Manuj Aggarwal is an entrepreneur, investor, and CTO of TetraNoodle, a software consulting company that helps startup founders with tech projects. Manuj started his career at the age of 15, working in a factory for twelve hours a day, six days a week, earning a cool $2 per day. While Manuj had no contacts or resources, he was determined to improve his life and realized education and the right training was the only way for him to achieve his goals.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Manuj’s Father
- Elon Musk
When business started difficulties overcame:
“all of the operational stuff, how to put that in place, paperwork, accounting. I had no idea what marketing is, what sales process is. Initially I used to get all of my business through referrals and my personal network. I started learning a little bit more about marketing and how things are done, how you spread awareness about your brand. Networking with other people because I realised, I was trying to be a solopreneur and very soon I realised you can only grow so much doing things on your own. So building networks”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Think and Grow Rich Book by Napoleon HillFavourite Quote:
“don’t take life very seriously because you will never come out of it alive”
Recommended Online Resources:
- LinkedIn – LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs.
- Google Suite – An integrated suite of secure, cloud native collaboration and productivity apps powered by Google AI Includes Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Meet and more
- Trello – Infinitely flexible Incredibly easy to use Great mobile apps. It’s free Trello keeps track of everything, from the big picture to the minute details
- Slack is where work flows It’s where the people you need, the information you share, and the tools you use come together to get things done
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“focus on revenue, build a solid team and work on your mind as much as you work on your business because your personal life, your mind, your mindset, your belief systems, they contribute much much, more into your business than you realise. So if you don’t pay attention to these things now please start paying attention to these because the more you work on yourself the better results you will see in your business as well”…[Listen for More]
More About Manuj Aggarwal:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Well done is better than well said.” Benjamin Franklin
Other Quotes From the Chat with Manuj Aggarwal:
- “I think talking to more people would have been much better by the nature of my work I was always buried in books or computers”
- “I was a very introverted person and I did not have many conversations. Even if I had conversations, they were not meaningful deep conversations. Not extracting ideas, learning more about the person”
- “I find that people are generally helpful”
- “you need to value yourself because if you don’t value yourself you won’t be able convince other people to value you”
- “Self-awareness is key”
- “entrepreneurship is not going to be easy”
- “be ready for that grind and don’t give up”
- “it doesn’t matter whether you have any resources or not, whether you have contacts or not. Whatever you think you lack as long as you have your mind you can think clearly, you can find the resources and make really good progress in your life. So, all you need to do is think, think clearly, use your mind and everything else stems from that”
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