Graduate management trainee
Wicky · Hyderabad, India
FULL TIMEpermanent
Job Description
Business All Rounder. Valu Ventures · Mumbai (Hybrid, We Work BKC) · Full-time · Start: September 2026
About Valu Ventures Valu Ventures is a bootstrapped venture studio building small, profitable online businesses from Mumbai in the spirit of operators like Pieter Levels () and Greg Isenberg (Late Checkout). No outside funding, no VCs, no chasing unicorns. We will make money by shipping products and services that customers actually pay for, building in public as we go. To be clear, this will be a separate new business to Wicky AI.
We will launch 2 new businesses every quarter, review each one at the 6-month mark, and decide whether to double down or kill it. We focus on small, simple, scalable online businesses. No physical stores, no heavy capital, no shipping inventory. The studio is founded and run by Nakul Pednekar, based in Sydney and originally from Mumbai. You’ll work from an office with the founding team 2-3 times a week and in person with Nakul 3-4 times a year.
You'll be one of the first three hires. You'll work directly with the founder, and you'll have real ownership of how the studio actually runs from day one.
The role You'll be the studio's general operator ‘wearing many hats’ including marketing, sales, ops, admin, customer support. Anything that isn't engineering or content runs through you. You'll set up the systems, run the cadence, chase the customers, manage the money, and make sure the studio actually operates. You'll learn cold outbound, paid ads, lead-gen, basic finance, and how to run a small online business by doing it on real businesses with real customers. A unique opportunity to start something from scratch with the support of the Founder who has a decade’s experience of running small businesses.
How we work 2 new businesses launched every quarter
6-month review on every business - continue, pivot, or kill
Focus on small, simple, scalable online businesses (no physical, no high capital)
Build in public - share the wins, losses, numbers, and lessons as we go
Hybrid: 2–3 days/week at We Work BKC, rest remote
What you'll do Run cold outbound for the studio's productized service businesses — Linked In, email, DM at scale
Own the sales pipeline: lead lists, sequencing, follow-ups, demo bookings, basic CRM hygiene
Set up and run paid ads (Meta, Google, Linked In) at small scale across studio businesses
Manage billing, subscriptions, customer onboarding, support, and basic bookkeeping
Build the studio's internal ops: SOPs, dashboards, weekly numbers reviews, monthly P&L
Help scope, launch, and kill new business bets each quarter alongside the founder
What we're looking for A recent Business/Commerce grad from a strong Mumbai college
Can show off your knowledge and interest in all things startups
Already playing around with Gen AI including Chat GPT, Claude, Cursor, automation tools beyond just using it to help with your assignments
You've done something entrepreneurial - ran a side hustle, freelanced, organised college fest sponsorships, sold something, worked at an early-stage startup
Strong written English, comfortable cold-messaging strangers, not afraid of rejection
Comfortable with ambiguity: this job changes shape every quarter as new businesses launch
What you'll get Salary: ₹40,000–₹60,000/month
Hybrid: 2–3 days/week at We Work BKC, rest remote
End-to-end exposure to every part of running online businesses
Direct mentorship from a founder with 10+ years of business experience
Curated learning curriculum: cold outbound, paid ads, sales playbooks, P&L basics, Gen AI workflows
Performance upside tied to business outcomes you directly drive
How to apply Email me at
Include your CV/Linkedin + any projects that show off your Gen AI skills or entrepreneurial skills
About Valu Ventures Valu Ventures is a bootstrapped venture studio building small, profitable online businesses from Mumbai in the spirit of operators like Pieter Levels () and Greg Isenberg (Late Checkout). No outside funding, no VCs, no chasing unicorns. We will make money by shipping products and services that customers actually pay for, building in public as we go. To be clear, this will be a separate new business to Wicky AI.
We will launch 2 new businesses every quarter, review each one at the 6-month mark, and decide whether to double down or kill it. We focus on small, simple, scalable online businesses. No physical stores, no heavy capital, no shipping inventory. The studio is founded and run by Nakul Pednekar, based in Sydney and originally from Mumbai. You’ll work from an office with the founding team 2-3 times a week and in person with Nakul 3-4 times a year.
You'll be one of the first three hires. You'll work directly with the founder, and you'll have real ownership of how the studio actually runs from day one.
The role You'll be the studio's general operator ‘wearing many hats’ including marketing, sales, ops, admin, customer support. Anything that isn't engineering or content runs through you. You'll set up the systems, run the cadence, chase the customers, manage the money, and make sure the studio actually operates. You'll learn cold outbound, paid ads, lead-gen, basic finance, and how to run a small online business by doing it on real businesses with real customers. A unique opportunity to start something from scratch with the support of the Founder who has a decade’s experience of running small businesses.
How we work 2 new businesses launched every quarter
6-month review on every business - continue, pivot, or kill
Focus on small, simple, scalable online businesses (no physical, no high capital)
Build in public - share the wins, losses, numbers, and lessons as we go
Hybrid: 2–3 days/week at We Work BKC, rest remote
What you'll do Run cold outbound for the studio's productized service businesses — Linked In, email, DM at scale
Own the sales pipeline: lead lists, sequencing, follow-ups, demo bookings, basic CRM hygiene
Set up and run paid ads (Meta, Google, Linked In) at small scale across studio businesses
Manage billing, subscriptions, customer onboarding, support, and basic bookkeeping
Build the studio's internal ops: SOPs, dashboards, weekly numbers reviews, monthly P&L
Help scope, launch, and kill new business bets each quarter alongside the founder
What we're looking for A recent Business/Commerce grad from a strong Mumbai college
Can show off your knowledge and interest in all things startups
Already playing around with Gen AI including Chat GPT, Claude, Cursor, automation tools beyond just using it to help with your assignments
You've done something entrepreneurial - ran a side hustle, freelanced, organised college fest sponsorships, sold something, worked at an early-stage startup
Strong written English, comfortable cold-messaging strangers, not afraid of rejection
Comfortable with ambiguity: this job changes shape every quarter as new businesses launch
What you'll get Salary: ₹40,000–₹60,000/month
Hybrid: 2–3 days/week at We Work BKC, rest remote
End-to-end exposure to every part of running online businesses
Direct mentorship from a founder with 10+ years of business experience
Curated learning curriculum: cold outbound, paid ads, sales playbooks, P&L basics, Gen AI workflows
Performance upside tied to business outcomes you directly drive
How to apply Email me at
Include your CV/Linkedin + any projects that show off your Gen AI skills or entrepreneurial skills
Details
| Company | Wicky |
| Location | Hyderabad, India |
| Type | FULL TIME |
| Niche | general |
| Experience | permanent |