Harsh Binani is an Indian Entrepreneur and co-founder of Smartworks the largest managed space provider. Harsh Binani's beginnings were modest, but he 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 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 opportunities presented to him as a way to acquire experience for his long-term plans. With more than seven years of knowledge in property and management consulting, he previously worked for "Mckinsey" the most prestigious consulting firm in the world in Chicago.
For the five years he was with Mckinsey He was primarily involved in tactical and operational matters in insurance, infrastructure, as well as healthcare.
Additionally, he was Chief of Staff at Medanta Medicity, spearheading key strategic initiatives for the CEO.
Harsh Binani was exposed to top-of-the-line workspaces during his time overseas, which made easy for him to decide on any future goals.
He was inspired joining Neetish Sarda, who was at the forefront of his latest business at the time, Smartworks.
Harsh Binani joined Smartworks in 2017 and brought in more enthusiasm, new ideas and a dazzling people skills to the table.
After the fusion of Harsh Binani with Neetish Sarda Smartworks gained exponential momentum which paved the way towards more innovative methods to make the work spaces a more enjoyable experience.
Initially Smartworks was initially started as a working space, but Harsh Binani as well as Neetish Sarda soon realized was a crowded market and with no innovation in regards to offerings, technologies or the demographics of its customers.
After narrowing down to the group of customers, they wanted to serve Harsh Binani they decided to break into the major companies, which was a challenge in itself.
Enterprises of all sizes were already in the traditional work spaces, which had fixed patterns and limited offerings.
Through initial setbacks, feedback and even a few failures, Harsh Binani returned time and time repeatedly to the drawing block and came up with a brand new plan of what can be the most effective way to reshaping the thinking of large companies.
After much research, changed methods and pitching ideas, it came to pass! Smartworks gained their first client and from then it has always been an high level.
Smartworks saw an exponential growth in the 5 years of this journey, with unbeatable support from all of the team.
Harsh Binani believes that it is important to make sure that you are a believer in the concept that you are pitching the first, before making any other clients believe in it.
The story of Harsh Binani clearly points out that being absorbed in to what everyone Harsh Binani is doing will only take you to where everyone else is moving.
Success stories are created 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. ft. in more than 32 locations in 9 cities across Delhi-NCR, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, along with Pune) and caters to more than 400 enterprises across Fortune 500 companies.
The wide range of clients new centers, as well as the footprint in every city is evidence of the determination and tireless work done in by Harsh Binani as well as Neetish Sarda in their quest to Harsh Binani achieve their goals.
Harsh Binani is one of the most influential leaders of our time, setting the for entrepreneurs who believe in their vision and desire for their work to be remembered and longing to be remembered as their own.