Harsh Jain is the co-founder and CEO of Dream 11, It is India's biggest fantasy sports platform with more than 8 crore users playing fantasy cricket, football, hockey, etc. His startup's annual revenue is more than $100 million.
EDUCATION
He earned his schooling education from Sevenoaks high school. He is also a student at the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied Bachelors of Science in electrical engineering and mathematics, economics. After that he studied at Columbia University. he earned a master of business administration degree from there.
OTHER HAND
- Co-founder of Red digital
- India's biggest fantasy sport platform
- He mentioned in Fortune India Magazine
- Dream 11 is listed in the top 10 most innovative company
ENTREPRENEUR STORY
Dream 11 was founded by Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth in 2008. After founding this company he went to Columbia for MBA studies.
He success after more than 150 rejections over 3 years. These all rejections taught Jain a very important lesson - the value of pitching an idea to people who heard ideas for a living. According to Harsh each meeting with the investor taught him something new in their business.
Currently, their company runs with 2 co-founders, 400 sports, from 0 to more than 8 crores users.
I would say this to any entrepreneur: please share your Idea, meet the smart person who is looking at all the ideas. Meet investors before you need to. They will help you chisel your idea.
