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< All Interviews Dr. Vipul Lunawat Founder and Director Entrepreneur We as Victorytales, In the latest interview, spoke to yet another passionate entrepreneur Dr. Vipul Lunawat. To understand more about his interesting journey as a sportsman and an entrepreneur, the quest started at an early age because he was fond of Roller Skating and has been a skater since an early age of 5. Dr.Vipul Lunawat did Ph.D. in Sports Management, MSc Electronics from the University of Pune, Master’s Programme in Business Administration from Institute of Management Education, Pune, and BSc Electronics from the University of Pune. Besides above, Vipul did Level 02 Coaching certification from Australian Ice Racing (AIR) in Short Track Speed Ice skating, & certified by Olympic Solidarity, Melbourne, Australia. He also possesses the Certification in the International Skating Union (ISU) Regional Officials Course for Short Track Speed Ice Skating. Dr. Vipul was part of the Indian contingent as a coach for the Short Track Speed Skating teams at the Singapore Open, 2014 and the Thailand Open Championships, 2013, South-East Asian Trophy 2019, Singapore. Competed in Roller Skating World Championships in Venezuela-2003 as a part of the Indian Junior Team. Competed in Roller Skating International Championships in Ostend, Belgium-2001, Serpa, Portugal-2001. National medalist in RSFI Senior Mens Inline Speed Skating. State Level Gold Medal, Basketball. Coach, Roller & Ice Skating at Snohvit International Ice Skating Club and ISST Sports Academy, Pune. Coached 3000+ students in roller & ice skating since 2004. Vipul has also been involved in organizing various world-class sports events, since 2004. Share this Interview: Know more about Institute of Sports Science and Technology Institute of Sports Science and Technology i.e ISST is the first institute in INDIA providing courses in Sports Education & Sports Management Education. Modern sport covers a broad range of areas, be it ethics, medicine, technology,finance, law, education or sociology, to name a few. ISST with its modern course structure will provide a launch pad for those who wish to pursue a career in the field of sports and believes that at the beginning of a new era, the sport is in urgent need of higher competent, well trained and experienced sports administrators. The ISST will have a unique network of multi field expertise; it will develop and apply knowledge to the study of sports in connection with technology, management, medicine biology, law, economics,logistics and sociology, to name just a few. ISST supports sports innovations, technology transfer and business development. On inquiring from where did the idea to start something like “ISST” come from and requesting him to tell us about his background and his journey as an entrepreneur, Vipul apprised that ; I have been a Roller Skater at an early age of 5. My mother is a national level basketball Gold medallist and so the love for sports runs in the blood. She was the one to introduce me to sports and skating. With the vision of my mother, dedicated efforts, and a lot of hard work, I went on to represent India at the Junior World Championships in 2003 in Venezuela and also in various other international events. Due to my focus in academics, I quit the professional sport in 2006, and just to be connected with the sport, started coaching young kids in roller skating. During my days as a skater and also a coach, I experienced a huge gap in how my sport is governed and managed. There was absolutely no structure in place to develop, nurture, and promote young athletes in the field of sports. Hence in 2007, I applied for a Masters in Sports Management in various Universities/institutes in Europe. I was pursuing my MBA at that time in Pune with Dr. P.C. Shejwalkar, a senior educationist as my guide and mentor. While discussing going abroad for higher education, where the fees for the course were much higher, he suggested that I start a sports management program in Pune itself, given my background in sports. And so in 2008, under the guidance and support of Dr. P.C. Shejwalkar and my mother, Ujwala Lunawat, established India’s first dedicated sports management institute, the Institute of Sports Science & Technology (ISST). The initial years were tough, as this was a totally new and innovative initiative, and I had no experience in starting a new venture. But with Shejwalkar sir’s support and the direction we established one of the first sports management courses in India. On enquiring from him about the choosing entrepreneurship over the job, Vipul narrated that; I have done my Masters in Electronics which has never interested me much. My interest was always towards playing sports and I have been actively participating until the first year of my masters. The IT sector was booming at that time and there were new opportunities available but I chose not to go for any interviews. I always wanted to do something different and had a passion for giving back to my sport in some way or the other which made me start coaching even after I discontinued my sports participation. Secondly, coming from a business family I was more aligned towards starting something of my own rather than working for someone else. And with luck, I got a career opportunity of my liking and started ISST. What was your key driving force to become an entrepreneur? I have always believed innovation happens when you do something out of the box. And I think, to be a successful entrepreneur or for that matter a successful human being, you should have a profound passion for whatever you do. India has a rich sporting culture, and we are just lagging behind in the field of sports as we don’t have a proper management structure in place. The want for doing something fruitful to uplift the sports scenario in India has been a driving force for me as an entrepreneur. It took me a while to realize that one should keep working towards the goal with excellence and other things follow. Please tell us about your source of motivation? My mother has been a constant source of motivation. She always wanted me to achieve what she could not as an athlete in her sports career. She has gone through all odds to support my career in sports. Apart from that, I get a lot of motivation from young kids I coach. The hard work and dedication these young kids put to develop their skills are truly inspirational and motivating. Please tell us about your source of motivation? My mother has been a constant source of motivation. She always wanted me to achieve what she could not as an athlete in her sports career. She has gone through all odds to support my career in sports. Apart from that, I get a lot of motivation from young kids I coach. The hard work and dedication these young kids put to develop their skills is truly inspirational and motivating. How many hours a day do you work on average? Almost 9-10 hours a day. But as an entrepreneur you have to be alert and attentive 24X7, so the work goes on like forever. Tell us about the uniqueness of your startup? ISST was started, not with the motive to make huge profits and make money. It was started with a noble idea of supporting the sports industry with innovative management practices to help develop better athletes and bring laurels for the country. The most unique feature of ISST is that it is a self-funded organization. ISST has been able to generate revenue streams that have helped it to be self-sustainable. The distance education programs which we offer help us to break geographical barriers to education and students enrolled from all over the world. Another USP we have is that ISST runs its own grassroots sports coaching academies providing students an opportunity to learn through coaching kids and managing various sports events. How do you handle the pressure and manage stress? When you start something new, it is obvious that stress and pressure come along. My biggest stress buster is the coaching I do with kids for roller skating. It actually takes my mind off from all other things I am involved with. For me, the other best way to handle stress, pressure, and be productive is to divert the mind from the thing which gives us stress. I keep myself either occupied with work, or hobbies, or playtime with my dog. One tip for being stress-free is to keep a light heart. Don’t think much about things which give you stress and it will be taken care of. How do you generate new ideas? I don’t think there is a formula or process to generate new ideas. They just come or let us put it in this way, it’s god’s gift to get innovative ideas. I think for any entrepreneur to be successful the idea is the most important. You can surely achieve success if the idea is different and innovative enough. A quick tip would be to think out of the box or to do things in a different way for generating new ideas. How did you come up with the name for your Institute? Sports in this era is not just limited to on-field practice or play but also the use of science and technology to improve performance. When we started ISST, we intended to interlink the fields of science and technology with the field of sport and hence the name Institute of Sports Science & Technology (ISST). What piece of advice would you give to college graduates who want to become entrepreneurs? One mistake every entrepreneur does is to expect fast results. I think young students should first do sound research, backed with educational qualifications for starting anything new. They should have a clear vision and goal of what they intend to achieve and what work they want to put in to achieve their goals. Without passion, there is no success. Students should keep working hard passionately, and not just hard, but skilfully hard so they move towards their goal. Results don’t come overnight and it may take a while for anything new to show results. Malcolm Gladwell in one of his books says you should work 10000 hours to achieve mastery in any field. And if we apply the same rule to new ventures, it takes 1000 years for any business to flourish. So if you put 10 hours of passionate work for 1000 days, you can become the master in that field and your business will surely show shoots of success. Sai Poorna Patnaik Founder Shankar Sahai Co-Founder and Director Bhavini Khakhkhar Founder Dr. Ruchika R. Jha Doctor & Public Healthcare Consultant Anand Mani Tripathi Founder and CEO Gamethon Professional Gamers You may also like to read

