What I bring to a team
Structured thinking without losing the human context. I enjoy turning messy customer, market and operating signals into a small number of useful choices.
I'm Aarav, an MBA student focused on strategy, market discovery and business design. My portfolio documents how I frame problems, test assumptions and translate analysis into action.
Named for the bright, clear energy of citrine and the disciplined thinking behind strategy work: signal, synthesis, decision.
Structured thinking without losing the human context. I enjoy turning messy customer, market and operating signals into a small number of useful choices.
Deepening my practice in competitive strategy, pricing, product strategy and data-informed decision making through coursework, live cases and student consulting projects.
No generic progress bars here: capabilities are organized as a decision toolkit, reflecting how an MBA student actually approaches a problem.
TAM/SAM/SOM, demand signals, segmentation and competitor mapping.
Unit economics, value propositions, revenue logic and strategic fit.
Interview synthesis, survey analysis and evidence-led recommendations.
Clear decks, concise narratives and decision-oriented communication.
Selected academic, consulting and leadership experiences where analysis had to become a recommendation.
Partner with early-stage founders to clarify target segments, map competitors and pressure-test go-to-market choices.
Built customer-segment views and campaign readouts that helped the team prioritize high-intent audiences and improve testing discipline.
Lead peer case sessions, coordinate competition teams and facilitate workshops on market entry, profitability and growth strategy.
A few portfolio pieces framed around the question, the strategic move and the measurable learning.
Segmented demand, compared channel economics and designed a phased launch thesis. Recommendation: test three city clusters before committing to broad expansion.
Mapped customer willingness-to-pay across four segments and translated interview evidence into a tiered pricing hypothesis.
Audited acquisition and activation signals, then prioritized a retention experiment around the highest-intent cohort.
Outcomes from coursework, competitions and consulting projects.
Academic foundations paired with practical, case-based learning.
Northbridge School of Management · Strategy, Marketing, Finance & Leadership
Westfield University · Finance & Business Analytics
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