Interview with The Enterprise World
7. Is there any new addition to the list of products/services? Anything exciting you would like to share? TezzJob is currently our most exciting product launch. Over the next 3 years, we plan to on-board 0.5 M workers on to the APP from all over the country. Our vision is to create a seamless employment ecosystem wherein workers from different states migrate to states where opportunities are abundant. They could first get the security of a job before moving to a place and then searching for an opportunity. We are creating a similar ecosystem for the workers like Naukri has created for the white collared workforce in India. 8. What do you think are the responsibilities of an entrepreneur? Identify a problem and use entrepreneurial principles to organize and manage a venture to serve markets in a financially 30
sustainable and scalable manner are the biggest responsibility of an entrepreneur. 9. Can you please brief us about your professional experience and what are the key achievements of your entrepreneurial journey? I am working for the last 27 years and it’s been 5 years of my entrepreneurship. I have worked with TATA Capital, TATA Group as head of wealth management business in Mumbai. I have created employment opportunities for the underserved and underprivileged women folk. I have employed over 5000 workers. Helping bring social change in the domestic help segment 10. How do you look after your employees? What makes your team unique? • Treat fairly; create a healthy and conducive working environment to give job satisfaction. • Performance-based salary structure with an upside for people who do well. • Participation in growth • Grooming 11. Is there any special experience with your clients you would like to highlight? We are trying to solve a very difficult problem in society so; working with every customer is a unique experience. We feel proud that we have a large number of happy customers. 12. Can you tell us what your favourite book is and who is the person who you admire the most?
read books to get knowledge as well as to get inspired. I admire India’s beloved ex-president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam the most. His vision for India’s development as well as contribution to space studies inspires me a lot. 13. Whose business story do you find the most inspiring and is there any quote which inspires you a lot? Founder of reliance industries limited Dhirubhai Ambani and Founder of Amul, Dr Varghese Kurian are the permanent source of motivation for me. Whenever I feel down I just recite these three golden words,
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TezzJob to serve our worker partners in a much better & technologically efficient manner. We plan to add the below features to make our value proposition most exciting for our worker base. • Rating system for workers and employers to access quality. • Enable digital Payments and financial inclusion for the workers. • Choice of jobs, the maid can compare, choose and decide to apply for the most suitable jobs as per their experience ability and liking. • Real-time job alerts through notifications to the workers. • Providing training and careerenhancing opportunities. • Credit/loans at market rates, rather than approach money lender trap for cash needs.
Never Give Up
14. Is constant vigilance is a need or a strategy? Being constantly vigilant is a need in Business; the world is dynamic and changing fast. If one is not alert and open to adapt to a changing business environment, it could prove fatal. 15. It’s a rat-race out there. How do you cope with that? “ It’s a lot of competition in the market. But competitors are the biggest factor in growth in any business. No particular strategies, keep working hard, be diligent, honest and sincere, and then take it as it comes.
The Art of War by Sun Tzu is a favourite book of mine. I frequently October 2019