Akshay Horo

Researcher
DISC Type : Cs

Community Member at The Talent Deck

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Overview

Akshay Horo is a Talent Partner at Cashfree Payments, specializing in building Go-to-Market teams within the fintech and e-commerce industries. An alumnus of Shri Ram College of Commerce, he is recognized for his end-to-end recruitment expertise. Colleagues describe him as hardworking, resourceful, and strong at stakeholder management.

He has a proven track record of rapidly expanding teams, having scaled a companys headcount by 3X in just nine months.

Personality Overview

Soft Communicator

Self-Disciplined

Perfectionist

The only way to convince them is by showing them examples and ample proof.  Being observant comes to them naturally. They are quite aware of their needs and limitations, so they are unlikely to over-promise.

Topics They Care About

GTM Team Building
He focuses on building and hiring for Go-to-Market business teams, including sales, marketing, and partnerships, at companies like Cashfree Payments and Klub.
Fintech Talent
His career is centered in the fintech space, with extensive experience recruiting for payment gateways and lending companies.
Rapid Team Scaling
Demonstrated significant impact by scaling a previous company's headcount from 20 to 60 employees within a nine-month period.

Media Appearances

Akshay has no verified media appearances

Work History

11-2024
Community Member at The Talent Deck
7-2023
Senior Recruiter - GTM at Cashfree Payments
4-2023 - 6-2023
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist - GTM at Klub
1-2022 - 3-2023
Talent Acquisition Specialist at Klub
8-2021 - 12-2021
Health and well-being at CRED

Education

2014 - 2017
Bachelor of commerce (hons.) from Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)
2012 - 2014
12th class from Jawahar Vidya Mandir,Shyamali

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Insights For Selling To Akshay

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • If they are not asking many questions, nudge them to ask questions rather than just starting to talk yourself
  • When following up with them, expect slowness; use questions to engage them, preferably over email.
  • Share a one-off customer success story but keeps the focus on highlighting objective, numerical results

DONT's

  • Avoid phrases like ‘trust me’, ‘you will just love it’ etc.
  • Don't ask them to move fast, let them take their time and digest all the information
  • Don’t overhype the product/pitch, keep it measured

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Akshay is

  • Adoption by others is very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Akshay

  • They are unlikely to say no, it's better to stop yourself once you have exhausted all the options.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Akshay move?

  • They don't like to hasten, so their speed of decision-making may be slow.
  • Can Akshay take some risk or not?

  • They have little willingness to take risks, and prefer making calculated decisions.

You And Akshay

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