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Hitesh Gossain
Hitesh Gossain
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CEO Onspon.com - find the next event where your brand's consumers are.
Onspon Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 500+ 500+ connections
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A life that started with sales and technology - dissuaded into consulting,
Strategy, Cross border M&A and is
now starting at scratch with a startup. Full circle - and a lot of fun. What have I
done ? - 10+ Industries including Media & Entertainment, High Technology,
Infrastructure, Logistics & FMCG . - 15+ years in global leadership board positions
/ roles in P&L leadership, strategy & business development - Growth Whiz - Managed
USD 300Mn+ transactions , multiple USD 100Mn+ businesses and scaled up two
organizations by 10X within 24 months. - Love ambiguity : Have joined multiple
industries with no prior experience as a business head and over-shot on all
deliverables within 12 months of joining. Leadership is domain agnostic. - Speaker
across multiple global forums on strategy and industry events. - Invited faculty in
some of the top B Schools Specialize in Concept to execution, Turnaround, P&L
leadership, growth and organizational development (and making great tea too !!)
Recipient of the prestigious IIM Ahmedabad Award of Academic Merit
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Its the time for IPL Sponsorships again

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Looking at organizers of conferences and exhibitions in India, Mid East and SE

Asia. This is for a quick 15 min call on validation of our hypothesis on event
technology and its impact on sponsorships - for an upcoming extension of Onspon -
and would be happy to offer a premium product suite complimentary for your time
spent with us. Please respond on the reply or tag the ones who are. Sachin Agarwal
Yogesh Vyas Manish Gandhi Joji George Faraaz Peerbhai Abhishek Sanghvi
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We will tell you soon. ?? #eventtech @Explara since 2008 vs. @eventbrite since 2006
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Experience
Onspon
Founder / Managing Director
Company NameOnspon
Dates EmployedOct 2013 Present Employment Duration4 yrs 2 mos
LocationMumbai Area, India
The idea of Onspon started when as the sponsorship manager of our college fests, we
had to hunt down brands based on relationships rather than event metrices (and we
were students - so had limited time and team size). Couple of years later, sitting
on the brand side, when we had to plan a brand outreach - it was almost impossible
to find / evaluate and close conversations with millions of events (local or
happening across the world). Leave apart small events - it was difficult to even
evaluate high decibel events like premier leagues on a single comparitive chart.

So - we created Onspon.com to bridge this information and access gap. An

experienced team of brand marketeers, strategists, senior event operations folks
and creative - across Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Dubai has made this happen.

500+ brands have used Onspon to evaluate some fantastic opportunities; right from a
B2C exhibition having 1,00,000 footfalls to a corporate engagement platform
reaching 100+ offices, children content reaching 20,000+ schools, to all major
leagues - ISL , IPL , Pro Kabaddi etc. The problem of sponsorship raising is
everywhere - and we understood it soon.

Onspon has been rated as a exhaustive high quality platform for assessing the best
partnership opportunities across 7000+ avenues. The best part is, that its a
marketplace model - hence no 'sales pitches' - we are event agnostic hence brands
get what they want.

PS : If you are a technology enthusiast who believes in what we are doing - we may
be looking for you. Do reach out to us at steffi@onspon.com
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Event Sponsorships @ Onspon
Event Sponsorships
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Onspon.com - Where brands find best events to sponsor
Onspon.com - Where brands find best
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Spot On With OnSpon - Hitesh Gossain's Story On How To Build A Startup In A Niche
Industry | Misfits Media
Spot On With OnSpon - Hitesh Gossain's
Story On How To Build A Startup In A Niche Industry | Misfits Media
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December, 2015
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Leaders extraordinaire - CEOs under 40
Leaders extraordinaire - CEOs
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Startup of the week Onspon - Start Guru
Startup of the week
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Onspon com A High Quality Platform Disrupting The Idea Of Event Sponsorship
Onspon com A High Quality Platform
Disrupting The Idea Of Event Sponsorship
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K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research
Marketing Department - Board member / Guest Faculty
Company NameK.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research
Dates EmployedJul 2013 Present Employment Duration4 yrs 5 mos
LocationMumbai Area, India
As a member of marketing board - helping in the alignment of marketing course
structure for this premium institution with the needs of industry.

