Ajay Prasad is a serial entrepreneur, successful business strategist and an adept marketing expert who before laying the foundation of his various successful entrepreneurial ventures, served organizations ranked among the top 10 of Fortune 500 companies. His areas of expertise include marketing management, business development, consumer research, market analysis and strategic planning within industries such as consumer electronics, GPS-based navigation systems, enterprise software and consumer marketing. The founder and president of GMR Web Team – a leading Orange County digital marketing agency dedicated to helping businesses maximize revenue from the Internet – Ajay also owns and operates GMR Transcription, a seven-figure web-based business and award-winning transcription and translation company which he founded in 2004 to fill a void in affordable and accurate transcription and translation services for writers, students, professors and businesses. In the short span of a decade, the company has expanded its reach to include government institutions and non-profit organizations and has become a trusted partner to more than 9,000 clients across the globe.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Ajay’s Grandfather
When business started difficulties overcame:
…So when I started my own business my model was s very much like the big companies. So my marketing plan for example even in terms of my growth plan, and everything I had was like as if I am an established large company and a after a few months in there I realised that was not going to work…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat Book by Michael MastersonGood To Great Book by Jim Collins
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Book by Malcolm Gladwell
Also Mentioned:
Steve Jobs Biography
Bill Gates Biography
Richard Branson Biography
Favourite Quote:
Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005
“Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
Recommended Online Resources:
Punk Spider Website vulnerability to hackers tester.
Also mentioned:
SMX
Repugen Online Reputation
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
Make sure that you like what you are doing because it this is going to be a very long and difficult journey so you have to enjoy what you are doing. The only way to succeed is being persistent and you will not be able to stick to it and be persistent unless you enjoy what you are doing…[Listen for More]
More About Ajay Prasad:
GMR Web team
GMR Transcription
Repugen Online Reputation
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“You don’t get unity by ignoring the questions that have to be faced.” Jay Weatherill
Other Quotes From the Chat with Ajay Prasad:
“Perfection is a journey there is no destination”
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