Having worked for decades as a consultant, Hemant Jain has ventured into entrepreneurship. Hemant is a business coach, keynote speaker, life coach, team coach and a soft skills trainer. Reach out to Hemant at: linktr.ee/CoachHemant

How many rejections can one handle? How many times can one get up and fight back? Mr Never-Give-Up Anand Shrivastav, founder of multiple businesses shares with us the story of how every time life knocked him down, he stood up and fought back and raised himself higher than the problem. Reach out to Ashish at: Website: [email protected]

Abhishek Sonar, co-founder of Millennial Edutech Pvt Ltd, shares with us his story and some great lessons about starting a business in the digital space. Abhishek and his team has done great work like solving the technology addiction among children, making tribal villages computer literate and helping children with special needs. Check out their Quanto Learn app on Google Play Store

Yeshwant Shingwekar, founder of Prosper Finmart, shares with us the story of how in his late 40s he transitioned into entrepreneurship. How his disciplined approach helped him in his journey.   Reach out to Yeshwant at: Website: www.prosperfinmart.com

Ashish Bobade, founder of BrainGyan Foundation, shares with us the story of his powerful comeback. How a brain stroke inspired him to learn new ways of tapping into the best potential use of the brain and how he eventually ended up helping over a million people. Reach out to Ashish at: Website: www.braingyan.in/talk

Young Suchit Kandoi, founder of RAMA Electronics LLC, shares with us his story of how a boy from a small town in India grew up to build a global business. How each blow, each tragedy, each fall only made him stronger. Reach out to Suchit at: Email: [email protected]; Website: www.rama-electronics.com

Sujit Sukumaran, founder of Optimus Management Consultants, shares with us his story. A story of courage, resilience and a dramatic turnaround from just minutes away from giving up. Optimus Management Consultants is a company based in Dubai, serving the global corporate community on training, advisory and content strategy. Reach out to Sujit at: Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Website: www.optmc.com

In this week's episode of Be Your Own Boss, we hear from Abdullah Gurukkal about his Kabul adventures, how he landed in jail, and eventually bounced back to start his own business in Dubai.

Saira Ranj, artist, founder of Createit, shares with us how she switched from the corporate world to entrepreneurship and made a life changing discovery along the way. Most people suffer from stress, burnout and a lack of work life balance BECAUSE of the absence of an outlet of expression. Createit introduces them to educational programs that strengthen creativity, resilience and release, keeping you agile and your brain healthy. It's an academy for adults and youngsters to explore the dormant creative sides of their personality- bringing art to life in a myriad of ways. Reach out to Saira to experience it for yourself: Mobile Number: +973 3912 4300 Address: Seef District, Kingdom of Bahrain Email: [email protected] Website: www.createit.academy Instagram: @createit.bh LinkedIn: /in/sairaranj/

Srinivasan Mudaliar aka Magi is the founder of Aavishkaar Consultants, a structural audit company based in India. In this 2nd part of the story, Magi shares how he started and grew his business and how you can do it too.

Srinivasan Mudaliar aka Magi, founder of Aavishkaar Consultants, a structural audit company based in the India, shares with us his story of how he moved from being a corporate employee to starting a company with no prior business experience. This is part 1 of Magi's story.