Anchoring a new course on Experential marketing (Including Live events, Celebrity

Management & Sports Marketing) - and its changing marketing landscape with
evolution of global experiential marketing and Sponsorships. Work on interesting
case studies on high value sponsorships and their evaluation using media assessment
and brand impact metrices.

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Celebrity Management course at SIMSR PGDM Communications
Celebrity Management course
at SIMSR PGDM Communications
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CommunityZapp
Advisor / Investor
Company NameCommunityZapp
Dates EmployedSep 2013 Present Employment Duration4 yrs 3 mos
LocationMumbai Area, India
An attempt to simplify the way the communities engage.
Percept Ltd
Chief Executive Officer - Experential Marketing BUs (Additional Charge : Sr. VP -
Group Strategy)
Company NamePercept Ltd
Dates EmployedSep 2011 Oct 2013 Employment Duration2 yrs 2 mos
LocationMumbai Area, India
Overall lead for strategy and business development for the Percept group comprising
11 organizations in Entertainment-Media-Communications (EMC) space.

Additionally had been the acting CEO of Percept Talent (Celebrity engagement
business) for 2+ years. In a country where studies indicate that 60% of televised
content is celebrity led (compared to a world average of less than one-third of
that number) ; it was exciting to lead the overall P&L for Percept Talent which has
been the front-runner in this space worth USD 200Mn+ in India on annualized basis.

Worked on multiple deals with leading personalities - across genres with multi-
national brands and Intellectual property (digital rights / events / voice rights
etc) owners. Detailed understanding of the market from both demand and supply side
- Led the analytics' support of various leading industry publications in this space
including Forbes Celebrity 100 (principal data partners), Business Today Celebrity
special feature etc
Invited speaker in industry forums on celebrity management, sponsorship, commercial
art, sports, intellectual properties, corporate events and entertainment. Featured
in various publications.
Credence
Business Head (Senior Vice President)
Company NameCredence
Dates EmployedMay 2009 Sep 2011 Employment Duration2 yrs 5 mos
LocationMumbai Area, India
Strategy leadership role for the organization. The role managed 100+ employees, the
Overall revenue and profitability, strategy, business planning, joint ventures and
corporate finance.

Handling the structure and execution of overall strategic direction of

organization. Structured the business for the second phase of growth - Hired a
terrific team to head the respective sub-businesses and structured a robust
succession planning. Led the growth of organization to 4X within 2 years delivering
a better-than-industry bottomline across all quarters.

Directly involved in liasioning with the potential private equity players,

investors and banks to raise funds to finance the expansion plans in areas arising
as the outcome of the long term strategic plan. Covered in various publications
including Cargo connect (Lead story), Logistics India (Cover story), Shipping India
etc. Invited speaker in various forums in supply chain, M&A and logistics space.
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Education
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Degree NameMBA Field Of StudyBusiness Administration and Management, General
Dates attended or expected graduation 2003 2005
Graduated with Award of Academic Merit for overall academic performance.
Independent projects around organized retail and branding. Managed events, raised
sponsorships and was the dorm representative of Dorm 15.
Govind Ballabh Pant Krishi Evam Praudyogik Vishwavidyalaya
Govind Ballabh Pant Krishi Evam Praudyogik Vishwavidyalaya
Degree NameBachelor of Technology (BTech)
Dates attended or expected graduation 1997 2001
Activities and Societies: Chairman - Engineering Society , Head of student council
St. Pauls Church School
St. Pauls Church School
Degree NameICSE
Dates attended or expected graduation 1982 1994
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