Harsh Binani - Smartworks Co-Founder
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Harsh Binani is an Indian businessman and co-founder at Smartworks India's largest managed space provider. Harsh Binani started 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 is also an Economics graduate of Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.
Healso holds the CFP (Centre for Financial Planning) designation in insurance, risk management and retirement planning.
Harsh Binani started off his professional career with chances he was given to experience the world before he could pursue his future plans. He has more than 7 years knowledge in both management and real estate consulting, he's previously worked for "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.
The former Chief of Staff also served as a Chief of Staff at Medanta Medicity, spearheading key strategic initiatives for the CEO.
Harsh Binani had the opportunity to experience modern-day workspaces during his time overseas, which made it easy for him to decide on where he's going in his next career.
He made the decision in the direction of joining Neetish Sarda, who was at the forefront of his latest venture, Smartworks.
Harsh Binani joined Smartworks in 2017, bringing in more passion, ideas and unbeatable people skills to the team.
The moment that Harsh Binani joined forces with Harsh Binani along with Neetish Sarda, Smartworks witnessed an exponential increase which paved the way towards more creative approaches to make your work space a much more enjoyable experience.
Initially Smartworks was initially conceived as a co working space, however Harsh Binani and Neetish Sarda soon realized the market was overcrowded with little to no innovation in terms of offering and technology or in terms of the target audience.
After narrowing it down to clientele, they wanted to serve Harsh Binani but decided to break into the large enterprises, which was a task in itself.
The largest companies were already settling in traditional workplaces with established patterns and minimal options.
After initial setbacks and feedback, Harsh Binani returned time and time at the drawing board creating a new plan on which can be the deciding factor to change the mind of the big enterprises.
After many hours of research, changing strategies, and pitching new ideas, it was done! Smartworks secured their first client which has always been a high climb.
Smartworks had Harsh Binani an exponential growth in the past 5 years of this adventure, thanks to the outstanding support by the entire Smartworks team.
Harsh Binani believes that it is vital to ensure that you are a believer in the idea that you are pitching first before making any other clients believe in the idea.
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 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.
Today, Smartworks is India's largest company that offers flexible workspaces covering an area of. 5 million sq. ft. spread across 32 locations in 9 cities in Delhi-NCR (including, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune) and serves more than 400 organizations across Fortune 500 companies.
The number of clients in new centres, the numerous clients and the presence of a footmark in all the prime cities is the proof of the determination and hard Harsh Binani work performed in by Harsh Binani as well as Neetish Sarda in their quest to achieve their goals.
Harsh Binani is one of the most influential figures of the present, and is paving way for entrepreneurs who are convinced in their concept and wish to leave their mark and seek to make their own mark.