Dheekshith Kumar

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DISC Type : Dc

Co-Founder at Flickd

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Overview

Dheekshith Kumar is the co-founder of Flickd, an AI-powered fashion marketplace for GenZ. An alumnus of IIT Delhi, he has a history of building ventures from the ground up, including scaling an educational institute to over ₹1 Cr in annual revenue. Colleagues describe him as a visionary co-founder.

Outside of his entrepreneurial work, Dheekshith has a background as a professional chess player. He credits his five years in the competitive chess world for developing his strategic thinking and pattern recognition skills, which he now applies to his business ventures and product development.

He was a competitive chess player for five years, a journey that shaped his strategic approach to business.

Personality Overview

Generally Skeptic

Quality Focused

Demanding

They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others.  They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact. They respond better to strong and respectful interactions.

Topics They Care About

AI in Fashion
Building Flickd as the "AI fashion layer of the internet" to make online shopping a personal, creator-led experience through virtual try-on technology.
Startup Scaling
Has experience founding multiple ventures and scaling them, including a pet care startup to profitability in under two months and an academy to significant revenue.
Strategic Thinking
A former professional chess player, he applies principles of long-term execution, systems thinking, and pattern recognition to his business and product strategy.

Media Appearances

Dheekshith has no verified media appearances

Work History

5-2024
Co-Founder at Flickd
1-2024 - 5-2024
Member at Snoodify Hive
6-2022 - 1-2023
Founder at uprise (NICE IAS ACADEMY)
10-2021 - 3-2022
Product at ForFurs
1-2021 - 1-2023
Founder at NICE IAS ACADEMY

Education

2020 - 2025
BTech. + MTech. - Dual Degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
12th Standard from Sri Krish International School

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Exp : 9 Location : Gurugram, Haryana, India Job Level : Leadership Designation : Co-Founder at Flickd
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Insights For Selling To Dheekshith

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Objectively showcase the impact that your product creates
  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust
  • Be respectful but crisp

DONT's

  • Don’t focus on process and rules, give the impression of being a ‘gets it done’ person
  • Don’t be in a rush to invite them for a social meet and greet
  • Avoid being too verbose

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Dheekshith is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Dheekshith

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no without any hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Dheekshith move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Dheekshith take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

You And Dheekshith

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