PRODUCT GROWTH MANAGER · ENTREPRENEUR · SYSTEMS THINKER
Shyam Ingle.
Building products, scaling growth and documenting what I learn.
01 / Ventures
What I'm building & growing
Active products and operations in development and scale phases.
Vanika AI
Building an AI-powered WhatsApp booking platform for hotels that automates guest enquiries, reservations, and customer communication. Designed and integrated OpenAI, Meta WhatsApp Cloud API, and hotel PMS systems to automate end-to-end booking workflows.
Traction
Acquired 3 paying hotel customers, leading customer discovery, pricing, GTM strategy, and end-to-end product development.
Flipshope
Leading end-to-end user acquisition, activation, retention, and performance channels for the Flipshope mobile app. Designing and testing conversion loops, ASO experiments, and monetization funnels.
Traction
Scaled from launch to 5M+ installs, grew app activity to 400K+ MAUs, and optimized a ₹20L+ monthly marketing budget.
02 / Impact
Impact metrics
Quantifiable business outcomes showing growth, adoption, and scaling capacity.
5M+
App Installs
Scaled Flipshope mobile app from launch through ASO, paid acquisition, and product-led loops.
400K+
Monthly Active Users
Grew user activity at Flipshope while maintaining a steady 4.5 Play Store rating.
₹20L+
Monthly Budget
Optimized acquisition budget across Google Ads, Meta Ads, and influencer marketing.
₹2L+
In-App Revenue
Scaled monthly monetization at Flipshope through AdMob and subscription optimization.
3
Paying Hotels
Acquired first paying customers for Vanika AI, managing end-to-end GTM and pricing.
03 / Work
Featured case studies
Detailed deep-dives into product discovery, hypothesis testing, and outcomes achieved.
Scaling Flipshope Onboarding and Monetisation Loops
Led growth initiatives to improve onboarding retention. Scaled in-app monthly revenue from 0 to 2L+ via AdMob and subscription purchase experiments.
Outcome
+15% Day-7 Retention Lift
Building Activation and Engagement Systems at Neend
Integrated MoEngage and built multi-channel lifecycle journeys using WhatsApp, SMS, and push notifications based on interviews with 200+ customers.
Outcome
+17% Activation & +10% Day-14 Retention
04 / Career
Experience timeline
Career roadmap detailing key product milestones, metrics ownership, and execution history.
Flipshope
Product Growth Manager
Owned end-to-end growth for the mobile app, leading user acquisition, retention, engagement, monetization, and analytics.
- Scaled the mobile app from launch to 5M+ installs through ASO, paid media, and product-led loops.
- Grew MAUs to 400K+ while maintaining a 4.5 rating, and improved Day-7 retention by 15%.
- Managed a ₹20L+ monthly marketing budget, optimizing channels across Google and Meta Ads.
- Scaled in-app revenue from 0 to ₹2L+ per month through AdMob and subscription purchase optimization.
Growth Panda
Growth Consultant
Managing performance marketing and direct booking acquisition programs for hospitality businesses.
- Optimized Google & Meta Ads to scale direct, high-value hotel bookings.
- Established and documented OTA and revenue management processes to enable independent operations.
- Partnered with hotel owners to boost occupancy rates and optimize overall digital channels.
Neend
Product Growth Manager
Joined as the first Product & Growth hire, building the user engagement, analytics, and testing foundations.
- Defined the growth roadmap via 200+ user interviews, lifting monthly activation by 17%.
- Built multi-channel lifecycle journeys (WhatsApp, SMS, push) to improve Day-14 retention by 10%.
- Boosted Play Store rating from 4.1 to 4.6 in 30 days via zero-spend review flow optimizations.
Crypso
Growth & Marketing Lead
Led influencer networks, campus ambassador programs, and community acquisition loops for the mobile app.
- Partnered with 20+ creators to drive 10,000+ app installs in 7 days.
- Acquired 400+ users in 2 weeks while lowering customer acquisition cost (CAC) by 30%.
- Managed community engagement across app and Telegram, coordinating content pipelines.
05 / Notes
Thinking & ideas
Essays, operating frameworks, and reflections on scaling products and teams.
06 / Contact
Let's collaborate on product scaling.
Seeking strategic advisory, growth consulting, or full-time building opportunities.