Ashish Toshniwal tau hais tias lub tswv yim rau nws lub tuam txhab thev naus laus zis los ntawm kev xav ua ib yam dab tsi loj thiab sib txuas.
Toshniwal yog tus tsim thiab CEO ntawm Y Media Labs (YML), Silicon Valley-based tsim thiab thev naus laus zis lub koom haum uas tsim cov khoom lag luam digital rau ob lub tuam txhab loj thiab cov lag luam pib tshiab.
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"Peb lub luag haujlwm yog los pab cov tuam txhab ua haujlwm thev naus laus zis kom lawv tuaj yeem pab lawv cov neeg siv khoom zoo," Toshniwal hais rau Lifewire hauv kev sib tham hauv xov tooj. "Peb xav xa tawm Silicon Valley lub siab xav mus rau lub ntiaj teb."
Toshniwal tau pib YML thaum Lub Peb Hlis 2009, tsuas yog lub hlis tom qab Apple App Store tau tsim tawm xyoo 2008. Nws tau piav qhia qhov kev txhim kho no yog "magic" thiab xav kom tau txais kev nqis tes ua ntej ntawm cov tuam txhab thev naus laus zis loj. YML tau tsim cov ntawv thov mobile, cov vev xaib, thiab lwm yam kev paub digital rau cov npe loj xws li Lub Tsev Depot, PayPal, Google, thiab Universal Music Group.
Quick Facts
- Npe: Ashish Toshniwal
- Hnub nyoog:39
- From: Kolkata, India
- Random zoo siab: Nws tau khiav kev sib tw taug kev thoob plaws lub tuam txhab thaum Lub Peb Hlis, thiab txawm tias tom qab sib sau ntau dua 1 lab kauj ruam, tseem poob rau ib tus neeg.
- nqe lus tseem ceeb lossis lub ntsiab lus: "Siv txhua hnub kom muaj tswv yim me ntsis dua li thaum koj sawv."
Lub neej zoo dua
Toshniwal loj hlob los ua ib feem ntawm tsev neeg ntawm 15 tus neeg, leej twg ntawm ib kis tau sib koom ib chav dej. Ib qho ntawm nws qhov kev ntshaw loj tshaj plaws thaum ib tug tub hluas tab tom nrhiav seb nws yuav ua li cas thiaj li muaj kev ywj pheej. Nws qhov kev paub thaum yau yog qhov ua rau nws mus nrhiav kev kawm Asmeskas.
"Nws tau nyuaj heev kom paub tseeb tias kuv tsis poob kuv lub sijhawm siv chav dej thaum sawv ntxov," Toshniwal hais. "Kuv loj hlob tuaj, kuv xav kom paub tseeb tias kuv xaiv lub neej txawv rau kuv tsev neeg thiab kuv."
Toshniwal tau tsiv mus rau Tebchaws Meskas kom nrhiav kev kawm tiav hauv hluav taws xob engineering los ntawm Purdue University. Nrog rau tag nrho cov teeb meem vixaj thiab teeb meem nyiaj txiag, Toshniwal tau hais tias nws yuam nws txoj kev mus rau Asmeskas. Tom qab nws txoj haujlwm kawm tiav ntawm Purdue, nws tau ua haujlwm hauv ob peb lub luag haujlwm thev naus laus zis hauv Texas thiab Silicon Valley ua ntej pib YML.
Cov neeg tsim khoom lag luam nyob rau sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv tau tshoov siab Toshniwal, yog li nws tau tsiv mus rau Silicon Valley thiab tau txais txoj haujlwm nrog eBay thaum lub tswv yim nws lub tuam txhab.
Txhua yam koj xav tau yog rau ib tus neeg los muab sijhawm so lossis paub txog koj txoj haujlwm. Thaum koj ntes tau ib ntus, koj tsim qhov kev vam meej, thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov kuv tau ua.
"Nws nyuaj heev kom paub tseeb tias koj yog ib tus neeg ua lag luam koj ua tiav. Thaum koj tab tom pib ib yam dab tsi, pom tseeb, koj tsuas yog tus tib neeg uas xav tias qhov no tuaj yeem loj, thiab lwm tus feem ntau tsis pom zoo nrog koj, "Toshniwal hais. "Kuv xav tias kuv yuav tsum ua qee yam loj dua."
