Ashwin founded his first startup at the age of 14 and shortly thereafter dropped out of college to found OrganicApex, an online marketing consulting firm. At the age of 17, he was recognized as the youngest CEO in India. He then went out to start Synup in the year 2014. The company powers location intelligence for over 120,000 businesses and has raised over $6M in funding since inception. Ashwin has been a finalist in Forbes Asia 30 under 30 2018. He believes in a degree-agnostic approach to hiring and gives newcomers and college dropouts opportunities to skill themselves through an immersive, learn-on-the-job model.