Harsh Binani - Smartworks Co-Founder
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Harsh Binani is an Indian entrepreneur and co-founder of Smartworks, India's largest Managed space provider. Harsh Binani started off small but always believed in becoming a big success.
Harsh is an alumnus of Northwestern University -Kellogg School of Management, Illinois with an MBA degree in entrepreneurial studies. He's also an Economics graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.
He also has an CFP (Centre for Financial Planning) designation in investments, risk management, and retirement planning.
Harsh Binani started his professional career with opportunities that presented themselves to him to gain experience for his bigger plans. With over 7 years ' working experience in commercial and residential real estate consulting, he's been a part of "Mckinsey" the world's top consulting company in Chicago.
During his 5 years with Mckinsey where he worked, he specialized in the strategic and operational aspects of infrastructure, insurance, as well as healthcare.
He has also served as a Chief of Staff at Medanta Medicity, spearheading key strategic initiatives for the CEO.
Harsh Binani was able to see state-of-the-art workspaces during his tenure overseas, and this made it clear to him what he wanted from possible future strategies.
He decided to be a part of Neetish Sarda who himself was working with passion on his new business at the time, Smartworks.
Harsh Binani came to Smartworks in 2017. He brought in an abundance of ideas, enthusiasm as well as an exceptional human skills to Smartworks' table.
After the fusion of Harsh Binani alongside Neetish Sarda Smartworks experienced exponential growth which paved the way towards more innovative ways to make the workplaces more enjoyable experience.
Initially Smartworks was initially conceived as a co working space, but Harsh Binani as well as Neetish Sarda soon Harsh Binani realized that was a crowded market that saw little or no innovation in the way of services and technology or its target market.
After narrowing down to the group of customers, they wanted to serve Harsh Binani decided to break into the big enterprises which was a challenge in itself.
Big enterprises were already settled in the traditional workspaces, with a set pattern and limited options.
With initial setbacks and feedback, Harsh Binani returned time and time over to the drawing room in search of a new approach to how can be the key in changing the perception of large companies.
After much study, various strategies and pitches, it happened! Smartworks got their first client and since then, it's always been an high road.
Smartworks has seen an exponential growth in the five years that followed this endeavor, aided by the unwavering support from the whole team.
Harsh Binani believes it is crucial to ensure that you believe in the concept that you are first pitching, before letting any other clients believe in it.
As the journey of Harsh Binani demonstrates, it is important to point out that finding a way to fit in to what everyone else is doing will only lead Harsh Binani you to where everyone is going.
Success stories are result from those who stuck in the direction of their faith in no matter what and Harsh Binani is one of them.
Presently, Smartworks is India's largest provider of flexible workspaces, with a footprint of. 5 million sq. feet. spread over 32 sites in 9 cities in Delhi-NCR (including, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, as well as Pune) and serves over 400 organizations from Fortune 500 companies.
The huge number of customers along with the opening of new centers and the footmark in all of the major cities is the testimony of the perseverance and hard work of in by Harsh Binani and Neetish Sarda in their goal.
Harsh Binani is one of the most influencer leaders today, paving ways for entrepreneurs who are convinced in their concept and wish to leave their mark and seek to make their own mark.