< All Interviews Sai Poorna Patnaik Founder Entrepreneur VictoryTales with its objective to bring more and more meaningful and powerful inspirational stories from around the world to empower and motivate our growing community of entrepreneurs, this time introducing Mr. Sai Purnaa Patnaik, Founder of “Sylvann”. Born and brought up in an average Indian family, Sai Purnaa Patnaik struggles throughout his life to came out of poverty. With his firm beliefs & determination, Sai came out of the hardship he faces after the demise of his father who was a Teacher in Railway runs School. While doing master’s in business administration tried his luck by doing partnership with one of his friends and sell Net2Phone instruments from Singapore and sell them in domestic market where he lost all his savings. Worked as an office boy in a pharmaceutical export company and remain in office day & night and learnt titbits of international market and exports besides learning how to operate computer and emails. Sai Purnaa, learnt a lot from his every failures and came up strongly to achieve his desired goal of becoming an entrepreneur and now heading many companies including “Sylvann”. Share this Interview: Know more about “Sylvann” , Legend Stone (P) Ltd. & Bitcoin Caffe Established in the year 2004, “Sylvann” is first ever company having expertise in customized designing mosaics and working for the last 16 years to make mosaics from Natural Stone, Glass, Porcelain, 3D Mosaics. Sylvann’s mosaic are unique, made by placing coloured pieces such as stones, glass etc in an organised manner to make them beautifully decorated mosaic, and the company have been exporting their products to USA, Italy, France, Holland, UK, Singapore etc. The raw material used to make mosaics are the natural scrap from big factories and by converting them handmade mosaics which are used in interior and exterior wall cladding and in swimming pools. The company is also developing customized designs as per the taste of their customers and as per market demand. The professionals of the company are developing their products extensively and experimenting to come as per the expectations of their clients to provide them their dream products. To know more about Sylvann, kindly Tell us a little about your organization and your organization’s journey so far; I started my company “Sylvann” in the year 2004 by gathering natural scrap from big factories and converting them handmade mosaics which are used in interior and exterior wall cladding and in swimming pools. Initially we started our exports of mosaics with France. In 2007 we started a company in the name of Legend Stone Pvt Ltd. In partnership with a Holland company. From legend stones we focused on interior and mainly exterior paving stone products. We are now exporting to UK, Germany, Ireland, Holland, USA ETC. Tell us a little bit about yourself (background) and your journey as an entrepreneur, please. My father was a railway school teacher from Rourkela in Orissa. We were three siblings and always had crisis at home as my father was the only earning member for the entire family. Financial crisis made me to always look for ways to make money to support my family along with my studies. My father was suffering from cancer, and we struggled with his treatment for almost five years, and unfortunately, we lost him. His treatment expenditure got us into huge debt. we had to leave our school and find alternate methods to go for correspondence course in Matriculation. Having tried several earning options, I could understand the importance of my further studies. I used to get admission in colleges and struggled to pay my college fees, during my Graduation when all my classmates were giving their final exams and I was not allowed to enter the classroom, luckily the student’s president of the college whom I helped him during election campaign, came to my support and fought with the management, and I was allowed to appear for the exams. Similarly got support from friends and classmates and completed my MBA from Jaipur. It was difficult time with no financial support, no shelter, away from family, on top of that sending money back home. I always valued time, Time is the scarcest thing in any one’s life so always tried to be productive, and I always involved myself into multiple things along with my studies. Trying various businesses within my capacity and most of the time I lost money with some learning. Always had a keen desire to do something of my own. At a very young age tried my hands with selling Son-papdi sweets with gift packs during festivals and apart from festivals supplying them to hotels and shops. Also tried selling incense sticks to pan shops. During my MBA, I got into a partnership with a friend to get Net2Phone instruments from Singapore and sell them in domestic market, where I lost all my savings. While I was working as an office boy for a pharmaceutical export company along my MBA, I requested my Boss to allow me to stay in the office. And I learnt a lot from there about international market and exports. Also learnt computers and Internet. Internet was new at that time, and I had the advantage of learning internet and sending mails etc. After completion of my MBA my certificates were stuck because of Fees, and I started giving consultancies to few factories who wanted to get into exports.I used to make their websites and contact offshore clients. But I wasn’t earning much, and I had the financial pressure of sending money home, I took a full-time job with one of stone factory to whom I was consulting as part time earlier. I worked there for 9 years to make my financial condition better, but it did not take me anywhere nor could get freedom of exploring new avenues. That’s when I experimented in developing mosaics from stone wastage, and we did sampling and it clicked well. That’s how we started our company. But initially we made wrong selection with people working for us and we lost and came into huge debt. But that didn’t stop me to restart again. I lost again in 2008 when my wife had an accident. I learnt a lot from my every failure and came up strongly to achieve my desired goal of becoming an entrepreneur. Why did you choose entrepreneurship over a job? I always needed freedom and was fed-up with my financial crisis and poverty that I closely experienced for years. I wanted to make best use of my energy, will power and have my own venture and to give back to the society. I learnt from my father to serve the society in what ever way possible. What gets you out of bed in the morning i.e. what’s your source of motivation? Good Question. Every day I like to learn something new out of my life’s circumstances. So first thing I do after I get out of my bed is to water my plants and then read books. I always like to experiment in my business with some crazy ideas which excites me. I am also health conscious and having addiction of going to the Gym, I look forward to attending my Gym session every morning and in the evening I play football with half the age group. I deeply believe in giving back to the society which gives me internal strength and motivation. Regarding my source of motivation, every year I plant lot of trees and take care of them, it gives me immense pleasure when I see these trees growing big. One more thing which inspire and motivate me to support an orphanage. With the help of our suppliers and clients who extend their help to support orphanage. I always feel that lots more to do and time is flying, I am still far away from my childhood dreams and that motivates me to take new challenges, learning new things, networking with younger generation entrepreneurs, you never know what and how any opportunity can get me to my desired goals. During this COVID-19 crisis, what are the measures you have under taken continue your business without disruption? Our business required physical visits to factories to check quality, but due to zoom calls we could conduct zoom calls with our north and south teams. The factories we have reduced the strengths to 40% working at one time. For quality control we have requested production status on photos google drives to ensure the standards are met. So more online monitoring. What challenges/obstacles did you face in your journey so far? We had to fight with people who have deeper pockets and better infrastructure. We just focused on what our competitors are missing. We always continuously strive to make it better product and better packing, adding more and more value for the customer. We always try to surprise our customer with over delivering, Less complications making everything easy for them. Our product is Labour oriented which is a big problem these days, but we try to conduct meetings at factories and teach them financial planning, savings and importance of taking care of their health etc. We try to treat them as we treat our customers and gradually that has helped in getting the best out of them. We tell them we don’t need your hands and legs we want you to show us your mental ability. We have asked our team not to use these words, which are actually a big problem i.e Mujhe laga, Maine socha, Meri guarantee, chalta hai these are some problems for all business. What comes first for you - money or emotions? Frankly speaking, I feel empathy and emotions are very necessary components of a business. Every business is for people, by people and for the people and in every case, Humans are involved, and you will have to take care of them at every time. Business runs because of Humans and emotions are important component besides money. Empathy is always required to move further to strengthen the business foundations. How do you handle the pressure and manage stress? I think the best way to handle stress is to work out in Gym or play football, or spend some time with trees or nature, speak to some strangers are some of my modes which I tried to handle my pressure if comes to me. Besides this, reading books, going out with family and listening to music also helps to relieve stress. What is one strategy that you believe has helped you grow as a person/startup? I think the one strategy that I believe has helped me to grow as a person is the “High velocity in action and decision, do not fear of making mistakes”. In your opinion what are the keys to success? One need to be a massive action taker; average action doesn’t take you anywhere. Learn unlearn and relearn is what keeps you going. Things change very frequently, and you just can’t stick to your past and be rigid with your traditional learning. You will have to try to keep pace with the change’s world throws at you. Learn from your mistakes and make them successful. What advice would you give to someone starting out as an aspiring entrepreneur? The only advice, I would like to give to someone starting out as an aspiring entrepreneur is to Focus on building a strong team, right and dedicated team can pull you out during tough times. Be consistent and patient. Apply long term focus and Don’t neglect your health. Shankar Sahai Co-Founder and Director Bhavini Khakhkhar Founder Dr. Ruchika R. Jha Doctor & Public Healthcare Consultant Anand Mani Tripathi Founder and CEO Gamethon Professional Gamers Rahul Todi Managing Director You may also like to read

