E7. Akash Nigam (Genies Founder): The Billion Dollar Avatars Used By Gucci And Justin Bieber, Building A Strategic Lifestyle And Management Style, Building Digital Brands

Shawn Mendez, Migos, J.Lo have all had their digital identities, fashion, and avatars created by a single company with a $1 billion unicorn status. Genies is the leader in the space and has exclusive partnerships with some of the top fashion brands and talent agencies, and has raised over $250 million from Mary Meeker's Bond Capital, Bob Iger and Silver Lake. Co-founder and CEO Akash Nigam tells the full story and opens up about his depression.

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Topics

(00:00) Intro

(01:35) Growing up in Silicon Valley

(08:20) Products and failing

(17:01) Dropping out of college with one semester left

(19:47) Talking publicly about your mental health

(28:35) Best decision in Akash's life

(31:06) Idea behind building the world's biggest avatar company

(36:09) Experiences at American Express Platinum

(37:06) First adopters and digital fashion creations

(40:58) How it works in the back-end of Genies

(43:48) Customer applications now and in 2025

(48:34) NOT an NFT company

(52:19) Akash's lifestyle and management style

(59:10) Would 10 year old Akash be happy with today?

(01:01:03) Future of Genies and digital fashion?

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