E7 | Genies co-founder & CEO Akash Nigam: Creating Gucci's, Bieber's & Gen-Z's digital identity worlds
Description
Shawn Mendez, Migos, J.Lo have all had their digital identities, fashion, and avatars created by a single company with a $1 billion unicorn status. Genies is the leader in the space and has exclusive partnerships with some of the top fashion brands and talent agencies, and has raised over $250 million from Mary Meeker's Bond Capital, Bob Iger and Silver Lake. Co-founder and CEO Akash Nigam tells the full story and opens up about his depression.
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Akash: http://instagram.com/akashnigam
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Topics
(00:00) Intro
(01:35) Growing up in Silicon Valley
(08:20) Products and failing
(17:01) Dropping out of college with one semester left
(19:47) Talking publicly about your mental health
(28:35) Best decision in Akash's life
(31:06) Idea behind building the world's biggest avatar company
(36:09) Experiences at American Express Platinum
(37:06) First adopters and digital fashion creations
(40:58) How it works in the back-end of Genies
(43:48) Customer applications now and in 2025
(48:34) NOT an NFT company
(52:19) Akash's lifestyle and management style
(59:10) Would 10 year old Akash be happy with today?
(01:01:03) Future of Genies and digital fashion?
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