I come from a family of doctors and engineers, and, like many traditional Indian families, my parents also pushed me to pursue those professions. But, in 2001, after walking out of a Rich-Dad, Poor-Dad workshop, I decided to venture into entrepreneurship, and started my first business the day I turned 18.

Needless to say, my parents, uncles, aunts, and even grandparents were disappointed in my decision to pursue entrepreneurship and attempted to change my mind with their reasons: "What if you fail? What if you lose everything? Most businesses are shut down within the first 5 years. Think of your future".

My responses and reasons raised their blood-pressure even higher, "Mom, Dad - it's too late, I've made up my mind, I am going to be an entrepreneur - I will never know my true potential and reach the fullness of my destiny unless I give it a shot".

I start a bakery and went for it anyway. I worked 16-18 hours days, 7-days a week, 365-days a year for almost 5-years straight. It was a stressful, but rewarding experience and I learnt a lot about business, sales, marketing, entrepreneurship, and even mindset. After all, these were what I was learning in University as well - I pursued Economics & Business.

However, in 2006, when the economy crashed, the bank financing my bakery went into liquidation, pulled the plug without warning, and forced me into the ground. I had to fire 15 full-time staff and shut down a thriving business in less than a week. At 23, I was forced to declare a multi-million dollar corporate bankruptcy - not the graduation present I had imagined.

I majored in economics and realized that the economy was about to sink into a deep recession. I decided to start working for the same Bankruptcy Lawyer that filed my papers and ventured into Bankruptcy and Restructuring Consulting. I discovered that people were willing to hire me and even pay me top dollars to help them eliminate their debts and restructure their finances - learning about my story made my clients realize their situation(s) was relatively easy to fix.

This was the birth of my Strategic Restructuring, Consulting, and Business Growth Services. I had found a way to turn my "mess" into my "message" and monetize my story and experiences.

Since this life-altering event in 2005, I have had the opportunity to attend law school twice (in the UK and the US), have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars to learn from the world's leading business experts and thought-leaders, build several multi-million dollar companies, and invest tens of millions of dollars in marketing, technology, innovation & business growth systems.

My personal and entrepreneurial experiences helped me find my purpose in life - to help business owners discover, develop, integrate, and deploy recession-proof business strategies that can enable them to thrive regardless of how the economy was performing.

I've helped over 20,000 clients through my businesses and have educated over a million entrepreneurs through my keynote presentations, webinars, blogs, published pieces, and training sessions. I'm excited to share my wins and losses so you have the benefit of learning from my million-dollar mistakes and experience all the upsides without the downsides!