< All Interviews Ashish Arora Co-Founder Entrepreneur VictoryTales with its relentless efforts to bring the meaningful stories from across the world, this time bringing an inspiring growth story of one of the passionate entrepreneur Mr. Ashish Arora, Co-Founder of SketchBubble. Ashish is a technologist at heart and entrepreneur by nature. He started his career as a Programmer Analyst with Cognizant Technology Solutions. But the magnetic pull of entrepreneurial spirit and aspirations in him worked as a catalyst and encouraged him to co-found Infoshore Software Private Limited in 2008 and SketchBubble in. Now he is running a business and being responsible for other people’s well-being which motivates him to be the hardest-working version of himself. He believes learning is an essential part of life, and with this belief, Ashish continue to drive his ventures towards newer accomplishments as well. Ashish co-founded both the ventures with a vision to disrupt the industry in a positive way. In an era where “Going Remote and Virtual” is the new normal, SketchBubble aims to get you covered for all events where you need to present, be it a webinar, virtual presentation, office meeting, workshop, or a seminar. Ashish believes that the trust of customers is the only reason that SketchBubble has maintained a scorching growth rate even in the trying times. Share this Interview: Know more about SketchBubble With an aim to change the way presentations are made, SketchBubble focuses on developing premium editable PowerPoint templates for various business needs. Every template at SketchBubble is crafted after performing an extensive research, which makes the company to serve their affluent client base while maintaining their utmost standards. The pre-designed presentation templates of SketchBubble are extremely easy to use and edit. They can be customized without any hassle, providing an effortless and efficient use of slides. The templates are data driven and will let you strategize your business needs easily. An implemented neutral colors and interactive graphic in our slides, making them both professional and universal at the same time. At SketchBubble, you will find an extensive range of presentations to cater every business need of your company. With more than 10000 templates and 150,000 slides, we take pride in providing 100% customer satisfaction to our clients. From general topic to industry-based templates, our collection has the most exclusive and hand-picked display of editable presentations that will let you save your time and effort while taking the professional level of your presentation to a whole new level. Tell us a little about your organization and your organization’s journey so far. I along with my 2 college friends Rohit Khariwal and Pankaj Narang founded InfoShore in the year 2008 which is one of the top software development companies in India. Initially we started with Mobile Apps and later shifted our focus on building products. Step by step we proceeded towards our main goal and now Infoshore is a ISO Certified software development company and the home of IT geniuses who are not only goal-oriented, but also dedicated to ensuring value and customer satisfaction through each software solution we collectively produce. SketchBubble is one of our company’s product. I would also like to apprise that we are also Shopify approved Development Partner. Tell us a little bit about yourself (background) and your journey as an entrepreneur, please. I did my engineering from NIT Jaipur and initially worked in an MNC for 3 years. I learned a lot of practical skills like working with different type of people, handling workload, handling customers etc. We were initially 8 friends in college who wanted to start this business but as time passed, they got busy in their job and we three took the initiative to leave the job and started our own business. It has been an amazing journey so far and we all are devoted our best efforts to contribute for our clients. Why did you choose entrepreneurship over a job? The main reason to choose entrepreneurship over a job is that I realized overtime while working in MNC that a corporate career is not going to make me happy. Since I was constantly remained in touch with my friends who later became my business partners and hence the journey of our business started. Now we have reached the stage where we all are contributing for betterment of our business with the same goal. What gets you out of bed in the morning i.e. what’s your source of motivation? The main source of motivation for me is the Passion towards my work. I have always been a very curious person and the curiosity within me helps me to explore me more besides passion helps me to work harder. So, my Passion and Curiosity are the two things which I think drives me the whole day is my source of motivation. During this COVID-19 crisis, what are the measures you have undertaken to continue your business without disruption? As we are in the business of designing presentations, during COVID-19; most of the professionals started working from home and started using various video conferencing tools for the meetings. But the need for presentations was always there, only difference is the shift of conference room presentations to video conference presentations. Luckily, our business was not affected due to COVID-19. Like every other IT company, work from our home has been part of our company culture now which resulted in continuous work without any hinderance. What challenges/obstacles did you face in your journey so far? Like every other online business which is dependent on traffic from Google; we had some ups and downs in our Google ranking which resulted in lower traffic few times in last couple of years. We conquered every time we were affected by Google Updates. We are constantly working on our content and design quality in order to have lifetime of customers. Apart from this, finding the right talent is a challenge every organization faces and we too faced the challenge in our journey so far and we came out of ever challenge with our ability to handle such in positive evolution. What comes first for you - money or emotions? I think it’s a mix of both money and emotions, but I think I will give priority to emotions as I am an emotional guy. In your opinion what are the keys to success? In my opinion, my key to success is my focus towards my target and passion for my work. What is one strategy that you believe has helped you grow as a person/start-up? I think one strategy that I believe has helped me grow as a person is my Passion which drives me to work harder and push my own limits to the new heights and you know reaching to the new heights gives you entire satisfaction. How do you handle the pressure and manage stress? I believe Pressure and stress are very important part of professional life and good pressure like an upcoming deadline helps me to stay motivated and productive. Of course, there are times when too much pressure can lead to stress. However, I'm very fortunate to have great business partners, this prevents me from feeling overly stressed as we collectively overcome from any Pressure or stress which come in our way. What advice would you give to someone starting out as an aspiring entrepreneur? The only advice I would like to give to our aspiring entrepreneurs is that whatever business either service sector or product based you are planning to start, give topmost priority to your customers and employees and they will take care of the rest for you. Sai Poorna Patnaik Founder Shankar Sahai Co-Founder and Director Bhavini Khakhkhar Founder Dr. Ruchika R. Jha Doctor & Public Healthcare Consultant Anand Mani Tripathi Founder and CEO Gamethon Professional Gamers You may also like to read

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< All Interviews Soumita Sinha Founder and Director Women Entrepreneur VictoryTales always make efforts to bring most of the meaningful and powerful stories from around the world to empower and motivate our growing community. This time, we invited Ms.Soumita Sinha, Founder & Director of Unecolserv for an exclusive interview to know more about her inspiring journey and the way forward. The skills Soumita has for her ideal career are something that she developed over time. As they say: practice makes perfect! Here are a few that one should consider working on if you aspire to be a successful consultant. Soumita did her bachelor’s in Law and Sociology from India. In her current role as Director of UnecoLserv and with her perseverance, she has grown comfortable managing litigation files, preparing and negotiating contracts, and performing an array of legal tasks. She is a capable and knowledgeable Legal specialist who is well-versed in legal guidelines and corporate governance best practices, one who is able to promote, develop and establish a legal culture within a company so that it can meet its legal requirements in terms of contracts & compliances. She has a track record of helping companies to manage risk, maintain a positive reputation. With her discipline, communication, and interpersonal skills as well as a drive to learn new things she has been able to support her colleagues and clients too. Share this Interview: Know more about UnecoLserv UnecoLserv offers legal service with a difference. UnecoLserv is dedicated to the broad general practice of law, with special expertise in Corporate Advisory, Legislation & Case Law Updates, etc. UnecoLserv advises both newly formed and established businesses in all matters, including compliances, commercial contract negotiations, regulatory assessment, etc. The firm is dedicated to providing professional advice and quality service to assist clients in business development decisions and strategic planning. On inquiring from where did the idea to start something like “UnecoLserv” came from and requesting her to tell us about her background and her journey as an entrepreneur, Ms.Soumita Sinha apprised that; I formed UnecoLserv for my passion to mitigate legal risks and then started developing my skills in the same field. In order to get this streamlined from the start, I did my bachelor’s degree in Law from one of the most reputed Universities in India. This along with my extensive experience in litigation & Corporate practice made me get into the world of Legal service to gain the best experiences in this field and learn the state of the art of providing the best legal service to corporates. On inquiring, why has she chosen to become an entrepreneur over a job? Ms. Soumita replied that; By choosing entrepreneurship over a corporate career, I wanted the ultimate freedom to use my time as I please while I’m young, not tied to a working routine that is constraining my other desires and pursuits. I learned a lot of practical skills to do the work I did. How to work with different types of people. Most importantly, I have realized over time that a corporate career will not make me happy. Entrepreneurship is definitely not for everyone. I think that entrepreneurship is a mindset. Sure, you can learn a set of practical skills and acquire some knowledge of how to do it. But it takes lots of personal traits and character to execute business ideas in challenging environments. What was your key driving force to become an entrepreneur? To paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, a new business is like a new love affair: Any fool can start one, but it takes a genius to end one successfully. For me, the key driving force to become an entrepreneur is the drive for results. I look up to successful entrepreneurs who inspire me, they too are my key driving force to make me a reckoned entrepreneur. On inquiring, how many hours normally a day you work on average? She replied that; You see being an entrepreneur and a mother you need to struggle hard to find appropriate working hours but normally I am working almost 8-10 hours minimum to take forward the venture at new heights. Please tell us the uniqueness of your company “UnecoLserv”? To make it a one-of-a-kind firm, we are dedicated to being fantastic communicators with our clients. Focused on each client’s unique situation and goals, we provide personal attention and open communication with each one of them. How do you handle the pressure and manage stress? I would say, normally I don't feel any pressure and if somehow comes on my way I try to read as much as possible and to reduce it I discuss with my team to handle and manage stress. How do you generate new ideas? I have unique ways to generate new ideas for myself. I get something in my mind while I am on some client visits and moves in search of understanding the market and consumer needs. What piece of advice would you give to college graduates who want to become entrepreneurs? Some things that have helped me and I would like to share with the college graduates who wanted to become entrepreneurs is that: Never give up on your dreams and keep moving forward to chase your dreams. Educate yourself : Gather as much information as you can, so when you step out into the “real world”, you’ll have the knowledge to sustain yourself in the competitive environment. Network a lot : Chalk out time to network with those who are around you. The good company will have a good influence on you and you may find that you learn more about yourself and your aspirations through this. Sai Poorna Patnaik Founder Shankar Sahai Co-Founder and Director Bhavini Khakhkhar Founder Dr. Ruchika R. Jha Doctor & Public Healthcare Consultant Anand Mani Tripathi Founder and CEO Gamethon Professional Gamers You may also like to read

