Ashwin Roy's Story
The Decisions That Matter
Starting up on my own letting go of a seemingly promising corporate career
Career Profile:
In my current role as the CEO of bombil ,I primarily look at recruiting the best talent and ensuring we ship great products
In my earlier roles , I was responsible for managing Sales for the company
Degrees That Matter:
MBA form any reputed institute- 2 Reasons
1)If you start-up ,You first 20 clients could be your batch-mates who now work in different companies.
2) Give you an overall exposure to different aspect of business.
Working Life Management:
Keep my Sundays dedicated for my wife and friends.
Done Differently:
Nothing
Plans For The Future:
Taking Bombil Media to be one of the leading Mobile players in Asia and going IPO route
Prized Accomplishment(s):
1) Our first consumer app AGASTYA launched in the app store got extremely encouraging reviews and responses got covered by 3 leading news papers and 14 leading blogs in 1 Week.
2) managed to crack 140+ clients in 14 months of operations with 2 people sales team
Growth Strategy:
Lot of Reading & meet the leaders
Required Reading:
The Art of Start and Enchantment - Guy Kawasaki
Paul Gram Blog - http://paulgraham.com/
Rajesh Jain's Blog - Emergic.org
Advice For New Professionals:
Work extremely hard for the first few years of the careers - prove your mettle & you career will work hard for the rest of your life
Role Model:
My Father Mr Aditya Kumar Roy Choudhary - for his uncannay ability to always make the rightful choices and manage an equilibrium between his hectic work/travel schedules and spend time with family
Bhavin Turakhia(CEO-Directi Group)
Sharpest mind. Ability to achieve so much(300 Million$ entp) at 32
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