Shivil Sachdeva

SHIVIL SACHDEVA

28 / bjj black belt / ecom entrepreneur

building & scaling brands since 2019.
1x exit. driven by passion and curiosity. student of the game.

Essays on
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• on writing 3-6-26

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Experience

2024 – now
Co-Founder — DTC Functional Apparel Brand
Scaled to $1.4mm revenue in 18 months. Overseeing marketing, ops, and retention.
2023 – 2024
Founder & Creative Director — DTC Clothing Brand
Designed and scaled a niche streetwear brand to 6-figures in revenue. Discontinued.
2020 – 2023
Founder — DTC Consumer Electronics Brand
Grew to $2mm revenue. Managed paid social, creative, and ops. Acquired in 2023.
2019 – 2020
Full-Stack Developer — Verizon Wireless
Built internal tools and dashboards. NodeJS/React.
2018 – 2019
Web Developer & Marketing — The NonProfit Times
Paid social, email campaigns for 50K+ subscribers, CRO.