About mindn — built by operators who’ve delivered

Execution is a mental game. mindn borrowed this idea from sports.

In elite sport, talent is common. What separates the ones who win is rarely more skill — it’s what happens under pressure: composure when it matters, clarity when the stakes are highest, the discipline to perform when it’s hardest. And in sport, nobody leaves that to chance. They train for it.

Business does the opposite. It puts capable people under relentless delivery pressure and assumes experience will carry them through. It often doesn’t — clarity narrows, priorities blur, decisions turn reactive.

That’s the idea behind mindnn. The professionals who deliver consistently aren’t the most talented — they’re the ones who stay clear and composed when it matters.

Because under pressure, execution is a mental game.

Built by operators
who’ve delivered.

Two founders. Combined, over 50 years building, scaling, and shipping in technology, operations, and growth.

CO-FOUNDER

Karthik Balakrishnan

25 years in sales, marketing, and operations across leading Indian and multinational companies. Most recently CEO of Deccan Herald, a leading Bengaluru-based media group. Builds high-performing teams, leads complex projects, drives digital transformation at scale.

EDUCATION

PG Diploma in Management — IIM Ahmedabad

Primary degree in Agriculture

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CO-FOUNDER

Anand Kumar P

26 years in deep tech across Fortune 500 companies and multiple geographies. Founded and served on boards of US and Indian start-ups for the last decade. Active mentor to early-stage founders. Drawn to health tech, innovation, and the intersection of digital tools and human performance.

EDUCATION

Master’s in Engineering

PG Diploma in Management

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Senior Counsel.
Across the spectrum.

Spanning tech, consumer and human capital – with deep operating experience across global and Indian organisations.

TECHNOLOGY

Sathya Shankar

Health-tech architecture and product

30+ years leading embedded and cloud-based health informatics products. Most recently COO-Technology at a leading global healthcare company.

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STRATEGY & GROWTH

Sachindra Rudra

Strategy, scaling, capital

25+ years scaling organisations. Leads CrestSpring, an impact-focused investment advisory in India. Prior: Navis Capital, McKinsey, Unilever.

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PEOPLE & ORGANISATION

Shivakumar V

Org design, transformation

Former CHRO of IIM Bangalore. 30+ years across apparel, consulting, education, retail. Rare HR leader with line operating experience.

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People who have been on the
other side of this problem.

SHIPPED UNDER PRESSURE

operators who’ve carried delivery.

SEEN IT AT SCALE

Fortune 500s, media groups, start-up boards.

STILL OPERATORS

we build mindn the way we’d want to use it.

Built for enterprise procurement.
Without the procurement drag.

ISO 27001 CERTIFIED

Information security management aligned to international standard. Reviewed and renewed annually.

GDPR-COMPLIANT

Data handling, user rights, and breach response aligned to EU regulation. We treat every region’s data with the same standard.

YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS

Team-specific findings never cross customer boundaries. Aggregate insights are anonymised at the source — not after.

Where pressure is real
and consequences are material.

HIGH-GROWTH TECHNOLOGY

Software
Analytics
R&D

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL PRODUCT

Engineering
Product
Design

CREATIVE & CONSULTING

Marketing
Advertising
Consulting

We’re building the system
we always wished we had.

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60 min · online or in person

Build systems that improve
how work happens.

We’re building infrastructure for delivery capability under pressure. Selective hiring across product, engineering, and business roles.

We Look for People Who Care About

Structured thinking
Clarity under pressure
Solving real operating problems
Measurable impact

Get in touch with us at careers@mindn.ai

We built mindn on one belief -