Succession Planning.
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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: His stock is down 18% this year. Guess why? Market knows what he doesn’t: No succession plan = value erosion. The Listed Company Succession Myth: Myth: “We’re listed. Professional management. Succession isn’t an issue.” Reality: What Happens Without Succession Plan (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
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The Business Gave Him Everything. Now It Won’t Let Him Leave
When Vikram Shah, a successful entrepreneur in his mid-60s, sat down to review his business legacy, he was conflicted. He had founded a thriving tech company three decades ago that had grown into one of the industry’s leading players. His work ethic, vision, and leadership had brought him immense wealth and recognition, and his company… Continue reading
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Why Sell Your Business?
At a family gathering, 68-year-old Prakash Mehta proudly announced that his son had decided not to join the family business. The room fell silent. Some expressed sympathy. Others called it unfortunate. Prakash smiled. “I spent 40 years building this business,” he said. “Why should my son spend his life running a business he never wanted?”… Continue reading
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Who will handle after you?
It started with a simple question.“Do you know where all the investments are?” The room went quiet.Not because there was no money.There was enough: savings, insurance, mutual funds, a house, and a few fixed deposits.But because only one person had ever really known everything.And he wasn’t there anymore. Until that moment, life had felt secure.Bills… Continue reading
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The Purpose of Succession Planning is Bigger than Business
Ramesh started with nothing. A small town in Rajasthan. A borrowed bicycle. A trunk full of textile samples and a hunger that had no off switch. By 55, he had factories in three cities, 400 employees, and a net worth his younger self couldn’t have imagined. His daughter got married that year. A grand wedding.… Continue reading
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Mahabharata & Ramayana: Two Wars, One Missing Document:
Mahabharata & Ramayana: Two Wars, One Missing Document: Two of India’s greatest epics began for one simple reason: families had power, wealth, emotions… but no governance. Think about it: In the Ramayana, a single, unchecked, undocumented, and emotionally interpreted verbal promise sent a prince to the forest and shattered a kingdom’s stability. In the Mahabharata,… Continue reading
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