Harsh Binani is an Indian businessman, entrepreneur, and co-founder with Smartworks India's biggest Managed Space provider. Harsh Binani was a modest entrepreneur 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 research and development, as well as an Economics graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.
He also has a CFP (Centre for Financial Planning) designation in investing, risk management and retirement planning.
Harsh Binani began his career through the opportunities he was offered to gain experience for his bigger plans. With over seven years' working experience in commercial and residential real estate consulting, he's been a part of "Mckinsey", the most prestigious consulting firm in the world in Chicago.
During his time at Mckinsey as a consultant, he concentrated on strategy and operational issues across insurance, infrastructure, and healthcare.
He has also been an Assistant Chief of Staff at Medanta Medicity, spearheading key strategic initiatives for the CEO.
Harsh Binani experienced the latest workspaces in his time abroad, which made clear to him his future plans.
He decided to be a part of Neetish Sarda, a man who was in the process of brewing with enthusiasm for his latest company, Smartworks.
Harsh Binani came to Smartworks in 2017 and brought in more enthusiasm, new ideas and unbeatable people skills to the team.
The moment that Harsh Binani joined forces with Harsh Binani along with Neetish Sarda, Smartworks experienced exponential growth which paved the way towards more creative approaches to make the workplace a more enjoyable experience.
At first Smartworks was initially designed as a collaborative working space, but Harsh Binani as well as Neetish Sarda quickly realised it was a crowded market, which little to no innovation in terms of the offerings or technology or target Harsh Binani customers.
After narrowing down their target market, the group that wanted serve Harsh Binani in the hopes of breaking into the larger companies which was a task in itself.
Large companies were already settled in traditional workplaces with fixed patterns and limited options.
After initial setbacks and feedback, Harsh Binani returned time and time over to the drawing room creating a new plan on how can be the most effective way in changing the perception of large companies.
After much study, various strategies and pitches, it happened! Smartworks found their first client and from that point on, it's always been a high way.
Smartworks witnessed an exponential increase in the past 5 years of this journey. It was aided Harsh Binani by unfailing support from the whole team.
Harsh Binani believes it is crucial to ensure that you believe in the idea you are pitching your idea first before making any other client believe in the concept.
As the life of Harsh Binani clearly points out that settling in on what everyone is doing will just lead you to where everyone else is moving.
Success stories are built from those who kept going in an direction which they believed 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, new centers, and the footmark in all of the major cities is an indication 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, wish to leave a lasting impression.