Manage a Team of Ops Associates for a fast-growing NYC-based custom apparel start-up (Remote)
Hi, this is Arpana, one of the founding members of Fresh Prints.
In December 2016, I came across a job post on Naukri from Jacob Goodman, one of the co-owners of Fresh Prints. They were looking for someone to lead Operations in India. The post had already been taken down, but I decided to send Jacob an email anyway. To my surprise, he replied, and soon I found myself stepping into what would become a life-changing chance.
During the interview process, it became clear just how new everything was. There was no office, no payroll system, no established infrastructure. But what stood out was Jacob and Josh's unwavering belief in the vision they had for Fresh Prints. They didn't have all the answers, but their passion was contagious, and I knew I wanted to help build something from the ground up.
So I jumped in. I found an office, figured out payroll, and even brought in my childhood best friend to help get things started. Those early days were full of unknowns,



but that's what made them so exciting. I got to wear multiple hats, solve problems on the fly, and help build something tangible. What started as a team of two soon grew into teams across Finance, Tech, and Marketing.
As the first employee of Fresh Prints India, I've had the privilege of helping shape the company from its earliest days. After taking a short break to have my daughter, I returned to lead HR and Recruiting. Since then, we've grown from a scrappy startup into a team of 400+ people across three countries. But even today, we still believe it's day one.
One of the moments I'm most proud of was how we navigated COVID-19 together. Overnight, universities shut down, events stopped, and we went from million-dollar months to zero revenue.
But we'd spent years preparing for uncertainty. From day one, we believed our balance sheet had to be a strength, so we always planned to be able to operate for at least a yea

📌 Operations Manager (Hyderabad)
🏢 Fresh Prints
📍 Hyderabad