Saurabh Chandra On How To Harness Your Strong Bias For Action With Contemplation And Compassion
Perseverance Overrated With Deepthi Rajan
English - May 18, 2020 17:30 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBBusiness Education digital transformation technology emerging technology marketing business strategy entrepreneurship leadership careers disruption personal development Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode of the Perseverance Overrated show, Deepthi Rajan chats with Saurabh Chandra.
An inveterate entrepreneur, Saurabh has in the past, successfully founded and sold two other ventures, one an EdTech firm and the other a health-based e-commerce portal.
Saurabh has used his entrepreneurial skills to chart an exceptionally successful corporate career as well.
The former CTO of Amazon India, Saurabh has held multiple executive and C-level positions with startups and Fortune 500 companies, such as Flipkart, Myntra, JP Morgan Chase, Oracle to name a few. He has been remarkably prolific and is an author of 2 books (McGraw Hill), 3 patents, 5 research papers, columnist in leading newspapers. He is also a board member for few companies. And he has accomplished all this in less than a span of 2 decades.
Saurabh is an alumnus of BITS, IIM-Lucknow and IIM-Ahmedabad.
Saurabh has a ton of insight to share not just on his corporate and entrepreneurial journeys so far, but also about overcoming many obstacles and setbacks as he consciously kept taking up new challenges.
You can connect with Saurabh on
LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/saurabh-chandra-0439931
Key Points From The Episode
4 Defining Phases and 1 Unifying Theme [00:03:26]
A Tale Of 2 MBAs [00:07:51]
Leaping Into Entrepreneurship : 1..2..3 Let’s Go! [00:03:26]
When It’s Time To Walk Away [00:09:06]
Not Just Another Pretty Face : Disrupting With “Gorg” [00:11:20]
Honest And Heart-warming : Building A Business That People Love [00:12:17]
How To Deal With Ambiguity And Stress [00:13:38]
One Simple Hack To Deal With Failure [00:19:10]
The Secret To Not Just A Productive But Also A Fulfilling Life [00:21:49]
Turning Hurdles and Disappointments Into Possibilities And Results [00:27:28]
3 Pitfalls To Avoid When Interviewing At Leading Technology Companies [00:33:44]
Power of 3 : Skills That Helped Saurabh Build A Thriving Career [00:36:57]
Managing Different And Difficult Stakeholders [00:39:47]
Reasoning With Unreasonable People [00:41:59]
3 Top Skills Most Technologists Don’t Pay Enough Attention To But Should [00:44:51]
Will No Code Platforms Shift Skill Expectations? [00:46:28]
COVID-19 Impact : 3 Ways Savvy Technology Leaders Will Manage Transformation And Business As Usual [00:48:24]
Struggling To Keep Pace With An Ever-Changing World? Books To The Rescue [00:52:59]
Links Mentioned In The Episode
Gorg - https://www.gorg.co.in/
The 360 Degree Leader by John C Maxwell - https://amzn.to/2TxRB9R
Go Kiss The World by Subroto Bagchi - https://amzn.to/3cGM0FG
Automation Testing by Saurabh Chandra - https://amzn.to/2zOqU9P
Automating Automation by Saurabh Chandra - https://amzn.to/2X9r9Eo
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