Harsh Binani is an Indian entrepreneur and cofounder of Smartworks India's biggest Managed Space provider. Harsh Binani started out small but always believed in his ability to reach the heights of success.
Harsh is an alumnus from Northwestern University -Kellogg School of Management, Illinois with an MBA degree in research and development, as well as an Economics graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.
He also has an CFP (Centre for Financial Planning) designation in investments, risk management, and retirement planning.
Harsh Binani started his career in the field of opportunities he received to learn about his bigger plans. With over seven years' working experience in commercial and residential real estate consulting, he's been a part of "Mckinsey", the world's most respected consulting firm in Chicago.
In his 5 years with Mckinsey as a consultant, he concentrated on operations and strategy across insurance, infrastructure, and healthcare.
He has also been Chief of Staff at Medanta Medicity, spearheading key strategic initiatives for the CEO.
Harsh Binani was exposed to top-of-the-line workspaces during his time overseas, which made easy for him to decide on any future goals.
He was inspired for a join Neetish Sarda, who was making a splash with his new company at the time, Smartworks.
Harsh Binani joined Smartworks in 2017. He brought in an abundance of ideas, enthusiasm and exceptional people skills to the team.
In the wake of the collaboration between Harsh Binani along with Neetish Sarda, Smartworks saw exponential growth that paved the way for greater creativity to make the workplaces more enjoyable experience.
Initially Smartworks was initially conceived as a co working space, however Harsh Binani and Neetish Sarda soon realized that was a crowded market that saw little or no innovation in the way of services and technology or its target market.
After narrowing down to the potential clients, the company that wanted to serve Harsh Binani decided to break into the big enterprises which was a challenge in itself.
Enterprises of all sizes were already in the traditional work spaces, which had specific patterns and offerings.
With initial setbacks and feedback, Harsh Binani returned time and time repeatedly to the drawing block and came up with a brand new plan of what can be the key to transform the minds of big companies.
After a lot of investigation, rethinking ways of thinking and pitching ideas it came to pass! Smartworks landed their first client and since then, it's always been an high journey.
Smartworks experienced an exponential growth in the first five years of this venture, with a Harsh Binani remarkable 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 making any other client believe in the concept.
The journey 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 is going.
Success stories are born out of those who stuck in the direction of their faith in no matter Harsh Binani what and Harsh Binani is one of them.
Presently, Smartworks is India's largest provider of flexible workspaces, that covers a space of approximately. 5 million sq. feet. in 32 locations in 9 cities in Delhi-NCR (including, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai as well as Pune) and serves over 400 companies across Fortune 500 companies.
The extensive client base with new centers and the presence of a footmark in all the prime cities is testimony to the determination and arduous work performed in by Harsh Binani, and Neetish Sarda in their quest to achieve their goals.
Harsh Binani is one of the most influential leaders of our time, setting the an avenue for entrepreneurs who believe in their vision and desire to leave their mark, longing to be remembered as their own.