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. Video version on Spotify and Youtube. Please subscribe if you enjoyed this episode - it helps the channel get more great guests! Genies: https://www.instagram.com/genies  Sequel: http://instagram.com/sequelshow  Gustaf: http://instagram.com/gltore  Akash: http://instagram.com/akashnigam www.genies.com 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? About the American Express Platinum Card: http://bit.ly/3FsJVh1  Nom.ränta 17,99%. Eff.ränta 28,30% vid utnyttjad kredit om 140 000 kr / 12 mån. Tot: 172 870 kr. Medlemsavgift 650 kr/mån. (April 2023) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices