Harsh Binani is an Indian businessman, entrepreneur, and co-founder with Smartworks India's largest managed space provider. Harsh Binani started small but always believed in getting big.
Harsh is an alumnus of Northwestern University -Kellogg School of Management, Illinois with an MBA degree in business studies. He is an Economics graduate of Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.
He also holds the CFP (Centre for Financial Planning) designation in risk management, investment and retirement planning.
Harsh Binani started off working in the industry through opportunities that presented themselves to him to get experience in order to help him with his larger plans. With more than 7 years of work experience in the field of real estate and management consulting, he has previously worked with "Mckinsey" the world's leading consulting firm in Chicago.
In his 5 years with Mckinsey, he focused 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 modern workspaces while he was overseas, and this made it clear to him what he wanted from his future plans.
He took the decision to join Neetish Sarda who himself was in the process of brewing with enthusiasm for his latest company, Smartworks.
Harsh Binani came to Smartworks in 2017 and brought in additional enthusiasm, ideas as well as a superb people-skill to the team.
The moment that Harsh Binani joined forces with Harsh Binani along with Neetish Sarda, Smartworks gained exponential momentum which opened the way to the most innovative strategies to make the work spaces a more enjoyable experience.
Initially Smartworks was initially started as a working space, but Harsh Binani, and Neetish Sarda soon realized it was an extremely crowded market, which little to no innovation in terms of the offerings or technology or target customers.
After narrowing down the group of customers, they wanted to serve Harsh Binani they decided to break into large corporations which was a task in itself.
Big enterprises were already settled in the traditional work spaces, which had a set pattern and limited offerings.
With initial setbacks and feedback, Harsh Binani returned time and time repeatedly to the drawing block and came up with a brand new plan of who can be the deciding factor to change the mindset of large corporations.
After years of studying, changing ways of thinking and pitching ideas it came to pass! Smartworks gained their first client and from then it has always been an high way.
Smartworks had an exponential growth in the past Harsh Binani 5 years of this journey. It was aided by unfailing support from the entire team.
Harsh Binani believes that it is vital to ensure that you are a believer in the idea that you are pitching first before making any other clients believe in the idea.
The journey of Harsh Binani demonstrates, it is important to point out that finding a way to fit in to what everyone else is doing will only lead you to where everyone is going.
Success stories are born out of those Harsh Binani who stuck in whatever direction and belief they placed in no matter what and Harsh Binani is one of them.
Presently, Smartworks is India's largest provider of flexible workspaces, that covers a space of approximately. 5 million sq. feet. in 32 locations in 9 cities in Delhi-NCR (including, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, as well as Pune) and serves more than 400 businesses across Fortune 500 companies.
The large pool of clients who have new centers, and the footmark in every major city is an example of the determination and arduous work made in by Harsh Binani, and Neetish Sarda in their dream.
Harsh Binani is one of the most influential leaders in our times, helping to pave the for entrepreneurs who believe in their vision and desire for their work to be remembered and are looking to create their own legacy.