, Pepsico, HP, Estee Lauder, SC Johnson, Biersdorf etc
Partnered Global Media Publishers like Google, Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, Linkedin, Twitter, Spotify, etc offering various proprietary technology, tools, reporting and measurement thus within the industry.

India, South Asia Lead

Reliance Entertainment and Digital

Leading the Digital Marketing and Transformation for the overall Reliance ADA Group at the Corporate level, being responsible for digital products, content, ecommerce, platforms, technology partners and also responsible in the group for setting up the Digital and New Media Advertising Agency for Reliance ADA Group, that is a full service 360 degrees marketing company offering services in data, direct, media planning and buying, strategy and account planning, creative, search, social media, wireless, mobile, programmatic, analytics, content, syndication, on ground and digital activation, phygital with teams across talent pools/ verticals and having offices across key Indian metros.

Business Head

World Wide Open

Leading the Digital Marketing,Advertising and Overall Business for this Reliance ADA Group Company which has people across leading cities in India working in various domains of Design, Art, UI, UX,Media Planning and Buying,Customer Journey, Search, Social Media, Data, Analytics, CRM, Mobile Marketing, Direct Marketing, Performance, Activation,etc.
Today Digital and Technology is changing everything.That’s why WWO helps business make the most of it to re-imagine how they serve their connected customers and how they operate their always on enterprises. We offer complete, integrated digital business and technology services—digital marketing, mobility and analytics and completely help businesses be marketed, run, grow and perform.

Founder and Head

Span Digital

Creating and leading a team of young minds across India through Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore who are able to combine creativity and technology thereby helping Brands and Companies across various business verticals to leverage on those skills.Offering complete new media and communication solutions to clients-that include website development, technology solutions, media strategy-planning-buying, social media, search marketing, mobile marketing, activation.A lot of our clients are financial ones like ICICI, HDFC, SBI, Indiabulls, Bajaj Finance to a lot of home grown indigenous brands that we have also grown with be it in areas of retail, FMCG, pharma, education,real estate, hospitality.Working with a bunch of state/ Govt run companies and getting them latched to digital is surely a proud feeling. Travel is another large vertical of focus working with a number of Indian States including "God's own country" that we won through a massive pitch,hotels,international travel boards like Visit Britain.
The key philosophy being " working with the client" and not " working for the client".Having an integral way of working with our clients and thinking clearly for their business goals has been our embargo.

Founder and CEO

A penchant for advertising, media and communications drove me to the industry and have been with it for over about 24 +years now, learning each day.
Have essayed leadership roles in print, digital, television, OOH,content and also the invention of wireless and telephony revenue with the pioneer show- Indian Idol that started it all! 
There is a also a bit of a creative thinker inside of me and it has helped in various roles and responsibilities, creating products, platforms and solutions for clients and companies both at each end.
Having worked with startups and given shape to their businesses, revenue streams ,brand has always given me a high. Being founder member of Rediff.com was a significant learning point in my graph. 
Building teams, leaders and making them grow as clearly think that people management is critical in organisations
A large part of my innings have been with new media and technology and understanding how it impacts consumers. Continually been involved in various companies to try and get them to look at new media/ digital as part of the overall marketing mix as it is critical and integral for any company today to look at overall media with the new media being integrated into it.
Regular speaker at various international/ Indian/ local summits, conferences, events in areas of brand, strategy, technology, digital media, content, strategy, omni-channel, mobile marketing, etc.
Board member to various associations, marketing chapters, advertising associations.
Visiting faculty to various global and Indian leading management, technology and other institutes.

Specialties: Negotiation, Strong interpersonal and Communication skills, Business acumen, Drive, Team-building ,Marketing- sales, Advertising- Media, Brand Building with Creative bent,Digital Media Intelligence, Working with brands and companies in various geographies of Asia and the US,Integration,Innovative thinking, Building and running teams, processes and people for companies with focus on P&L

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