A student CEO
How do you plan to handle outsourcing of jobs?
Ours won't be normal BPO operations. We plan to handle the whole thing differently. We will give personalised services to people in the United States and Europe and thus have hired professionals. It is challenging, as we need to convince people, build trust and work efficiently. If a person in the US needs his accounting work done, we will do it at a competitive rate in India. We have competent people among us to handle such stuff.
How do you balance ork and studies? Do you have a brick and mortar office?
I am doing my first year Mass Communication course in Jai Hind College, Mumbai. We find time for work as well as study. I have just finished my semester exams. It's all a matter of getting things done. We all work from home. Our employee base is diverse as we have people from different streams like banking, commerce, business administration and mass communication.
How are you as a student? How important is education for an entrepreneur?
I am not a topper. I score 60-70 per cent marks. I don't believe in rote learning. What we learn from the textbooks is just for the resumes, I believe more in informal learning, I learn more from the newspapers.
Most of the courses that our academic system offers like BCom, HSC, SSC are all outdated. I do read a lot to be familiar with finance, markets, trading, etc. Education is important for an entrepreneur. But rote learning will not help. It is very important to be knowledgeable.
Image: (L to R) Vatsal Thakkar, (director), Samyak Chakrabharty, (MD), and Rishi Narula (creative head)
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