Startup Growth Playbook Interview: Bhuva Shakti and Adam Malev
Ask Me Anything: Bhuva Shakti
Product, Operations, Fundraising Advisor
📍 Session #25 of the Startup Growth Playbook
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➡️ This session, Bhuva's guest is: Adam Malev, Founder & CEO of Comediq.
Startup Growth Playbook Interview: Bhuva Shakti and Adam Malev
Scaling a Solopreneur Platform in the Creator Economy
Not all startups begin with teams and funding.
Some begin with one person solving a real, persistent problem.
🎯 Bhuva Shakti, Fundraising Advisor at Wallet Max, brings a product, operations, and investor-readiness perspective to help founders translate early traction into scalable growth and investor-ready narratives.
🎯 Adam Malev, Founder & CEO of Comediq, is building a platform that helps 1,600+ NYC comedians discover 500+ open mics and shows every week.
What began as a simple directory is evolving into a product ecosystem — helping comedians manage content, track material, and streamline how they perform and grow.
This Startup Growth Playbook LIVE session focuses on:
✅ What traction looks like as a solo founder
✅ Building and scaling niche communities
✅ Product-led growth in the creator economy
✅ Turning early users into sustainable revenue
Who should attend?
➡️ Founders, creators, operators, and investors building in the creator economy, SaaS, media, and community-driven platforms.
📌 Session #25 of the Startup Growth Playbook Series
🎙️ LIVE Interview: Bhuva Shakti and Adam Malev
🗓️ March 30, 2026 at 3-4 PM ET
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About Adam Malev:
Adam Malev is the Founder, CEO, and solopreneur of Comediq that helps 1600+ NYC comedians to find 1 of 500+ active open mics and shows in NYC every week. Comediq has comedian advertisers and is building out premium features to make the process of keeping track of jokes, managing video files, and posting content smoother and easier for our nation’s funniest.
About Wallet Max:
Wallet Max is an inclusive global community of corporate executives and venture capitalists with a mission to expand fundraising access for high-growth startups in the technology, AI, fintech, and climate sustainability sectors.
With more than 10 investments directly in impact entrepreneurs thus far, Wallet Max’s network of 2,000 innovators and 60 partners regularly meet in person and virtually throughout the year to mutually exchange connections and drive collective action. Wallet Max ecosystem of events and initiatives are prominent during the New York Fintech Week, the New York Tech Week, and the New York Climate Week every year.
Wallet Max's Planet Positive Podcast is a monthly interview with investors driving impact globally. Aligned with our mission to challenge the status quo, we showcase personal and professional journeys of diverse investors (Angels, VCs, PEs, Family Office, Corporate Venture) looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments. Supporting sustainable innovations is good for people's wellbeing, planet survival, and financial profits.
Learn more about Wallet Max success and 2026 global initiatives: https://getwalletmax.com/climate-forward
About Bhuva Shakti:
Bhuva Shakti (she/her) is the futuristic founder and CEO driving sustainable innovation at Wallet Max, a global community of corporate executives, policy leaders, and venture capital investors expanding fundraising access for high-growth impact startups. With an MBA from Columbia University in New York and as a senior executive director on Wall Street for three decades, Bhuva has managed diverse financial portfolios and launched several digital transformation products for investment banks, capital markets, and payment networks.
Bhuva’s leadership and risk governance oversight, during the global financial crisis and the pandemic, was pivotal for the success of regulatory compliance and mergers acquisitions at the world's top banks and credit rating institutions. Bhuva is a board director and C-Suite advisor for people and planet friendly businesses, without compromising profits, and a keynote and TEDx speaker advancing economic inclusion and climate-fintech partnerships.
Bhuva is the USA country director for World Business Angels Investment Forum and the Chief Ethics & Culture Officer for Women in AI worldwide. She leads fundraising strategy and product operations for market expansion and manages investor relations from diligence to investment. Bhuva is the founder of Bhuva’s Impact Global, offering board and enterprise risk advisory services for public and private corporations.