Shaik Farhana

PM Aspirant · Bangalore, India

Shaik
Farhana

Products are emotional before they are logical. I find the feeling that's broken — and build the fix.

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I think in
systems, act on
instinct.

BCom undergrad at Presidency University with a 9.05 CGPA — but the real education happened in the chaos of early-stage startups, investor pitches, and building products that solve real problems.

I don't just study products. I dissect them, stress-test them, and build proposals that hold up under scrutiny. I use AI tools to prototype and analyse faster — but every insight, decision, and framework is mine.

6 PM Case Studies
9.05 CGPA
BUSINESS Strategy · Finance · Growth UI/UX Research · Design TECH SQL · Python · Data me PM
Python
SQL
Power BI
Figma
Excel
Notion
Analytics
C
Canva
UX Research
RICE / PRD
AB
A/B Testing
G-Workspace
Founder · Zero-to-One · Real Traction
Built Two Products.
1,160 Users.
Zero Ads.
A-Part & KollegeKit — student founder's honest journey

Not a classroom project. Not a wireframe. Two fully functional apps built from personal frustration — a campus cofounder-matching platform and a verified college marketplace. Reached 1,160 weekly active users in Week 2 with zero paid marketing. Pure word of mouth. Verified Google Analytics.

1,160
Weekly Active Users
32.8K
Weekly Events
+19%
WoW Growth
50+
Users Surveyed
↓ Full Case Study
⚡ Directed with AI assistance
What Building This Taught Me
01
Team alignment is a product requirement
Before writing a line of code, every founder must understand not just what you're building — but why. Misaligned teams ship misaligned products.
02
User research before building — always
Surveyed 50+ students before building the Vibe Score feature. Privacy emerged as the #1 barrier. OTP-verified onboarding was built because of this, not despite it.
03
Data over assumptions — every time
Split user responses on chat duration led to extending trial chat. Not because it felt right — because the survey said so.
04
Discontinuation is not failure — it's honesty
Both products were sunset due to founding team misalignment. That's a real PM lesson: knowing when to stop is as important as knowing when to ship.
Recognition
🏛️ Ingenium 2024 — Presidency University Startup Fest
Presented A-Part as a registered startup · Presidency Launchpad (TBI) backed
Official Founder Badge · Dec 13, 2024
Settlement Status Intelligence Layer
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01
17 slides
Product-Directed · Built with Lovable AI View UI Prototype ⚡
Fintech · Razorpay
When Merchants' Money Disappears — And Nobody Explains Why
The Merchant Trust Crisis

Merchants' money frozen — no explanation, no action path, 120-day wait. A closed-loop trust system that fixes this.

Trust SystemsRICEMerchant UXFintech
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Dukaan IQ
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02
19 slides
Product-Directed · Built with Lovable AI View UI Prototype ⚡
E-commerce · Meesho
700,000 Sellers Operating Blind. I Built Their Eyes.
Flip the Intelligence Flywheel

Sellers failing silently with zero insights. A supply-side intelligence layer that gives sellers what only Meesho knows.

MarketplaceSupply-SideSeller IntelGMV
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Closing the Gap
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03
21 slides
Product-Directed · Built with Lovable AI View UI Prototype ⚡
Professional Platform · LinkedIn
LinkedIn Helps You Apply. I Built What Comes After.
Job Discovery → Career Outcome

3-layer system: Job Tracker (RICE 27,000) + Signal Intelligence + Career Guidance. MVP built + Chrome extension.

RICE: 27,000MVP BuiltChrome Extension
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SwiggyETA+
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04
13 slides
Product-Directed · Built with Lovable AI View UI Prototype ⚡
Food Tech · Swiggy
SwiggyETA+ — Every Broken ETA Is a Free Trial for Zomato
The ETA Trust Crisis

Deep review analysis across Trustpilot, Google Play, and consumer forums. Every broken ETA is a free trial for Zomato. A 4-layer confidence-interval ETA system.

RICE: 9.2Deep Review AnalysisETA Engineering
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Groww Guardian
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05
15 slides
Product-Directed · Built with Lovable AI View UI Prototype ⚡
Fintech · Groww
Built for Investors. Breaking for Traders. Here's the Fix.
Protecting Traders at Scale

Platform built for investors, now used by traders who face crashes and zero protection. Risk-based onboarding + auto-compensation.

Behavioral InsightSEBI ComplianceSystem Thinking
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Google Maps Discovery Layer
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06
19 slides
Product-Directed · Built with Lovable AI View UI Prototype ⚡
Navigation · Google Maps
The World's Biggest Navigation App — And Its Hidden Blind Spot.
Rethinking How Cities Are Explored

Large-scale product teardown: navigation UX, discovery patterns, and how scale changes every design decision.

Large-Scale ProductDiscovery UXNavigation
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112,650 Orders · Python
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Jupyter · Python
Pandas · NumPy
Matplotlib · Seaborn
EDA · Revenue Analysis
Python · Jupyter · 112K+ rows · 6 datasets merged
Data Analytics · E-commerce
E-commerce Revenue Intelligence
112,650 Orders · Olist Dataset

Merged 6 datasets — orders, customers, payments, products, sellers, reviews — to build a unified revenue intelligence view. Surfaced behavioral patterns and conversion friction points.

Python Pandas EDA Revenue Analysis Data Merging
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Social Impact · Field Research · BCom Requirement
Ran User Research
With 8 Differently-Abled Users
Mathru Blind School · Bengaluru · 2026

Identified a communication gap — 8 learners with diverse cognitive profiles couldn't express emotional states during tasks. Designed and deployed an Emotion Recognition Chart to bridge it. Observed behavioral patterns, adapted instruction in real-time, and documented findings. Classic PM loop: observe → identify gap → build → measure.

Field Research User Observation Inclusive Design Empathy
🌱 Social Immersion Project · April 2026 ↓ Read Full Report
Python · Pandas · EDA · RFM
E-Commerce
User Behavior
& Revenue Intel
112K+
Orders
83%
1x Buyers
5
RFM Segments
Open Full Analysis ↓
📊 Data Analytics Project Python · Cohort · RFM · EDA
Data Analytics · Olist E-commerce Dataset
Retention is Structurally Broken — 83% Buy Once and Never Return
112,650 orders · RFM segmentation · Cohort analysis · Delivery intelligence

67% of GMV locked in cancelled orders. VIP customers (10% of users) drive 16% of revenue. Delivery speed paradox: faster delivery = worse reviews. São Paulo = 41% of all revenue.

⚡ Research questions & interpretation by me · Python executed with AI assistance
Python Pandas RFM Cohort Analysis EDA
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Jan 2023 — Present
Vice President — E-Cell Pragya
Presidency University, Bangalore
  • Led cross-functional teams for user-centric events with 200+ participants
  • Collected and analyzed feedback from 100+ participants to close usability gaps
  • Coordinated founders, speakers, and stakeholders — structured, high-pressure execution
Oct 2024 — Nov 2024
Marketing & Sales Intern
Plentra Technology Pvt. Ltd.
  • Analyzed 500+ user interactions to identify behavioral patterns and drop-off points
  • Evaluated user journey across multiple touchpoints to reduce friction
  • Improved lead tracking workflow, increasing operational efficiency ~20%
Aug 2023 — Nov 2023
Early-Stage Startup Operator
Kollegekit / Swaphere / A-Part (Ex-founder)
  • Zero-to-one environment: validated product ideas via 10+ user interviews and surveys
  • Tested hypotheses through rapid experimentation and feedback loops
  • Structured ambiguous product problems into clear priorities and execution strategies

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)

Presidency University, Bangalore · Accounting & Finance

EXPECTED 2026

9.05
CGPA
🏆
1st Place
Shark Tank — Inter-College Competition
🥈
2nd Place
Investment Portfolio Simulation Competition
🥈
2nd Place
Business Quiz — Branding & Strategy
🎙️
2nd Place
Best Anchor
🚀
Top 1000
SBI Youth Ideathon 2025
Research Paper · Co-authored
The Second Brain: A New Architecture of Decision-Making in Business Strategy
Shaik Farhana & P. Godwyn John Immanuel · Presidency University
Examines how AI-powered decision-making contributes to long-term value creation, resource optimization, and environmental responsibility. Analyzes AI tools that empower organizations to improve forecasting, reduce uncertainty, and build sustainable competitive advantages.
AI Strategy Decision-Making Business Strategy
Presidency University · 2025 2025
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Research Paper · Independent
Predicting Economic Resilience Through Digital Financial Integration and AI-Driven Analysis
Shaik Farhana · Presidency University
Investigates how mobile banking adoption and e-commerce growth drive economic development in emerging economies. Develops an AI-driven framework for predicting regional economic resilience following major disruptions.
Digital Finance Economic Resilience Emerging Markets
Presidency University · 2025 2025
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Tutedude
Data Analytics Certificate
May 29, 2026 ID: TD-SHAI-DA-1720
Python Data Analytics Data Visualization
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🎮
Electronic Arts × Forage
Product Management Job Simulation
March – April 2026 Issued by Forage
KPI Analysis Data-Driven Presentation PM Fundamentals
Currently Building
PM Foundations & Strategy
Ongoing · 2026
Product Strategy Metrics & KPIs Growth Loops

Open to
PM roles
& internships.

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