< All Interviews Subuhi Khan Director Women Entrepreneur VictoryTales with its objective to bring meaningful and inspirational stories from around the world, this time brings a story of Ms. Subuhi Khan who is an experienced Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer services industry. Acquired advance skilled in Galileo, Amadeus GDS, and Online Travel Management along with teaching., and Amadeus. Having strong business development professional abilities and graduated from Acharya Narendra Dev College New Delhi. Subuhi started her career with one of the world’s leading digital Business travel management company which helps organizations of all sizes to deliver a proper travel program that engages employees and empowers them to remain more productive for the organization. You can only achieve your dreams when you start believing in yourself and achieving her father’s dream is the prime goal of Subuhi Khan. She is working to achieve her father’s dream and now achieving the new heights to bring her company to the next level. Share this Interview: Know more about Yahya Book Depot YAHYA BOOK DEPOT is one of the Trade India’s verified and trusted name for listed services with their extensive experience in the field of Book Publishing. The company has gained a reputation with its extensive experience and has made a place in the publishing houses by publishing very popular learning books like “Quran for Children”, “Urdu Qaida”, “Ama Para” etc. With its objective of focusing on customer centric approach, YAHYA BOOK DEPOT has a pan-India presence and caters to a huge consumer base throughout the country. The company publishes books at the trade India quality assurance-based services. Tell us a little about your organization and your organization’s journey so far; Well, I am running my father’s dream, a publishing house. It was my father’s dream that I should work for our family business and achieve new heights to bring it to the next level. So, after working as an Executive at CWT and Study Circle, I decided to proceed towards achieving my dreams through the vision of my father. Tell us a little bit about yourself (background) and your journey as a entrepreneur, please; About myself, I would like to apprise that I am born and raised in Old Delhi, and I did my graduation in Business Development Professional Abilities from Acharya Narendra Dev College New Delhi. With certain unpleasant circumstances happened with me I remained some time in depression due to some or the other reasons as I belong to a family which does not allow us to openly talk with someone which is not known to us. But I am thankful to Mr.Rishabh Pushp Tiwari, one of my friends who helped me to fight with my depression and Mr. Arman Khan for bringing positivity and self confidencein me. After working as Executive at CWT and one of the study Circle, now I am looking after my father’s dream of Yahya Book Depot. Why did you choose entrepreneurship over a job? As I narrated earlier, it was my father’s dream that I should work for Yahya Book Depot and that is the reason that I choose this entrepreneurship over a job which I was doing earlier. What gets you out of bed in the morning i.e. what’s your source of motivation? Regarding my source of motivation, I would like to share that I am always fond of figuring out something niche or new, which may create a proposition for me and the public at large. I usually keep this mode on all the times which I learned with my upbringing, and it serves the source of my motivation all the time. By GOD grace, I have been able to do that as well, where either has created it or worked on something related to it. Also, I am currently in the process of developing something niche on these lines and I believe that I will surely achieve one day which I dreamt of. During this COVID-19 crisis, what are the measures you have undertaken to continue your business without disruption? During the COVID-19 crisis, each measure we have taken to ensure that the model aligns with the challenges of the pandemic. Since our business model consists of a lean team which is not resource-heavy and has minimal overheads. Our freelancer model ensures each and every work can be handled remotely, where we don’t need to do physical meetings and, every aspect of our business is online and tech-enabled to ensure automation as much as possible. What challenges/obstacles did you face in your journey so far? About the challenges or obstacles, as you know Every business has risks. Our business model too has risks which are associated with a right skillset that we look for expansion in future. We already have a core niche team, but I see from future expansion perspective, we would need innovative minds, with the flexible thought process. Although, with a clearly defined process, and innovative means to reach out to search resource, we are confident enough that we will mitigate it. What comes first for you - money or emotions? I am an emotional one. Since business needs to have emotions, not personal, obviously, but business ones like concern for quality deliverables, client satisfaction, targets & roadmaps, you planned & how you will achieve it, etc. Money is obviously the priority, but I believe if your value creation process is right for others, money will automatically come as an outcome of it. ​ How do you handle the pressure and manage stress? About handling the pressure and managing stress, I would say that I have successfully carried out Pre IPO advisory for a government undertaking under the supervision of great mentors I have. It was a challenging task as the sector for which we were executing it, was bit a complicated one. Even, parallel hired consultants were not that much effective as compared to our work and Organisation fired them. But due to the continuous trust of my immediate supervisor in me, I have been able to carry out successfully. So stress and pressure are the parallel happening in every business so as in ours too but we handle it to proceed further growth of our company. What is one strategy that you believe has helped you grow as a person/start-up? In my journey so far what has helped me immensely is the lean methodology. As you know lean methodology is through a way of optimizing the people, resources, effort, and energy of our organization toward creating value for the customer. We see it on two guiding tenets, continuous improvement and respect for people. So, I can say Lean methodology is the one strategy that I believe has helped me grow as an entrepreneur. In your opinion what are the keys to success? In my opinion the key to my success is Communication and trust which are the two most important things and to achieve it, one need to empower his team and give them the resources they need to succeed. There are a few instances, and you can learn it on your way while into the business. As long as you have growth-oriented mind set it is not a problem for any one, I believe. What advice would you give to someone starting out as an aspiring entrepreneur? I always work on a tag line ‘Add Value to Get Value’. Do not focus primarily on money or investments but keep your focus on creating a sustainable venture & value creation. I believe, rest things will automatically set with time. Also, if you are starting up a venture, feel free to reach out to us. You will find us a great partner or mentor to you with innovative means.​ Sai Poorna Patnaik Founder Shankar Sahai Co-Founder and Director Bhavini Khakhkhar Founder Dr. Ruchika R. 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< All Interviews Hardeep Singh Founder Entrepreneur VictoryTales with an objective to bring to our community some of the unique and compelling stories from the start-up passionate entrepreneur who started their journey with zero balance in the account and had big dreams. With their dedication and constant efforts to chase their dream, this time we came across Mr. Hardeep Singh who started his entrepreneurial journey with Zero Rupee at the age of 18 years. Recalling his early days, Mr. Hardeep Singh conveyed that he always screwing around, and trying hard to find opportunities to make mistakes, so that he could learn new stuff. And doing that he gained a keen interest in computers. Started as a necessity, which later-on become passion and obsession for the digital domain led to the genesis of Skyracle. Share this Interview: Know more about Skyracle Where did the idea to start something like this come from? Please also talk to us through your background and your journey as an entrepreneur. My entrepreneurial journey started with ZERO rupees when I was 18 with high aspirations and big dreams. Due to necessity, I started pitching Websites, Software, Mobile App, and Digital Marketing to local businesses (as a side gig with my day job) to fund my college fees, which later-on become passion and obsession for the digital domain led to the genesis of "Skyracle" in 2013. As an avid reader, I always read books on Business, Personal Development, Marketing, User Experience, Processes, People Management, Cloud and Technology - which becomes a great mentor and best source of learning for me to scale my business significantly. Why did you choose entrepreneurship over a job? I choose entrepreneurship over a job and had the instinct to start something meaningful -- that can create great technological products or services to make the world a better place. How do you find the industry/niche that you’re in? I was the only student who opted for computers in my school days. And I always screwing around and trying hard to find opportunities to make mistakes, so that I could learn new stuff. And doing that I gained a keen interest in computers. Interestingly, without much technical knowledge and help, I started a car and bike blog “Speedster” - which was an amateur blogging site - which I managed to learn from Google baba. What gets you out of bed in the morning i.e. what’s your source of motivation? My source of motivation is 'Inner Happiness' and that urge comes when we do something we love, which is following one's passion. And, of course, my team members who strive hard to make the name of this business. What challenges/obstacles did you face in your journey so far? Building a tech startup without any experience was not an easy task for me especially hiring/managing the team. I did a lot of mistakes in the beginning, did hard work and struggle, but I always decided not to look back and move ahead. Tell us about the uniqueness of your startup, please; We are canvassing dreams of others. We develop Mobile Application, Software, Website, Cloud Services, and Digital Marketing Strategies, which is required by various startups/businesses. Right, from the start we were very sure about two things, one is to have a very