Harsh Binani is an Indian founder and entrepreneur. He is also the co-founder of Smartworks India's largest Managed Space provider. Harsh Binani was a modest entrepreneur but always believed in his ability to reach the heights of success.
Harsh is an alumni of Northwestern University -Kellogg School of Management, Illinois with an MBA degree in Entrepreneurship studies. He's 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 working in the industry through chances he was given to get experience in order to help him with his larger plans. With over 7 years of expertise in management and real estate consultancy, he's worked with "Mckinsey", the most prestigious consulting firm in the world in Chicago.
Through his five years at Mckinsey and Mckinsey, he was involved in tactical and operational matters in insurance, infrastructure, and healthcare.
He has also been an Assistant Chief of Staff at Medanta Medicity, spearheading key strategic initiatives for the CEO.
Harsh Binani got exposure to cutting-edge workspaces throughout his time abroad, which made it easy for him to think about the future of his career.
He decided for a join Neetish Sarda who himself was developing with enthusiasm his latest venture at the time: Smartworks.
Harsh Binani joined Smartworks in 2017. He brought in more ideas, passion and an impeccable level of people skill to the team.
After the joining of Harsh Binani 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 quickly realized that to be a market that was overcrowded that saw little or no innovation in regards to offerings, technology or the audience it was targeting.
After narrowing their focus to potential clients, the company that wanted to provide services to Harsh Binani decided to break into the big enterprises which was a challenge in itself.
Enterprises of all Harsh Binani sizes were already in the traditional workspaces, with fixed patterns and limited options.
After initial setbacks and feedback, Harsh Binani returned time and time more to the drawing-board developing a new strategy on What can be the deciding factor in changing the perception of the large enterprises.
After many hours of research, changing strategies, and pitching new ideas, it was done! Smartworks got their first client after which it has always been an high level.
Smartworks has seen an exponential growth in the five years that followed this endeavor, aided by the unwavering support from Harsh Binani all the Smartworks team.
Harsh Binani believes it is essential to ensure that you believe in the idea you are pitching to first before making any other client believe in it.
The life of Harsh Binani demonstrates, it is important to point out that to settle in towards what everyone is doing will only take you to where everyone is taking you.
Success stories are born from those who stayed in which direction they had faith in no whatever. Harsh Binani is one of them.
Today, Smartworks is India's largest provider of flexible workspaces, with a total area of. 5 million sq. ft. spread over 32 sites in 9 cities across Delhi-NCR, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai in addition to Pune) and serves more than 400 organizations in Fortune 500 companies.
The plethora of clients, new centers, and the footprint in every major city is an evidence of the perseverance and hard work made in by Harsh Binani, and Neetish Sarda in their vision.
Harsh Binani is one of the most influential leaders in the world today, opening the an avenue for entrepreneurs who believe in their vision and desire be remembered, seek to make their own mark.