Amit Roy is an Indian businessman and entrepreneur who is the Founder and CEO of Sensabyte Technologies Pvt Ltd and CEO of Shimna Engineering Pvt Ltd, which is expected to make a turnover of 6 million in USD by end of this year. He has already started the production of manufacturing railway parts this year. Before starting his entrepreneurial journey, he was a chartered accountant by profession having 26+ years of experience and reached corporate heights, such as being a CFO at IBM. Today, he owns his own factory in Howrah, which focuses on producing railway parts for trains all across India.
In this episode, Amit talks about his move from the 9-5 corporate life and pursuing the entrepreneurial route - the advantages and disadvantages for both, as he has seen through is own eyes, management, the economy, failing, manufacturing, competition and taking risks. With his great achievements and years of experience, today's CapitalTycoon Amit brings his knowledge and experience to the table that will make you realise the reasons of taking the risk to follow your dream.
Topics:
• Our guest's introduction
• The meaning of entrepreneurship to you
• How you started your business journey
• The pivotal move from corporate heights to founding your own company
• Amit's company
• Hiring the best people
• Challenges faced in entrepreneurship
• Risks
• Management style
• Failures - and how to learn from them
• How to focus on beating the odds when facing competition
• Opinion on the recession, how you see it affecting your business
• Advice for young people
• What are the foundations of your future?
• Our last guest’s question
