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 out small but always believed in making it big.
Harsh is an alumnus of Northwestern University -Kellogg School of Management, Illinois with an MBA degree in business studies. He is an Economics graduate of Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.
He also has an CFP (Centre for Financial Planning) designation in insurance, risk management and retirement planning.
Harsh Binani started off his career by taking advantage of the opportunities he received to experience the world before he could pursue his bigger plans. With more than seven years of work experience in property and management consulting, Harsh Binani has worked for "Mckinsey" the world's premier consulting firm in Chicago.
Through his five years at Mckinsey and Mckinsey, he was involved in tactical and operational matters in infrastructure, insurance, as also healthcare.
He has also served as Chief of Staff at Medanta Medicity, spearheading key strategic initiatives for the CEO.
Harsh Binani was able to see the latest workspaces in his time overseas, making it obvious to him what potential future career plans.
He was inspired joining Neetish Sarda who himself was brewing with passion with his new company, Smartworks.
Harsh Binani joined Smartworks in 2017. He brought in greater enthusiasm, innovative ideas and unbeatable people skills to the team.
After the joining of Harsh Binani along with Neetish Sarda, Smartworks gained exponential momentum that led to new ways to improve your work space a much more enjoyable experience.
Initially Smartworks started as a co working space, but Harsh Binani as well as Neetish Sarda quickly realized that was a crowded market and that there was no innovation in terms of the offerings or technology, nor the targeted audience.
After narrowing down to the potential Harsh Binani clients, the company that wanted to provide services to Harsh Binani who was looking to break into large companies which was a task in itself.
The largest companies were already settling in traditional workplaces with an established pattern and limited choices.
In the beginning, there were setbacks and feedback, Harsh Binani returned time and time and time again Harsh Binani to the drawing boards formulating a new concept of his ideas for what can be the key to shift the mindset of large companies.
After a lot of investigation, rethinking strategies, and pitching new ideas, it happened! Smartworks gained their first client which has always been a high route.
Smartworks witnessed an exponential increase in the 5 years of this journey with impeccable support from the entire team.
Harsh Binani believes it is vital to ensure that you believe in the concept that you are first pitching, before letting any other clients believe in the concept.
The story of Harsh Binani clearly points out that being absorbed in to what everyone is doing will only take you to where everyone is moving.
Success stories are born out of those who continued to push in which direction they had 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 approx. 5 million sq. feet. spread across 32 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 plethora of clients who have new centers, and the presence of a footmark in every city is an indication of the determination and hard work that was put in by Harsh Binani and Neetish Sarda in their mission.
Harsh Binani is one of the most influencer leaders today, paving an avenue for entrepreneurs who are convinced in their vision and desire to leave their mark on the world and want to leave their mark.