Succession Planning.
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Your Succession Plan Might Be an Exit — Are You Ready for It?
When Anand Mehta decided to sell his 40-year-old packaging business, he thought the hard part was finding a buyer. He found one within four months — a larger player looking to expand into his region. Term sheet signed. Due diligence began. Then the buyer’s team asked a simple question: “Can you walk us through how… Continue reading
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A 162-Year-Old Jewellery Business Just Made the Smartest Succession Move Possible
Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri — TBZ — traces back to 1864, when Bhimji Zaveri opened a single store in Mumbai’s Zaveri Bazaar. Five generations later, under chairman and MD Shrikant Zaveri, TBZ had grown into a 37-store pan-India jewellery business, with his daughters Binaisha and Raashi Zaveri having helped scale it over the past two decades.… Continue reading
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If HDFC Bank and Tata Group Can’t Solve This Easily, Can Your Family Business?
Right now, as you read this, two of India’s most professionally run institutions are both scrambling with the same problem. HDFC Bank’s CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan announced he won’t seek reappointment and will retire from the bank’s services on October 26, 2026. The bank has said the succession process is a work in progress, and analysts… Continue reading
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A Will Can Prevent the Fight You’ll Never See.
He thought his family would know what to do. When he passed away, the family had the assets—but not clarity. Who gets what?Who decides?What would he have wanted? A Will could have answered those questions while he was still here. A Will is not about death. It is about making your wishes clear while you… Continue reading
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Action at Age Zero or Resignation at Age Crisis?
The NEET paper leak escalated so badly that the education minister had to resign. Let that sink in. A senior government official. In office for years. Credibility built over decades. Gone. Because of delayed action on a crisis. The Timeline of Failure: Paper leaked. Should have been addressed immediately. Government delayed response. Protests started. Protests… Continue reading
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Your Listed Company Needs Succession Planning Too (Maybe More Than Private Ones)
Mr. Rajesh Desai, a pharma founder. ₹1500 crore market cap. Listed company. His story: Children abroad, unlikely to return Daughter suddenly inducted to run operations No formal succession plan “She’ll figure it out” His stock is down 18% this year. Guess why? Market knows what he doesn’t: No succession plan = value erosion. The Listed… Continue reading
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Why Professionalising Matters
Meet Mr. Bholabhai Patel. Founder. A Visionary. And, according to his staff, the human Swiss Army knife of his business. He could negotiate a multi-crore contract at 10 AM, scold the office boy for extra sugar in his tea at 11, approve a ₹10,000 stationery bill at 12, and argue about restroom tiles with the… Continue reading
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Built Together. Lost Separately.
When Vijay Patel launched his small spice-trading business, he single-handedly managed everything from sourcing and packaging to sales and delivery. With limited staff and no formal processes, his business relied entirely on his personal network and expertise for survival. As the business expanded, Vijay’s two sons, Arjun and Rahul, joined the company, bringing fresh ideas… Continue reading
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Nobody Maps the Founder’s Journey.
Every business owner knows about the customer journey. Awareness. Consideration. Decision. Loyalty. Advocacy. We map it. We measure it. We obsess over every stage. We know exactly where a customer drops off. What makes them stay. What makes them leave. What brings them back. We have funnels for it. CRMs for it. Entire teams dedicated… Continue reading
