1. “Being” an entrepreneur.
What it takes to start and
sustain?
Coaching for start-ups
Raghavendra (Raghav) Mithare
rmithare@processwhirl.com
+91 988 666 2066 / +44 782 164 5866
www.whatnextworkshop.in

2. Thank you

3. story ..
•Gene Weingarten (The Washington Post)
•Joshua Bell Metro experiment

4. who am I?
•coach, consultant and an entrepreneur

5. www.whatnextworkshop.in
rmithare@processwhirl.com or mithare@gmail.com
+91 988 666 2066

6. work, name,
skills
making
money,
brilliant idea
passion, skills blind, spot
I know (aware)
I don’t know
I know (have) I don’t know

7. intention

8. expectations …?

9. why we are here ?
•“Being” an entrepreneur.
What it takes to start and sustain?

10. being
doing having being

11. being
study
&exam
results
your
feeling
doing having being

12. “being” an entrepreneur

13. who is an entrepreneur?
a person pursuing an idea for the benefit of the
society

14. what it takes to start?

16. ultimate “failure”

17. what else stops us?

18. sustaining

19. • source: Amar Bhide – The Questions Every entrepreneur Must Answer, HBR
• graphic by – Raghavendra Mithare
Are my goals are well
defined ?
• Personal aspirations
• Business sustainability and size
• Tolerance for risk
Do I have the right strategy ?
• clear definition
• profitability and potential for
growth
• Durability
• Rate for growth
Can I execute the strategy
?
• Resources
• organizational structure
• The founder’s role
YES
YES
No
No

20. success …

21. what is success?

22. success is happiness,
happiness is success

23. note on happiness

24. https://vimeo.com/130557154

25. recap
•being
•entrepreneur , sustaining
•success

26. questions?
•mithare@gmail.com
•+91 988 666 2066

27. thank you
for your time and attention
giving me this opportunity
• drive safely
• keep in touch
• have fun

28. Raghav is passionate about empowering individuals to pursue their dreams. Co-
founder of ProcessWhirl UK, a certified coach (ACC from ICF), Certified Scrum Master
(CSM), certified PTC professional, certified in administering psychometric tools from
Psytech. He manages the UK operations of ProcessWhirl and based in London,
providing consultancy and coaching services around Agile Methods, Lean and
Leadership development.
Contact: mithare@gmail.com/ rmithare@processwhirl.com
M:+44 7821 645 866 (UK) / +91 988 666 2066 (India)
Creator of WhatNext? - www.whatnextworkshop.in
https://www.linkedin.com/in/raghavendramithare
https://www.facebook.com/raghav.mithare.1
https://twitter.com/mithareraghav

29. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
License.
•Acknowledgements
• Hustle Co-working for hosting
• Amar Bhide – The Questions Every entrepreneur Must
Answer, HBR
• All images used photographed by Raghavendra
Mithare