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Aravind Lakshmana Kumar
Aravind Lakshmana Kumar

Aravind Lakshmana Kumar

founder

finmantra.in

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Job Profile:
I work for finmantra.in, a online portal aimed at giving proper investment advice to middle class investors in India. In this organization i play a role of founder, web developer, marketing executive. It's a small start-up located in Bangalore and still in infant stage.

Finmantra.in is a online portal where you will be able to chat with planners from different financial sectors. This portal empowers investors collect all the necessary information that is needed to be taken before investing, there by protecting investors interests.
Contribution to the field
1. Successfully designed, developed, released a financial projection tool for insurance agents.

2. Marketed and brought popularity for the financial projection tool for insurance agents.
Done Differently:
Not really, but approach would be little different..
Required Reading:
entrepreneur.com
Book - "Stay Hungry Stay Foolish"
forbes.com
Career Profile:
My current role involves drafting successful marketing formula, execution, customer relationship. In short it involves A-Z work that has to be done by an organization.

It's different from previous work profile because as mentioned in previous question this is a start-up and usually involves handling of all the roles of the organization, which was not the case of previous profile.
Plans For The Future:
A founder of a successful online portal, with a organization with 250-300 employees.
Working Life Management:
If you love your work, the balance automatically comes. One need not worry.
Degrees That Matter:
Interest,
Sound Knowledge on financial industry,
Good people to start with
Other Thoughts:
hmm.. visit our portal finmantra.in
The Journey So Far:
I have verylimited exposure to corporate world. This is my first venture.
Changes In The Professional Environment:
Not much of a change.
Family Background
A happy middle class family.
Advice For New Professionals:
dedication,
self belief,
a bit of smart work.
The Decisions That Matter
Choosing entrepreneurship by quitting a state government job.
Role Model:
Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam - for knowledge and simplicity.
Rajnikanth - Style and simplicity.
Mr.N.R.NarayanaMurthy(Infosys) - Management skills.
Steve Jobs - Striving for perfection.
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