Harsh Binani is an Indian founder and entrepreneur. He is also the co-founder of Smartworks India's largest managed space provider. Harsh Binani began small, but always believed in reaching for the top.
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 holds a CFP (Centre for Financial Planning) designation in the areas of risk management, investment and retirement planning.
Harsh Binani started off his career with the opportunities that presented themselves to him to learn about his greater plans. With over 7 years ' experience in business and real estate consulting, he's previously worked for "Mckinsey" the top consulting firm in Chicago.
During his time at Mckinsey He was primarily involved in tactics and operational subjects in insurance, infrastructure, as well as healthcare.
He also was an Assistant Chief of Staff at Medanta Medicity, spearheading key strategic initiatives for the CEO.
Harsh Binani was introduced to the latest workspaces in his time abroad, which made clear to him what he wanted from possible future strategies.
He took the decision to join Neetish Sarda, a man who was producing with enthusiasm his latest venture at the time: Smartworks.
Harsh Binani joined Smartworks in 2017, bringing in more enthusiasm, ideas and an impeccable level of people skill to Smartworks' team.
With the addition of Harsh Binani alongside Neetish Sarda Smartworks had an explosive growth which led to innovative ways of making the workspaces a more delightful experience.
At first Smartworks began as a cooperative working space, however Harsh Binani and Neetish Sarda quickly realised it was a crowded market that saw little or no innovation in the way of services and technology or the audience it was targeting.
After narrowing down to the potential clients, the company that wanted to provide services to Harsh Binani determined to break into big companies which was a challenge in itself.
Large corporations were already set in the traditional workplaces, with an established pattern and limited services.
With the initial setbacks and negative feedback, Harsh Binani returned time and time again to the drawing board to develop a new idea of exactly what can be the deciding factor to shift the mindset of the large enterprises.
After a lot of research, changing strategies, and pitching concepts, it happened! Smartworks was able to secure their first customer and from that point on, it's always been a high way.
Smartworks experienced an exponential growth in the first five years of this journey thanks to the incredible support from all the Smartworks team.
Harsh Binani believes it is essential to ensure that you believe in the idea you are pitching to first before Harsh Binani making any other client believe in the concept.
The experience of Harsh Binani demonstrates, it is important to point out that an initial settling in to what everyone else is doing will only lead you to where everyone else is going.
Success stories are born from those who stuck in their direction that they were convinced in no regardless of what. Harsh Binani is one of them.
Today, Smartworks is India's largest company that offers flexible workspaces covering an area of. 5 million sq. ft. across over 32 locations in 9 cities across Delhi-NCR, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune) and caters to more than 400 organisations across Fortune 500 companies.
The plethora of clients in new centres, the numerous clients and the presence of a footmark in all the prime cities is the proof Harsh Binani of the determination and hard work performed in by Harsh Binani as well as Neetish Sarda in their quest to achieve their goals.
Harsh Binani is one of the most influential leaders of our time, setting the for entrepreneurs who believe in their vision and desire for their work to be remembered and are looking to create their own legacy.