employee-friendly organization, and second, we will provide high-class services to our clients. Since then we are having 100% client satisfaction behind the growth that we have achieved in just a few years. How do you handle the pressure and manage stress? Our lifestyle impact on how we react in workplace stress. Therefore, as a morning person, I have made it a habit to engage in outdoor exercise and yoga to keep stress at bay and prefer to stay calm during any kind of stressful situation. Because I believe panicking during stressful situations will never solve the problem. What is one strategy that you believe has helped you grow as a person/startup? Effective communication skills help me to build great working relationships with my clients - which helped me to grow as a person/startup. In your opinion what are the keys to success? Building a positive attitude with consistency is the key to success. As Anthony Robbins said: "It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently." What advice would you give to someone starting out as an aspiring entrepreneur? I would like you to highlight two things here: First, always hire people smarter then you, so you don’t need to handhold them for every task, and second, if you’ve got a business idea, start it today. There is no better time than now. Because if you keep on planning and planning without execution, it will lead you to nowhere. Idea + Inaction = No Change . Planning is crucial but executing it or taking action is what will get you on to the next level. Sai Poorna Patnaik Founder Shankar Sahai Co-Founder and Director Bhavini Khakhkhar Founder Dr. Ruchika R. Jha Doctor & Public Healthcare Consultant Anand Mani Tripathi Founder and CEO Gamethon Professional Gamers You may also like to read

< All Interviews Sumeet Mukherjee Co-Founder and Director Entrepreneur Here in VictoryTales, we always looks forward normally unique personalities who inspire others with their best deeds in life and become role model for young entrepreneur who worked hard in their life to reach the heights after starting from small openings. Share this Interview: Know more about Macro Webber “Macro Webber” is the most valued Web Designing, and Digital Marketing Service Provider based in Mumbai, India after starting from Siliguri, west Bengal. Having an experienced professional team of Macro Webber which has excelled in the Digital Marketing services related to Website Designing and Development, UI/UX Designing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Marketing like Facebook and Instagram Marketing, Pay Per Click Ads, and E-commerce websites. The company also provides custom-tailored plans, so that the client has flexibility in choosing services as per their need. Macro Webber also likewise concentrates on making SEO friendly web sites which assists to acquire leading rankings on a different online search engine, lately, Macro Webber have also begun actually in making receptive sites which additionally helps people improve their search rankings and also to boost the user’s experience. Where did the idea to start something like this come from? Please also talk us through your background and your journey as an entrepreneur? I read a lot of books, I belong to a small lower middle class family, residing in a small town, Siliguri, West Bengal. After graduation in BCA from Siliguri Institute of Technology, I pursued Digital Marketing course from a renowned institute, after that I started working at an E-Commerce store as a Digital Marketing Intern. Worked there for a year, I always had a craze of starting something of my own. So with lots of struggle, mentorship and a good partner, I finally started my own startup, Macro Webber, a fully fledged Digital Marketing Company here in Siliguri. Initially at the beginning the work started from home, where me and my partner worked Day and night to fulfil our clients need. We were lucky enough as our first client was an International Client. Slowly and steadily, we started getting good exposure and we started getting more and more clients. After a year of starting our business, we finally took the risk to have our own office setup in Siliguri, and now we have a team of 15 employees working for us. Why did you choose entrepreneurship over a job? Well I didn't choose entrepreneurship, it chose me. For me, Daily routine of 9-to-5 lifestyle felt too rigid and restricting. I wanted a life of freedom and flexibility, one that would allow me to do things I like without any limits. I love to work. I am a workaholic, but I have my own way of working. Entrepreneurship requires tremendous amount of hard work. In the beginning you will work long hours for very little pay, you must be truly passionate about your business. It will also give you the opportunity to re-invest most of the money your business makes back into the business. Breaking the corporate mold as a millennial all comes down to two things: putting in the work to establish your expertise and setting yourself apart from the crowd. It wasn’t a complicated process that required climbing mountains after being trained by a guru. It simply came upto figuring out what path could lead to my lifestyle I wanted, and then took the right steps to become an expert. How do you find the industry/niche that you’re in? Well to be honest, I heard the term Digital Marketer in lot of movies, but it never intrigued me. But after graduation, I had choice of pursuing MCA or doing something else, I did some research on latest trends and took the other path and pursued Digital Marketing. What gets you out of bed in the morning i.e. what’s your source of motivation? I never get out of my bed in the morning, I am a nocturnal person. Coming back to my motivation, I love to take new challenges and everyday your life is different as you don't know what's gonna happen next. That vibe keeps me motivated always. What challenges/obstacles did you face in your journey so far? A lot of challenges, initially the first thing I came across were, to make my parents understand the difference of job and entrepreneurship, which I guess they still don't understand. Also, When it comes to money, most startups end up spending too much and exhaust their budget too early and frivolously, or on the other hand, they stay too conservative and end up not expanding at the right pace making them obsolete. And the biggest challenge is coming to the realization that big changes don’t happen overnight. If you see a goal, whether it’s greater fitness, a leaner figure or more strength and conditioning, it may seem far away. Too far away to feel realistic, but you must also realize that big changes can be broken into small, achievable, segments. If you can only manage 10 pushups today, it may seem worthless to do them. What difference can only 10 pushups make? But once you understand that you’re 10 pushups closer to where you want to be, if you manage to take a step, any step forward, you are making progress. And sooner than you may realize, those progress steps start to feel (and look) tangible. Noticeable something you can feel. Build on that. Harness it. Relish it. And don’t beat yourself up if you mess up - because you will. Each day is another chance to start again, if you let it. Tell us about the uniqueness of your startup, please; In a competitive landscape, a key consideration is standing out from the crowd. For startups, this is important because the barriers to entry are relatively low, while new or innovative ideas can quickly be replicated by agile rivals. It means startups needs to discovery how they are unique and different to position the brand and carve out a competitive edge. If this can’t be achieved, then startup can come across as just a me-too product. Being unique or different, however, is not easy. There is so much competition that startups have to be creative, flexible and bold. By doing a competitive analysis, a startup can see the best opportunities to stake a claim on how it different or unique. For us, well we believe in quality over quantity. We may work with less number of clients, but we try providing them a good quality of service. We believe in Value for money. What is one strategy that you believe has helped you grow as a person/startup? I'm very sensitive to the nuances of group dynamics. If there’s an unhealthy amount of stress within the team, I can pick up on some of that stress too. So, what I do is to try to proactively listen to the concerns of the people around me, checking in frequently to see whether they, themselves, are under stress. If they are, I think about how I can help them with their workload so the collective stress of the team doesn’t escalate. When the team’s happy, I’m happy. In your opinion what are the keys to success? In my opinion there are 3 (three) Keys to Success in Life (That You Can Start Doing Now) Write down Your Goals Create a Powerful Belief System Invest in Yourself What advice would you give to someone starting out as an aspiring entrepreneur? I am not exactly a successful entrepreneur, but yeah I can be considered as an aspiring one as well. These are a few quotes that I look up to, these are extracted from different mega successful entrepreneurs. “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” -Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway The trust of consumers requires time and effort to nurture slowly, however any mistakes made by your company, might end up in a very undesirable outcome. “Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.” -David Rockefeller, CEO of Chase Manhattan Corporation There are opportunities all around you. If you put in hard work and discipline to really search for such opportunities as well as develop them. You will succeed eventually. Sai Poorna Patnaik Founder Shankar Sahai Co-Founder and Director Bhavini Khakhkhar Founder Dr. Ruchika R. Jha Doctor & Public Healthcare Consultant Anand Mani Tripathi Founder and CEO Gamethon Professional Gamers You may also like to read

