Aryan Iyappan

About Aryan Iyappan

At 19, I’m an aspiring and highly driven startup founder obsessed with building the next generation of enduring, visionary companies. Inspired by ideas from “Built to Last” and “Good to Great,” I anchor my work around a few core values: work should be fun, excellence in execution is non‑negotiable, rethink everything from first principles, and aggressively adapt to change.I’m strongly technical and hands-on – from shipping production systems to contributing to open source (Strawberry GraphQL) and building products like hospitaljobs.in, a healthcare hiring marketplace, where I owned both product and GTM from zero to early traction.I’ve self‑learnt most of my business fundamentals from books like “Good to Great,” “Built to Last,” “The Hard Thing About Hard Things,” “The Mom Test,” “Zero to One,” and “How to F*ck Up Your Startup,” and I’m deliberately training myself to think like a long‑term CEO, not just a builder. I’m actively looking to connect and jam with like‑minded founders, operators, and deeply technical builders who are excited about company‑building from first principles. My “hidden agenda” (not so hidden anymore) is to grow into the CEO of my own company while surrounding myself with exceptional technical people who want to co‑create something iconic over the next decade. If you’re building, experimenting, or thinking deeply about startups, AI, or product, I’d love to connect.

Experience

1. Co-founder

   Stealth Startup

   Mar 2026 — Present

Education

• College of Engineering, Guindy

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology

• Vanavani Matriculation Higher Secondary School

  High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates

• Startup School Online

  Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies