18/01/2026
2016 - The Year where life took a Magical turn
After going broke and wasting 2 years doing nothing, 2014 I embarked on a journey to learn business from business leaders who had been there and done that…
Got a book cover designed, made cold calls, got interviews with the likes of Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Ashok Soota, C K Kumaravel, Pradeep Kar… Published the book with zero expectations of selling even 1 copy… The intention was - I wanted to learn how to build a scaleable, profitable business… Published the book only because I had used the book as a way to open doors with Business Leaders… Before I knew, the book had become a massive exercise… When the time came to launch the book with so many heavy weights being featured in it, I knew I had to do a Mega Launch Event… Took a loan of Rs.7,50,000 from HDFC Bank to invest in a book launch event at Taj Vivanta Bangalore… People told me - I was crazy… But crazy turned out to be good… The book changed my life and thanks to the book, I started doing seminars for Business Owners and here I am 10 years later building India’s Largest MSME ecosystem…
Did I ever plan for this to happen? NO, never imagined life to work out the way it has…
But the journey of authoring Lead or Bleed taught me one big lesson - when you do the right things for the right reasons, the universe rewards you way beyond your imagination… You take one step, the universe opens ten doors… The magic starts with that first step…