< All Interviews Neha Gupta Founder Women Entrepreneur This time in VictoryTales, we are introducing Ms. Neha Gupta, an entrepreneur, Domain Investor, Brand Consultant, Naming Expert, Public Speaker, Influencer, Developer and Digital Marketing expert. She is Founder of Namaxis Pvt. Ltd. When Ms. Neha was in M.Tech Chemical final year in IIT Roorkee she started working on her idea and started investing with her college stipend, and with a few college students as a freelancer. She is on a mission to educate masses about an alternative stream of investment i.e domain name investment and revolutionise domain industry like never before and in reach of the common man. Ms. Neha is working to create a whole new pool of domain investors by helping them earn good income on a monthly basis, helping startups / corporations to brand themselves with right domain names and helping NHIs and high end investors earn huge returns on investment by investing in digital assets i.e. high end domain. Her vision is to make digital investment as a mainstream investment and make India a digital India in a way how people invest their money. Ms. Neha Gupta is of the opinion that in the next 10 years, she is looking to revolutionise the domain industry and educate the common man about a new way of investment and educate entrepreneurs/startups about the right way to brand their business. Share this Interview: Know more about Namaxis Pvt. Ltd. Namaxis.com provides relationship based domain advisory, acquisition and brokerage services with an emphasis on accessibility,trust and integrity. At Namaxis every client is allocated a highly qualified dedicated Broker who can advise on a diverse range of domain opportunities listed on the world’s main domain markets. Namaxis helps by offering professional and discrete domain name acquisition service to help secure the premium domain name one’s business deserves. Namaxis also has developed a unique approach to domain name brokerage to help find and secure a buyer for premium domain names. Besides this, Namaxis also helps to make the right domain name when buying or selling domain names. On inquiring from where did the idea to start something like Namaxis came from and requesting her to tell us about her background and her journey as an entrepreneur, Ms.Neha Gupta apprised that ; My first acknowledgement was with the domain Industry came through a Godaddy customer executive call who told me to sell my domain name at Godaddy aftermarket which I was dropping which I eventually turned into a full time domain investment business. I am from Karnal,Haryana, a middle class family and tech background. I was in M.Tech Chemical final year in IIT Roorkee when I started working on my idea. I started investing with my college stipend and with a few college students as a freelancer. Initially I had zero guidance, no resources, no guidance, I was really tough, it took me 1.5 year to make my first deal. I started with very small money which I invested and reinvested, after 1 year of passing college, I opened a small full time office in chandigarh and later in Noida. I had always learnt by experimenting things. It has been really tough these days. Many times I had no money, I thought about joining a job, but something inside me kept me moving.I also faced a lot of criticism initially from family, friends and relatives. I was living and running my company alone. It had too much mental, work related and societal pressure on me but nothing affected me. Someone says that if you want something badly, the universe conspires to get you all that. Finally I became successful in making it big. Today I am a prominent name in my industry, I am also tagged as “First prominent female domain investor” in Asia. I also launched my “Digital Investment” online Training program where I train people to learn secrets of domain investment and trading. This is the first digital investment training program in India.Name of my school is “Domain Investor Hub”. I have successfully trained 100s of students to become successful domain investors. On inquiring from Ms. Neha Gupta, why has she chosen to become an entrepreneur over a job? she apprised that; I did not choose entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship chose me. I was never motivated to work to do a job ,I am a creative soul who values creativity, passion and freedom to work, I always wanted to start and create something of my own. Job feels like work but entrepreneurship is not work but it is a way of life, Entrepreneurship is my inner call who keeps me feeling alive every second and minute and I cherish each moment of my work. For me, Entrepreneurship is like a journey of self realization.Entrepreneurship gives me freedom to do what I love and a higher purpose for life. What’s your source of motivation? I feel my daily source of motivation comes from the fact that learning and implementing new things daily which excites & makes me feel alive on a daily basis. My long term motivation comes from the fact that the feeling of pride that comes along in making a difference in the society. It’s the pride and a sense of accomplishment that one feels in offering services to the community. Feeling to create something real, supporting my family, giving back to society and creating a life of purpose and impact for myself motivates me. On inquiring from her about what was your key driving force to become an entrepreneur? Ms. Neha replied that; I always wanted to do something unique and innovative. It excites me when we don’t know what is coming next. Doing and learning something new always excites me. Having a constant stable life does not kick with me, Instead I like when there are new challenges to solve daily, new things to learn, new excitement. I love the process of creating something from zero and growing it big. Moreover, I enjoy freedom to work according to my schedule and not compromising my creativity. Most important is doing something you feel passionate about does not feel like you are doing any work.It also gives me freedom to be my own boss, do whatever I love. Entrepreneurship gives me internal satisfaction to make a change in society by providing jobs to people,adding value by creating something new. In the whole process, I also urge to create more wealth and money in the long run. How many hours a day do you work on average? On average , I work around 12-14 hours per day. Kindly tell us what is the uniqueness of your startup? We work in alternative investment funds which are domain names which are quite unique and new concepts especially in indian market. In India, people do invest in stocks, real estates and gold but no-one invests in digital assets like domain names. We do consult and help business/startup/ investors to invest in digital assets/domain names and value of domain names. We also started an online school “Domain Investor Hub” to educate aspiring entrepreneurs to learn how to invest money in domain names and earn money. This is the first kind of school and program in India which is changing the way we invest our money. How do you handle the pressure and manage stress? As said in Bhagavad Gita, I always believe in “Do your Karma and leave results on God”. Right attitude is the key to managing pressure on a daily basis. Knowing the fact that everything is part of life and work and that too shall pass. Only things needed to be patience and be calm. If I am facing too much stress, I do cut off from the world, do meditation, read good spiritual books and take a small trip and prepare myself again for more work. How do you generate new ideas? I always keep on reading different things, looking for what new startups are being launched, what other people are working on and always keep looking for gaps in the market, how I can implement things people working on in my industry. I observe things carefully and try to understand different business models. Besides reading, I do a lot of traveling which keeps me educated about how people live in different parts of the world, how those societies work socially as well as economically, their culture and their interests and which are largely different from ours and it gives me a lot more ideas. How did you come up with the name for your company? As my company is a naming company which helps companies/startups brand their name ,help them acquire domain names, I wanted my company to start with the word”Name”. So, I took Name and different suffix and put them in a name generator tool which give me many naming options, one of which was “Namaxis” which was created by adding (“Name+Axis) and removing A, it is an invented name just like google,accenture etc. I sent all the names to my friends and namaxis got maximum votes, so it names my company “Namaxis”. What piece of advice would you give to college graduates or the aspiring individuals who want to become entrepreneurs? Entrepreneurship is a cool trending profession nowadays among college students. Most tech savvy students think it is cool to be an entrepreneur. But don’t be an entrepreneur because you think it is cool. Entrepreneurship is not cool and glamorous, It is something which requires 1000% of output and outcome is not sure. There are endless tough days and sleepless nights when you think that you should quit and you have chosen a wrong path and 99% people quit. Only 1% percent are able to make who are really determined and passionate about entrepreneurship. We want to make it work no matter what sacrifice they have to make. Entrepreneurship requires another level of patience. Entrepreneurship is not for the weak hearted. Research on your idea properly before executing Always create a thorough plan before executing Always test your market before launching your product. Keep your expenses low initially as low as possible. Don’t trust people easily. Work on idea you need passionate about, which excites you,which keep you awake Keep your ego low Keep experimenting always, more you fall, more you learn Believe in yourself and keep your ears deaf , no matter how much people criticize you initially either your parents , relatives and friends, things fall in place with time. Don’t shy in taking help from others Sai Poorna Patnaik Founder Shankar Sahai Co-Founder and Director Bhavini Khakhkhar Founder Dr. Ruchika R. 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< All Interviews Amrit Singh Founder and Creative Director Entrepreneur We as VictoryTales, with our long & arduous search for bringing more and more meaningful and inspiring stories from around the world, this time introducing Amrit Singh Creative Director of DaBRANDé. Making the transition to drawing and sketching for fun was still difficult for many but Amrit Singh is the one who mastered his drawing skills since his childhood and developed his ability to proportion and perspective, deciphering shadow, highlights, gradations of tone besides developed the ability to unconsciously drawstring them together. Later he has chosen his career as Creative Director of his own company DaBRANDé. The art of doing drawing during school days can make one day an entrepreneur, Amrit Singh never thought that one day but now he is satisfied to be a successful entrepreneur. Share this Interview: Know more about DaBRANDé DaBRANDé is a creative FMCG package design company in Ludhiana, India. The company has developed bottomless expertise in core areas of brand strategy, branding, and naming, visual identity, Website designing, Mobile App development in Punjab, Campaigns, and digital marketing in India and USA. In our opinion, these key disciplines are central to brand-building and brand development. At DaBRANDé, website designers Punjab, the company look at problems from the client’s perspective and their team, customers, and stakeholders. Every company personnel are particular about the little things that make big difference in the market. DaBRANDé build pleasant working relationships, based on being open and straightforward. In turn, this helps our clients to build fruitful relationships with their audiences, by also getting opportunities in different platforms. The main objective of DaBRANDé is to fulfill the requirements of their clients and do the right work according to their needs and requirements. The mission of DaBRANDé is to provide best digital marketing services and website design services in Punjab and the world as well. For more detail about the company, kindly Visit Website . Where did the idea to start something like this come from? Please also talk us through your background and your journey as an entrepreneur; Well, It’s all started from childhood where other children have been doing their daily sports/fun activities and I was crazy spending all my time on computer learning designs and tips for fun. I have been learning Photoshop when schools were teaching us Microsoft paints. It was fun doing that. But it was not really planned. I will go deep down and start my own Brand design/strategy agency and also build a brilliant team. Just like Design, Business was a kind of Art too for me. I really wanted to grow this as my perspective for future tech/Companies was