More about Sumit Gupta
Co-Founder - AntWalk (YC W'22, Google Accelerator - 2020),FRM, CFA L-3 Candidate, Asst Prof, Ex-Corporate Banker
Building a social learning platform for working professionals by leveraging the knowledge of the community i.e. working professionals. A social learning platform where an early working professional can learn real-life work-related examples from multitudes of seniors and get inspired to become better in the job.
An initiative to make education truly empowering, AntWak is experimenting with social learning, where we learn from experiences of others who have "been there and done that". While the peer experts leave their footprints behind, millions who are looking to get into their shoes benefit from it.
We are reaching out to outstanding professionals who have achieved success in their roles and would like to share their experiences with others.
If you feel that you have an incredible story to tell, please reach out to me.
Together everyone achieves more.
[email protected]
Building a social learning platform for working professionals by leveraging the knowledge of the community i.e. working professionals. A social learning platform where an early working professional can learn real-life work-related examples from multitudes of seniors and get inspired to become better in the job.
An initiative to make education truly empowering, AntWak is experimenting with social learning, where we learn from experiences of others who have "been there and done that". While the peer experts leave their footprints behind, millions who are looking to get into their shoes benefit from it.
We are reaching out to outstanding professionals who have achieved success in their roles and would like to share their experiences with others.
If you feel that you have an incredible story to tell, please reach out to me.
Together everyone achieves more.
[email protected]
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