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Recently I had attended a CII HR Conference wherein many of the speaker's again & again reiterated the need of women to enter the workforce. One of the ideas which stuck on to me as to why Women take a Pause in their careers and how can they start their career again. My wifey took a Pause from her career because of my kids and started her career again a few years back. Many of my colleagues in my startups are women & many of them have taken Pause in their career to work again. I am a proud father of two lovely daughters giving them the best of education as most of the Parents do, knowing that they may take a Pause in their career at some phase of their life. Yes, women who have talent, experience, and qualifications do take Pause in their career for various reasons, however, they do, can & should look to restart their career at any phase of their life. Women need to decide when & how they need to restart their career after the Pause. And the most important is t...

My first time as a Panelist on the Panel Discussion on Emerging System for Startups & Entrepreneurship with Mr. R Ramanan, Mission Director Atal Innovation Mission, Niti Aayog & Mr. Sameer Gupta, Chairman Jackson Group and Others in CII Invest North Conclave, Mumbai.

We all have dreams and we constantly work to realize these dreams — however, there are people who put people and happiness first. And what’s remarkable is how, in making this choice, their businesses are becoming highly profitable and life more meaningful. By placing the happiness of our employees & customers first, we can create incredibly strong cultures and an even happier balance sheet. Similarly, by placing the happiness of our family & friends first, we can create an incredibly great family bond & even happier friends network. So if you’re one of those people setting out into the world of entrepreneurship or looking at leading a more meaningful life, then it’s worth spending some time defining what will make us happy. We can choose to do things differently for various reasons that may include : - Spending more time doing what we love. - Spending more time with who we love (family, friends). - Flexibility to make better life choices (so we can make a difference...

Recently I read a tweet from Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, She tweeted - “The entrepreneur’s dilemma : - Building a great company. - Spending time with family. - Maintaining friendships. - Staying fit. - Getting sleep. Pick 3.” I wish I could say Tweeter is wrong, but in my experience, she’s pretty close to the truth. Balancing all five of those objectives is almost impossible when you’re in startup mode. I thought that now after over five years since I started VSS, balance would be attainable, and the startup fever would slow down. But it hasn’t. In fact, this year, it has sped up to a new level. In my life, I’m learning Tweeter’s dilemma is too frequently true. Fighting it has led me to the brink of burnout many times. But lately, I’m spending time looking for new answers, new ways out of the dilemma, and new approaches to balance. I don’t have it all figured out, and I wobble out of balance all the time. It’s the tightrope founders are destined to walk. But reading tweet, ha...

Do You Ever wonder what it is that causes you to trust some people but not others? Trust is something we feel more than we think. At the heart of trust is confidence. The very definition of trust ties the two together. Trust is the “reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.” So I guess the real question ought to be this: what causes us to have confidence in some people but not in others? A nice long history of integrity, strength, and ability would help. So when we’re dealing with someone new, should we just wait for a few years before we trust them? Let’s turn it around to see how it feels when we ask this another way. Should new people that you meet and new people you work with wait a few years and observe you over time before they place their trust in you? Suddenly, the idea of earning trust and proving yourself trustworthy seems a bit restrictive and unnecessary, doesn’t it? Because, of course, you can be trusted. You take pr...