RocketCEO is an interesting collection of startup stories, where we interview inspiring CEOs and Founders who have taken a leap from Zero to One and tell their stories to the entire world.
Recently we got an opportunity to interview Naresh Shetti - Visual Artist, Photographer, Entrepreneur & Creator and below is the essence of the same, an incredible journey towards success.
Amit Unboxed: What service(s) or product(s) does your business offer/manufacture?
Visual artist network and solutions.
Amit Unboxed: In which cities/countries you are providing services or operating your business?
All over India.
Amit Unboxed: What is your background? What you were doing before you got into the entrepreneurship?
Physics graduate. Advertising professional before I started my first ad agency.
Amit Unboxed: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? What made you work on that idea or concept?
I had to give up my professional photography career due to a lack of work and not having enough capital to sustain myself. Cut to 2018 when I saw opportunities flooding the market and visual artists not able to tap into them. I decided to build a bridge between the work available and the talent. We r about to launch our product very soon which not just lists artists but also proved consultation and other services to potential clients looking for visual content.
Amit Unboxed: What is the unique selling/buying point about your business? How do you manage to deal with your competitors?
Our talent is highly trained and the company gets involved in a service transactions. The market is highly disorganized due to which all competitors are still in the same league trying to better their USP.
Amit Unboxed: How do you advertise your business?
Social media, personal connections. Looking forward to more branches of digital media.
Amit Unboxed: What do you look for in an employee?
Intention to work and prove themselves.
Trustworthiness.
Someone who won't say NO.
Amit Unboxed: Have you ever turned down a client? Why?
Yes. Some clients didn't understand or respect our profession. That's when we have even returned their advances and scrapped the deal.
Amit Unboxed: Who is your inspiration idol in life? Why?
Sandeep Maheshwari, Bruce Lee, Elon musk, Sir Charles Chaplin.
Amit Unboxed: How do you maintain balance with your family and business? Do you think if you were not in business, you would have been able to give more time to your family?
Yes. Unfortunately balancing is very difficult. I am inclined towards business.
Amit Unboxed: What do you call “Success”? What are those things which you think made you successful today?
When more than 50 families can make a living, that's when the business is successful… Not yet successful.
Amit Unboxed: If you had one piece of advice or an important lesson to someone just starting out, what would it be?
Be sure why u doing it.
It's ok if u doing it for money, but be genuine.
Build something that will last.
Amit Unboxed: Anything else you would like to convey us about yourself or your business?
I believe I am the one who has the power, and the intention to change or improve the lives of visual artists. In the future may be all artists. My business is built around values like trust and making money for everyone from the field.
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