Kaum ob xyoos tom qab ntawd, Toshniwal tau loj hlob YML pab pawg mus txog kwv yees li 450 tus kws tsim qauv, engineers, cov kws tshaj lij, thiab ntau dua. Nws hais tias lub tuam txhab tau "zoo nkauj heev nrog kev loj hlob ntawm iPhone." Tom qab tsim daim ntawv thov thib 54 txhawm rau ntaus App Store, Toshniwal tau hais tias nws tau txais email los ntawm Steve Jobs uas hais tias, "'Kuv nyiam qhov koj ua! Qhia rau kuv paub yog tias peb tuaj yeem pab, Steve.'"
Tshaj thiab Ua Siab Ntev
Raws li tus kws tshaj lij los ntawm Is Nrias teb, Toshniwal tau hais tias cov tswv ntiav haujlwm feem ntau saib xyuas nws rau kev txhawb nqa. Nws cov neeg ua haujlwm tau hais rau nws tias nws tau ntsib kev ntxub ntxaug hauv nws lub luag haujlwm thev naus laus zis yav dhau los, uas xav tias tsis paub nws, los ntawm ib qho chaw zoo li Is Nrias teb, uas nws yog feem ntau.
"Qhov kuv tau paub yog, txawm tias muaj kev ntxub ntxaug, raws li tus thawj coj ntawm haiv neeg tsawg, koj tsuas yog tsom rau koj txoj haujlwm thiab ua siab ntev," nws hais."Txhua yam koj xav tau yog rau ib tus neeg los muab sijhawm so lossis paub txog koj txoj haujlwm. Thaum koj nres, koj ua tiav qhov kev vam meej, thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov kuv tau ua."
Toshniwal tau hais tias YML tau raug tsis lees paub txog nyiaj txiag 21 zaug los ntawm cov tuam txhab peev txheej ua ntej txiav txim siab bootstrap. YML ua haujlwm li no mus txog rau xyoo 2015, thaum pab pawg thawj coj muag ib feem ntawm lub tuam txhab rau New York-based MDC Partners, lub tuam txhab tshaj tawm thiab kev lag luam tuav. Tsis muaj nyiaj txiag sab nraud ib sab ntawm kev koom tes no; YML siv nws cov nyiaj tau los them nws cov neeg ua haujlwm.
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"Lub sijhawm no, peb tsis tau nce nyiaj ntxiv. Peb tab tom xav nrhiav lwm lub tuam txhab vim peb koom tes nrog MDC Partners. Yog tias peb xav tau nyiaj, lawv tuaj yeem muab tau," Toshniwal hais.
Thaum ntxov, Toshniwal tau hais tias ib qho ntawm cov kev sib tw loj tshaj plaws yog tuav kev koom tes nrog kev pib ua haujlwm thev naus laus zis. Ib qho kev hloov pauv tseem ceeb tshaj plaws YML tau ua yog nrhiav kev koom tes nrog Fortune 500 tuam txhab, uas thaum kawg txhawb nws txoj kev vam meej. Qhov no yog ib qho ntawm Toshniwal qhov kev ua tiav zoo tshaj plaws nrog YML, nws tau qhia.
Diversifying Forward
Toshniwal feem ntau yog tsom rau kev ntxiv dag zog rau YML txoj kev sib txawv, kev ncaj ncees, thiab kev suav nrog (DEI) kev siv zog rau xyoo tom ntej. Nws hais tias lub tuam txhab tau ua haujlwm zoo hauv cheeb tsam no, tab sis nws xav ua kom zoo dua. Niaj hnub no, YML pab neeg yog 46% poj niam thiab 40% cov neeg xim. Toshniwal ua qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws los muab nws cov neeg ua haujlwm them nyiaj sib npaug, thiab.
"Lub tsev YML, qhov kev nkag siab ntawm vim li cas DEI tseem ceeb heev tsis muaj nyob rau thaum ntxov," Toshniwal hais. "Hauv xyoo 2013, kuv tau ua txhua txhais tes, thiab kuv ntsia ib ncig ntawm chav tsev, thiab kuv zoo li, peb tsuas muaj 40 tus txiv neej thiab ib tug poj niam nyob hauv peb lub chaw ua haujlwm. Txij thaum ntawd los, peb tau ua haujlwm hnyav heev los hloov cov xwm txheej ntawd."
