Pawan Gupta is a legendary example of someone who made something new out of the need. He is an expert when it comes to presentations, and is someone who built himself step by step. A master in communication, he conducts communication skills workshops at a global level that he was invited to Chennai as one of the speakers for a major event. He also has a lot of experience working with the startups. He is someone the young entrepreneurs look up to.

Pawan Gupta’s Journey As A Communication Skills Trainer

Pawan Gupta was an engineering graduate who then took up management studies. There, he had to make and deliver presentations, and he was extremely poor at it. Even though he knew what he had to say, he always stammered. To overcome this fear and pressure, he read up on things, took classes and kept on practicing to improve his communication skills. The poor student thus gradually became the strong teacher. He started delivering workshops and classes to those students who had similar issues as he faced. He could easily relate to the difficulties told by the students, and helped them come out of it. He eventually even came up with a book called “Talk to Convince”. “Warren Buffet himself has said if you learn how to communicate effectively, I guarantee you will make 50 per cent more money in your lifetime.” says Pawan.

Pawan’s Experience With The Startups

Pawan was associated with four startups which were based on managing documents, trade-show management, networking and so on. Apart from his close connections with these few startups, he is also involved in mentoring the young entrepreneurs.

Pawan’s Take On Startups

According to Pawan, startups sometimes flourish and sometimes perish. He thinks it is a great time to come up with a startup right now in India as things are very favorable right now. He thinks the support from government and angel investors have made the penetration of startup culture in India successful. “Investors are interested in two things only – how much money they will make, and how much risk they are taking. For money, it’s about how big the market is, and how it can be captured. For managing risks, it’s about the management – whether it’s a solid team or are they going to take the money and sink It.” says Pawan. Pawan feels it is okay to approach the investor with or without the prototype, a lot usually works on the way one can develop your contacts and networking. Startup, how much ever exciting it sounds, it also comes up with a lot of responsibilities and risks.