I'm Karthik Sivacharan 👋
I enjoy the messy middle of building things and started crafting products early. I’ve worked across startups, VC, and larger orgs. I’m happiest learning by making. Coffee, sunsets, driving, and sports are my kind of things :)
I'm Karthik Sivacharan 👋
I enjoy the messy middle of building things and started crafting products early. I’ve worked across startups, VC, and larger orgs. I’m happiest learning by making. Coffee, sunsets, driving, and sports are my kind of things :)
I'm Karthik Sivacharan 👋
I enjoy the messy middle of building things and started crafting products early. I’ve worked across startups, VC, and larger orgs. I’m happiest learning by making. Coffee, sunsets, driving, and sports are my kind of things :)
products designed
8
Users Reached
250k+
collaborated with
60+
I ventured into product design by chance and out of necessity!
It was not a part of my career plan initially, but I loved the challenge of understanding user needs and pain points and solving them through design.
products designed
8
Users Reached
250k+
collaborated with
60+
I ventured into product design by chance and out of necessity!
It was not a part of my career plan initially, but I loved the challenge of understanding user needs and pain points and solving them through design.
products designed
8
Users Reached
250k+
collaborated with
60+
I ventured into product design by chance and out of necessity!
It was not a part of my career plan initially, but I loved the challenge of understanding user needs and pain points and solving them through design.
my stack
Tools & Softwares
Figma
Cursor
Claude
Xcode
Notion
Linear
my stack
Tools & Softwares
Figma
Cursor
Claude
SwiftUI
Notion
Linear
my stack
Tools & Softwares
Figma
Cursor
Claude
Xcode
Notion
Linear
Background
What's my story?
Education
Early Days
I was born and raised in India, chasing a career in Industrial Engineering. But somewhere along the way, product design tapped me on the shoulder (and didn’t stop bugging me).
2019
Work
Co-Founding Tread
Built a CRM for trainers with my undergrad friends. We got incubated, shipped a product, even had paying users. That’s how I stumbled into design.
2019-21
Learnings
Exploring Interests
Tread couldn’t scale, so we shut it down. A short startup stint later, I landed at Carnegie Mellon and unexpectedly, in Venture Capital.
2021-22
Realization
Building Again
Missed getting my hands dirty, so I joined Trainwell as an IC Product Designer, where I lead design efforts for our B2C fitness app. Also hacking on the Zeno iOS app for fun and learning.
Present
Background
What's my story?
Education
Early Days
I was born and raised in India, chasing a career in Industrial Engineering. But somewhere along the way, product design tapped me on the shoulder (and didn’t stop bugging me).
2019
Work
Co-Founding Tread
Built a CRM for trainers with my undergrad friends. We got incubated, shipped a product, even had paying users. That’s how I stumbled into design.
2019-21
Learnings
Exploring Interests
Tread couldn’t scale, so we shut it down. A short startup stint later, I landed at Carnegie Mellon and unexpectedly, in Venture Capital.
2021-22
Realization
Building Again
Missed getting my hands dirty, so I joined Trainwell as an IC Product Designer, where I lead design efforts for our B2C fitness app. Also hacking on the Zeno iOS app for fun and learning.
Present
Background
What's my story?
Education
Early Days
I was born and raised in India, chasing a career in Industrial Engineering. But somewhere along the way, product design tapped me on the shoulder (and didn’t stop bugging me).
2019
Work
Co-Founding Tread
Built a CRM for trainers with my undergrad friends. We got incubated, shipped a product, even had paying users. That’s how I stumbled into design.
2019-21
Learnings
Exploring Interests
Tread couldn’t scale, so we shut it down. A short startup stint later, I landed at Carnegie Mellon and unexpectedly, in Venture Capital.
2021-22
Realization
Building Again
Missed getting my hands dirty, so I joined Trainwell as an IC Product Designer, where I work on our B2C fitness app. Also hacking on the Zeno iOS app for fun and learning.
Present
“Take care of the people, the products, and the profits - in that order.”
ben horowitz, the hard thing about hard things
“Take care of the people, the products, and the profits - in that order.”
ben horowitz, the hard thing about
hard things
“Take care of the people, the products, and the profits - in that order.”
ben horowitz, the hard thing about hard things
in reverse chronology
Life Lately
Life Lately
Life Lately
Currently leading everything design at Trainwell
Currently leading everything design at Trainwell
Building the Zeno iOS app that makes me walk more steps to unlock scrolling time
Building the Zeno iOS app that makes me walk more steps to unlock scrolling time
Exploring a new city every 3 months!
Exploring a new city every 3 months!
Currently leading everything design at Trainwell
Me and my Mojito Jeep 💚
Building the Zeno iOS app that makes me walk more steps to unlock scrolling time
Learning level 2 Archery
Chasing sunsets :)
Exploring a new city every 3 months!
Me and my Mojito Jeep 💚
Me and my Mojito Jeep 💚
Learning level 2 Archery
Learning level 2 Archery
Chasing sunsets :)
Chasing sunsets :)
Made with Framer & Cold Brew.
Made with Framer & Cold Brew.
Made with Framer & Cold Brew.