Harsh Binani is an Indian businessman, entrepreneur, and co-founder with Smartworks India's biggest managed space provider. Harsh Binani began small, but always believed in being able to achieve big.
Harsh is an alumnus from Northwestern University -Kellogg School of Management, Illinois with an MBA degree in the field of entrepreneurial studies. He's an Economics graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.
He also holds a CFP (Centre for Financial Planning) designation in investment management, risk management and retirement planning.
Harsh Binani began his career by taking advantage of the occasions that were offered to him in order to gain experience and knowledge for his larger plans. With over 7 years of expertise in management and real estate consulting, Binani has worked with "Mckinsey", the world's premier consulting firm in Chicago.
Through his five years at Mckinsey the firm, he was focused on operational and strategic issues involving infrastructure, insurance, and healthcare.
He also worked as a Chief of Staff at Medanta Medicity, spearheading key strategic initiatives for the CEO.
Harsh Binani had the opportunity to experience 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 himself was creating with passion for his new venture at the time, Smartworks.
Harsh Binani came to Smartworks in 2017 and brought in more energy, ideas and the best people skills to the table.
After the joining of Harsh Binani along with Neetish Sarda, Smartworks experienced exponential growth which paved the way towards more innovative ways 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 soon realized that was a crowded market and with no innovation in the way of services and technology or the audience it was targeting.
After narrowing their focus to potential clients, the company that wanted to provide services to Harsh Binani determined to break into big companies which was a challenge in itself.
Massive companies are already established in traditional workspaces that had certain patterns and 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 many hours of research, changing strategies, and pitching new ideas, it was done! Smartworks won their first contract which has always been a high climb.
Smartworks saw an incredible growth in the five years following this adventure, thanks Harsh Binani to the outstanding support by the entire Smartworks team.
Harsh Binani believes that it is important to make sure that you are a believer in the idea that you are pitching first before making any other clients believe in the idea.
The story of Harsh Binani clearly points out that settling in to what everyone is doing will only take you to where everyone else is moving.
Success stories are created from those who kept going in this direction, believing in no whatever. Harsh Binani is one of them.
Presently, Smartworks is India's largest supplier of flexible workspaces with an area of approximately. 5 million square. feet. over 32 locations in 9 cities in Delhi-NCR (including, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, in addition to Pune) and serves more than 400 organizations in Fortune 500 companies.
The vast number of clients along with the opening of new centers and the footmark in all of the major cities is the Harsh Binani testimony of the perseverance and hard work of in by Harsh Binani and Neetish Sarda in their goal.
Harsh Binani is one of the most influential leaders of the moment, and has paved path for entrepreneurs who are convinced in their idea and wish to make a difference, seek to make their own mark.