clear. I want to see brand adored! That's what my Business tagline is - ‘Adoring businesses’ Why did you choose entrepreneurship over a job? I think Job restricts your boundaries, and Art like Designing needs no boundaries but keeping in mind doing a design business and making sure people with the same profession doing jobs for me as well, so they simultaneously feel the same as I did. So, I changed the method of having them work, I only brought the team with whom our company goal was aligning by keeping their career as a priority. I am building a Design family under a roof they won’t be having any boundaries of working! What was your key driving force to become an entrepreneur? I think when you feel there is something special in you that will impact the society then you get that force in you to take ANY RISK. That’s what makes you feel like an entrepreneur. What’s your source of motivation? I believe my source of motivation are Travel, Communicating new people - Way of learning. More you go out, you meet different people you learn from their bad/good experiences which motivates you to take the risks. Also, the biggest motivation is when you start trusting yourself It never ever takes your motivation down! Whatever may happen - If you believe you're going to achieve it ANYHOW. How many hours a day do you work on average? When I started my career, I was a freelance UI/UX designer. and I used to work 16-17 hours of work from Monday to Sunday. After starting my business, I think the average is still close, As there is still a lot ahead and will never wish. So, hustle will be on! What is the uniqueness of your startup? Every business/Entrepreneur has uniqueness, every failure person has uniqueness. Everything is unique itself. So, I have my uniqueness. I think that is, my one-time customer is never my one-time customer, 100% of them are now my Long term customers. So Dabrande's uniqueness is - It bound them with its quality of service and relationship. How do you handle the pressure and manage stress? Mostly I try to handle my pressure and manage stress by Using Tech. How do you generate new ideas? Since I am in a habit of reading books and grasping hidden knowledge in the books. This habit of mine inculcate new ideas in me being on the Internet and Reading books. How did you come up with the name for your company? DaBRANDe - When I started my career I gave myself a name (Designer Amrit) Sooner when I was about to start my own company I wanted to keep (Designer Amrit - Da) Alive and Also my thoughts in the future were to starting new business ventures. So, Keeping Da as a Signature I started giving my First business name - DaBRANDe and the ‘e’ stands for Explore. It also means - The Brand Explorers. “ DaBRANDe ” What piece of advice would you give to college graduates who want to become entrepreneurs? The only advice I would like to give to the college graduates who wanted to become entrepreneurs is that " Come out of the Schools/College syllabuses - Explore the www. Education is free these days. Grab as much as you can! ". Sai Poorna Patnaik Founder Shankar Sahai Co-Founder and Director Bhavini Khakhkhar Founder Dr. Ruchika R. Jha Doctor & Public Healthcare Consultant Anand Mani Tripathi Founder and CEO Gamethon Professional Gamers You may also like to read

< All Interviews ASHISH NARANG FOUNDER & CEO Entrepreneur VictoryTales keeps scrolling for more and more meaningful and powerful inspirational stories from around the world to empower and motivate our growing community of entrepreneurs. We are privileged to introduce Mr. Ashish Narang who is on a mission to prove that the Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth. Ashish is founder and CEO of made4ever that works with a goal to create a connection between marriage bureaus, allowing for wider choice for individuals looking to get matches for their clients. Ashish possesses deep understanding of the needs of the families and has been working for the last so many years with the mission to change the mindset of finding relationships through optimum use of technology. Graduated from Punjab University, having aptitude and expertise to drive a move through Made4ever for the populace looking for genuine relationships. Made4ever is India’s first online earning and match making web portal for marriage bureau with growth mantra "Our commitment to this noble business will be the biggest reason for our mutual success" Ashish is on the mission to guide for right Technology & Features which will help many to grow their marriage bureau businesses across India. Share this Interview: Know more about Made4ever Made4ever was established in the year 2016 and developed a software/platform for Local Marriage Bureau in India. The company provide services to the local marriage bureaus and fulfilling their dream of working from home for getting matches for their client’s profile. The company has also developed made4ever app now for better approach for its clients. The company works with a goal to create a connection between these bureaus, allowing for wider choice for individuals looking to get matches for their clients. With so many years of experience in the matrimony field, Made4ever has a strong understanding of the matrimony field and the need for this solution. Made4ever is India’s #1st online earning and matchmaking web portal for Marriage Bureaus. Working for the community for the last 7 years, the company has upgraded its software to help their customers and deliver seamless experience as per expectation of the clienteles. The founder & CEO Mr. Ashish Narang feels privileged to announce that MADE4EVER MATCHMAKING SOFTWARE (exclusively for Marriage Bureaus) has made its presence in 10 states namely Delhi-NCR, Chandigarh-Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, U.P, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra with 2500+ members as on date. Where did the idea to start something like this come from? We have been working in the matrimony field for 20 years. We observed that there is no connection between different marriage bureaus that connect them and thus provide opportunity to them for wider choice. A great idea to bring local marriage bureaus together and provide more options for individuals seeking to get married. By developing a software and a common platform which provide wide scoop for local marriages, we feel proud that we are able to streamline the process of matching likely souls and make it easier for people to connect with the right match. It is as of date is India’s first venture for local marriage bureaus. Why did you choose entrepreneurship over a job? I belongs to a business family and I think that whenever a person wants to bring a big change within the country, it's then when many wise minds and likeminded people work together with true hearts, then the society changes. What was your key driving force to become an entrepreneur? I feel that the driving force within me who inspire me to become an entrepreneur is my understanding about the bitterness, problems coming in human relationships in the families within the society. I am on the mission to understanding the reasons for most of the divorces happening in today's time and workforce to eradicate Divorces for better life among couples. Having proper knowledge & limitations of the marriage bureaus and the problem-solving capacity within me inspire me to make such platform to bring onboard all the Marriage bureau. To solve all these problems, Made4ever was formed. Startup failure is highest in the market but Made4ever has proven its idea by executing it well since last six years. Our solutions are designed to solve all matchmaking issues across all castes and religions for all customer segments in India, thereby establishing the quickest matchmaking revenue model business in India. What’s your source of motivation? My source of motivation is our Indian traditions and its process of matchmaking or relationship discovery by families in India. I feel that Matchmaking tool is in four steps. 47% marriages are arranged marriages in India and 8% marriages are love marriages and is done in villages, small towns, including families residing in metro cities are conducting in their own way. 20% marriages of families have relationships with their community and independent organizations like Pandit Ji, Arya Samaj, Temples, Gurudwaras, Deras and other religious places and social events like marriages, family events. 12% marriages are fixed by match-making work through print media (newspapers). It is observed that on an average in a year, about 24 million users search for matchmaking through newspapers. 13% of Indian households are spending on an average from Rs 100/- to Rs 100000/- on finding matching (Rishta) only. Matches are found through online matrimonial websites and offline matchmaking done by local marriage bureaus. How many hours a day do you work on average? As you know that I am working on my dream to convert it into the happening and achieving goal to serve the community leads to uncountable my daily hours in this mission. I have many more social obligations too as such normally I am devoting 10 to 11 hours for this every day. What is the uniqueness of your startup? About uniqueness of my startup, I can tell you there is no B2B business/venture or tech company for marriage bureaus within the country. Made4ever is the only Unique company available for the community as of date. How do you handle the pressure and manage stress? It's always great to know that we are committed of doing good work for society, especially for girls. Doing good work can not only improve the lives of individuals and families, but it can also bring positive changes to the wider community. And when people receive blessings and support, they are often better equipped to handle the challenges and pressures that come with making a difference. By working together and lifting each other up, we can make a real impact and create a better society for all. So, I never feel pressure or stressed as I manage with the blessings and support of our clients by doing noble cause. How do you generate new ideas? I feel that the idea evolves once you are having a clear understanding of why & what you are doing, as well as what your goals, values, and strategy are, is crucial for success in any endeavor. This provides direction, focus, and helps to ensure that everyone is aligned and working towards the same objectives. Having a clear structure and philosophy also helps to build trust with stakeholders, as they can see that you have a well-defined plan and a commitment to doing good work. So, it's important to take the time to define and communicate these important elements in order to achieve the desired outcomes. How did you come up with the name for your company? The ideal to name the company comes with its objective and Made4ever was adjudged as the best option available with us. Frankly saying, somebody had to come forward in the country to do this work with pure spirit and I feel the company’s innovation concepts has the ability to convert the made4ever from a short-term company (startup) into a long-term company (institution). What piece of advice would you give to college graduates? With this belief, I would like to draw the attention of young generation's attention towards the serious but untouched issue of decreasing family harmony in today's time and the extreme difficulties being faced in finding and maintaining relationships in every family. The young generation should understand the family is an institution where elders trained their children/grand children and grow them for developing better societies. Sai Poorna Patnaik Founder Shankar Sahai Co-Founder and Director Bhavini Khakhkhar Founder Dr. Ruchika R. Jha Doctor & Public Healthcare Consultant Anand Mani Tripathi Founder and CEO Gamethon Professional Gamers You may also like to read

