E13 - Building and Selling business in two different countries, With Sunil Jha, CEO of Akiko Group

Empowering Indian Expats: Create more Impact & Influence, beyond just making a living

Do you feel that no fields are left for advancement in this fully digitized era? To debunk this myth and to share his life experience, we have Mr. Sunil Jha for this episode of the Empowering Indian Expats podcast. Sunil started his journey way back in the 1980s when companies like HCL, Wipro were just settling in the Indian market. Over the last 35 years, Sunil founded 2 companies (one was sold to a firm before he moved to Australia ) and currently living in Sydney Australia. At present, his areas of interest are market entry, business strategic planning, and implementation, business growth, and branding. In this episode, he talks about - What were the opportunities in 80s and 90s vs the opportunities that exist today - Staring young as an entrepreneur and its benefits and challenges - Importance of networking - ways to improve your business in this pandemic - Fields where there is a lot of scope of improvement - Ways in which a mid-career professional can pivot in different fields - Way to convert a rejection into an offer letter - Importance of being an early adopter In his own words... "If you never failed, there is no learning. And remember there are endless opportunities out there, you just have to find a way to grab them." Mr. Sunil Jha's coordinates LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/suniljha/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/SunilKJha Business website - https://theakikogroup.com/, https://www.akiko.com.au/ Book mentioned by him Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by James C. Collins Communities mentioned by him New South Wales business community - https://www.business.nsw.gov.au/ Host Ehsan’s coordinates- https://www.linkedin.com/in/alimohammadehsan/