Gowtham Kumar Dumpa
Summary
I'm a student entrepreneur who enjoys building things, experimenting with ideas, and figuring out how businesses work by actually doing it. I founded Building Anyways, a systems and branding agency that has served 35+ clients, and co-founded Invodex, a fintech SaaS that placed 2nd at HiveSchool BuildCamp. I've also been selected for IIM Ranchi's Innovate and Impact Program and accepted into The Knowledge Society with ~$4,000 in scholarship aid. I'm constantly learning and exploring product building, branding, distribution, and what it takes to turn ideas into sustainable businesses. Outside entrepreneurship, I scored 99% in my Class 10 board exams.
Education
- Scored 93.61% in Grade 11 (Grade 12 currently ongoing / expected completion 2027).
- Agency Scaling: Scaling a systems and branding agency (Building Anyways) alongside academics, developing custom Discord bots, automations, branding and MVPs for startups.
- Completed full schooling from Grade 1 through Grade 10.
- Achieved 99% in Class 10 Board Examinations · Rank 1 (School Topper).
- House Captain: Led house across sports, cultural events, and academic competitions. Handled end-to-end coordination of student participation and discipline, and represented the house in major school events.
Experience
- Founded a systems and branding agency that has served 35+ clients since launch with an approximate 50%+ client retention rate.
- Lead end-to-end customer acquisition, system design, client management, and full-stack technical implementation for someprojects (AI Assisted).
- Made custom landing pages, SaaS platform, internal operations tool, branding (logo's, graphic designs etc).
- Co-founded a financial operations platform allowing freelancers and small businesses to draft binding agreements, automate invoice workflows, track balances, and building more necessary features that helps users manage their business effiently.
- Acquired 4 paying customers, enrolled 70+ active signups, and generated over 12,000 organic views and 1,400+ interactions on Day 1 of beta launch.
- Placed 2nd overall nationally at HiveSchool of Business's BuildCamp.
- Competitively selected as 1 of 16 founders nationally for HiveSchool of Business's 5-day venture buildcamp.
- Formed a team of 3 strangers across 3 cities, conceptualized, engineered, and shipped a functional SaaS MVP from scratch within 120 hours.
- Closed 4 paying clients in days and took 2nd place overall in the national cohort pitch and unit-economics review (missed 1st place by just 1 point).
- Selected as 1 of 34 students nationwide for the 2-day on-campus entrepreneurship program hosted at IIM Ranchi itself.
- Built and pitched an EdTech startup with an interactive prototype from scratch directly to IIM Ranchi faculty and venture mentors.
- Analyzed the industry, market landscape, priing models and delivered a pitch with a working prototype.
Selected Systems & Builds
Centralized financial operations suite enabling boutique agencies and freelancers to draft binding agreements, dispatch automated invoices, reconcile balances, and secure digital signatures.
Real-time attendee check-in and access logistics engine replacing manual spreadsheet tracking with sub-second QR code scans and offline-tolerant validation.
Engineered an automated QR entry verification system deployed for Vedantu Visakhapatnam's flagship student conference, guaranteeing zero-queue entry and instant credentials verification.
High-conversion reservation platform featuring real-time slot scheduling, automated seat reservation locks, and integrated advance deposit checkout flows.
Independent Research & Writings
Discovered and responsibly reported a privacy issue in WhatsApp Communities where member phone numbers could be exposed. Published full writeup: Read Investigation.