Harsh Binani - Smartworks Co-Founder
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Harsh Binani is an Indian founder and entrepreneur. He is also the co-founder of Smartworks the largest Managed Space provider. Harsh Binani began small, but always believed in the possibility of achieving great things.
Harsh is an alumnus from Northwestern University -Kellogg School of Management, Illinois with an MBA degree in business studies. He is an Economics graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.
Healso holds an CFP (Centre for Financial Planning) designation in managing risk, investment and retirement planning.
Harsh Binani began his career through the opportunities that were presented to him to gain experience for his bigger plans. With over seven years' working experience in commercial and residential real estate consulting, Harsh Binani previously been a part of "Mckinsey", the world's premier consulting firm in Chicago.
Over the course of his five years with Mckinsey, he focused on operational and strategic issues involving infrastructure, insurance, and healthcare.
He also worked as an Assistant Chief of Staff at Medanta Medicity, spearheading key strategic initiatives for the CEO.
Harsh Binani was introduced to high-tech workspaces during his time abroad, which helped make it evident to him of which future projects he'd like to pursue.
He was able on joining Neetish Sarda, a man who was brewing with passion with his latest company, Smartworks.
Harsh Binani came to Smartworks in 2017 and brought in additional enthusiasm, ideas and the best people skills to the table.
Following the merger of Harsh Binani with Neetish Sarda, Smartworks had an explosive growth which led to innovative ways of making the workplace a more enjoyable experience.
At first Smartworks was initially designed as a collaborative working space, but Harsh Binani, and Neetish Sarda soon discovered that to be a market that was overcrowded, which little to no innovation in terms of the offerings or technology or target customers.
After narrowing down to people who provide services to Harsh Binani and decided to break into large companies which was a major challenge in itself.
Large corporations were already set in traditional workspaces that had an established pattern and limited services.
Following initial setbacks as well as feedback, Harsh Binani returned time and time again to the drawing board to develop a new idea of exactly what can be the Harsh Binani most effective way to shift the mindset of the large enterprises.
After a lot of research, changing strategies, and pitching new ideas, it was done! Smartworks won their first contract which has always been a high climb.
Smartworks saw an incredible growth in the five years following 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 an initial settling in with what everyone is doing will only take you to where everyone else is going.
Success stories are made from the ones who stayed in the direction they believed in no matter what. Harsh Binani is one of them.
Today, Smartworks is India's largest provider of flexible workspaces Harsh Binani with a total area of. 5 million square. ft. over 32 different locations in 9 cities across Delhi-NCR, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai along with Pune) and caters to hundreds of organizations across Fortune 500 companies.
The massive number of customers new centers, clients, and the footprint in every city is an evidence of the determination and hard work that was put in by Harsh Binani as well as Neetish Sarda in their vision.
Harsh Binani is one of the most influential leaders today, making opportunities for entrepreneurs who believe in their idea and wish to leave their mark on the world and want to leave their mark.