< All Interviews KSR MURTY Co-founder Entrepreneur VictoryTales with its objective to strive and grope vigorously to bring some of the meaningful and powerful stories from around the world to empower and motivate our growing community of entrepreneurs, this time we are introducing Mr. KSR Murty Co-founder of Dart blockchain who always works on a tag line ‘add value to get value’. He also advice young entrepreneurs to not focus primarily on money or investments but keep your focus on creating a sustainable venture & value creation. I believe, rest things will automatically set with time. KSR Murty is very much passionate about learning as he believes that learning should never stop and to learn is to be alive for him. With over 30 years of experience in the field of IT & Telecom sector & provided a turnkey solution as system integrator for public sector companies & corporate companies and he has devoted his whole life in this field. As per Murty’s belief, success mantra of successful project is a team work that too with like-minded, dynamic & energetic personalities to deliver the successful project. LAW graduate & specialized in Marketing Management, KSR Murty, is having ample experience in Techno Marketing & has worked closely with NIIT, Siemens as channel partner for IT education /software development & IP enabled telephone Exchanges from the both companies. He has received award of excellence in sales & services. Murty have served for public sector companies like SAIL, RAILWAYS, COAL FIELDS & NTPC & corporates like Lanco Infra, Monet Ispat, Century Cement (Birla Group), Lafarge Cement. Also, he was engaged in import & export of computer networking equipment’s of Nortel Networks under own company Golden Rays Traders Ltd Dubai, presently he is also CEO of QFIX technology. KSR Murty have been awarded by Top notch foundation for the category “Most innovative Blockchain & Best Defi initiative” for the year 2022. To know more about KSR Murty visit: www.ksrmurty.com Share this Interview: Know more about Dart blockchain “One Sea Technologies Pvt Ltd” is two years old company & engaged in developing software. Our specialty is to provide solutions in blockchain Technology, Decentralized Finance (DEFI), Web3 solutions, online blockchain-based gaming & sports, Metaverse & NFTs. One Sea Technologies has been awarded by a Top-notch foundation for the category of “most innovative blockchain & best Decentralized finance initiative” for 2022. We are coming up with our own blockchain named “Dart” www.dartcoin.io This blockchain will be the world’s fastest lightning-speed blockchain, Tell us a little bit about yourself (background) and your journey as a entrepreneur, please; For nearly 30 years, I have ridden the highs and lows of entrepreneurship as a never-ending challenge, accomplishments, setbacks & hurdles to be overcome. Building my companies QFIX Technology & Golden Rays Traders Ltd. has been a wild ride never knowing what's around the corner, yet always on the lookout for new opportunities in technology but now I am running both the companies successfully & simultaneously opted to go for blockchain which will be the future of globe & hope that my 30 years’ experience in technology field will give an added advantage to Dart blockchain’s success. The year 2021 has been challenging for any profession or business but only two industries have proven themselves as billion dollars & trillion-dollar market globally that’s online gaming & blockchain in other side we saw business shutting down due to pandemic, the list of woes seems endless. But despite all obstacle’s I, Vamsi Andukuri and Dr Ratna Raju of Dart have designed a Dart blockchain successfully to keep public data as public and it's only possible with blockchain technology. I am a LAW graduate & specialized in Marketing Management (Director Marketing & Co founder of Dart blockchain) having more than 30 years’ experience in Techno Marketing & worked closely with NIIT & Siemens as channel partner for IT education /software development & IP enabled telephone Exchanges from the both companies. I have received an award of excellence in sales & services. I have served for public sector COMPANIES like SAIL, RAILWAYS, COAL FIELDS & NTPC & corporates like Lanco Infra, Monet Ispat, Century Cement (Birla Group), Lafarge Cement, etc. & Also I, was engaged in import & export of computer networking equipment’s of Nortel Networks under own company Golden Rays Traders Ltd Dubai, Presently I am CEO of QFIX technology. I have been awarded by Topnotch foundation for the category “Most innovative Blockchain & Best Defi initiative” for the year 2022. Presently, I am Co-founder of One Sea Technologies Pvt. Ltd. & Dart Blockchain. Also, I have a very strong technical & marketing team to design, implement & market the Dart blockchain, and our technical team is headed by a best CTO award winner young, dynamic & Visionary Mr. Andukuri Vamsi who is having a vast experience technically in blockchain & Crypto space. As per my opinion and market recognition, Dart is global initiative in blockchain space & uniqueness of Dart is its lightning speed & cost effectiveness compare to other leading blockchains in present scenario. Also, Dart allows business & governments to use blockchain infrastructures and leverage its strength without prior knowledge of distributed system. Dart blockchain’s goal is to make the Dart fast by using the delegated PBFT method, larger scalability and lower transaction fees. Dart blockchain generates block in every 3 seconds & reward per block is 36 DRT to super representatives As per my belief success mantra of successful project is team work that too with like-minded, dynamic & energetic to deliver the successful project. Dart - Fastest Growing and Fastest Performing Blockchain Eco-System will be launched in the Month of Jan 2023. Dart will be Known for its Scalability and will be a Competitor for Ethereum very soon. Dart’s future surely looks promising. The future of mass blockchain-based solutions is considered to be heavily dependent on progress made in decentralized applications (DApps). DeFi (Decentralized Finance) projects are in the rage right now with a massive rise in networks that support this wave. Dart will be the leader in this space in the Future. Why did you choose entrepreneurship over a job? I’m very much passionate about learning. Learning should never stop. Many people equate age, status or certain achievements with the end of their education, but to learn is to be alive. I want my ideas to be unconventional. Entrepreneurs are the ones who change the world. They see the world as they want it to be, not how it is. Entrepreneurs are able to contribute the nation for its development & indirectly provide the employment What gets you out of bed in the morning i.e. what’s your source of motivation? Good Question. I would say not just in but at night, it usually happens. am always fond of figuring out something niche or new, which may create a proposition for me and the public at large. I usually keep this mode on all the times and it serves the source of my motivation all the time. By God’s grace, have been able to do that as well, where either has created it or worked on something related to it. Also, I am currently in the process of developing something niche on lines. What is your brand’s USP? Larger scalability and lower transaction fees . How is your brand different from the competitors? Dart is global initiative in blockchain space & uniqueness of Dart is its lightning speed & cost effectiveness compare to other leading blockchains in present scenario. Also, Dart allows business & governments to use blockchain infrastructures and leverage its strength without prior knowledge of distributed system During this COVID-19 crisis, what are the measures you have undertaken to continue your business without disruption? As the business is born during the COVID-19 crisis, each measure is taken to ensure that the model aligns with the challenges of the pandemic. Our business model consists of a lean team which is not resource-heavy and has minimal overheads. The freelancer model ensures each and every work can be handled remotely, where we don’t need to do physical meetings. Every aspect of the business is online and tech-enabled to ensure automation as much as possible. What challenges/obstacles did you face in your journey so far? Every business has risks. Our risks are associated with a right skillset that we look for expansion in future. We already have a core niche team but I see from future expansion perspective, we would need innovative minds, with the flexible thought process. Although, with a clearly defined process, and innovative means to reach out to search resource, we are confident enough that we will mitigate it. What are the three most important lessons you have learned while building your start-up? Be open for new opportunities Look for the potential of tech Hire people who believe in the vision In your opinion, what is the importance of a good team? Teamwork promotes strong working relationships Finally, when employees work together and succeed as a team, they form bonds that can turn into trust and friendship. It's human nature. And it's great for any organisation, since employees who like and trust each other are more likely to: Communicate well with each other. Teams innovate faster Teamwork can create healthy competition What comes first for you - money or emotions? I am an emotional person. Business needs to have emotions, not personal, obviously, but business ones like concern for quality deliverables, client satisfaction, targets & roadmaps, you planned & how you will achieve it, etc. Money is obviously the priority but I believe if your value creation process is right for others, money will automatically come as an outcome of it. How do you handle the pressure and manage stress? I have successfully carried out Pre IPO advisory for a Government undertaking under the supervision of great mentors I have. It was a challenging task as the sector for which we were executing it, was complicated. Even, parallel hired consultants were not that effective as compared to our work and Organisation fired them. But due to the continuous trust of my immediate supervisor in me, I have been able to carry out successfully. What is one strategy that you believe has helped you grow as a person/startup? In my journey so far what has helped me immensely is the lean methodology. In your opinion what are the keys to success? There are a few and you can learn it on your way up. As long as you have growth mind set it is not a problem. What advice would you give to someone starting out as an aspiring entrepreneur? I always work on a tag line ‘add value to get value’. Don’t focus primarily on money or investments but keep your focus on creating a sustainable venture & value creation. I believe, rest things will automatically set with time. Also, if you are starting up a venture, feel free to reach out to us. You will find us a great partner or mentor to you with innovative means. Sai Poorna Patnaik Founder Shankar Sahai Co-Founder and Director Bhavini Khakhkhar Founder Dr. Ruchika R. 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