I have been invested with BluSmart for over two years. Recently I was in discussions with its founder, Anmol on his fund raise experience. Anmol has been a very successful entrepreneur and has tasted success in all the businesses run and managed by him in the renewable domain. He started BluSmart, an all-electric full stack ride hailing business […]

In the knowledge age where software, digitalization and digital technologies are making an impact on businesses, softer aspects are becoming even more important in building a predictable, sustainable, profitable and de-risked (PSPD) scalable business. According to me here are some of the key characteristics of an organization that can help in building a PSPD business […]

I started my journey 36 years ago with family managed businesses, of which the last 28 years were with family patriarchs who were driven by values and purpose. I have spent over two years as a founder of Sarcha Advisors, invested in over 30 start-ups and met with over 300 founders. I have been personally […]

The role of coach has become even more important because of acceleration in speed of change, multiple moving parts in the organization and continuous challenges faced by Start-ups. In these situations it is important to get an independent and outside in perspective from someone who has a holistic perspective of the business and the outside […]

Twenty years ago, when we were doing a scenario planning exercise at the Hero Group, Mr. Arun Maira (ex-member Planning Commission and ex-chairman BCG), one of the most respected professionals and experts in scenario planning had highlighted that non-experts add tremendous value. I have experienced this in quite a few projects and achieved amazing outcomes. I would encourage founders of Start-Ups […]