How Mayank Pratap built EngineerBabu- A Profitable IT service company staying bootstrapped

👬 How did you go about building your team?

Starting up is easy, anyone can start. But you need a great team to build and grow what you started.

I started EngineerBabu alone. After a while, roped in two of my students for Sales and Android Development. Now they are heading the teams of their respective functions.

I also hired two designers along the journey, and that’s how the five-member core team came into existence.

We were a bunch of techies working on client projects without any kind of clear vision, mission, team structure or work culture. I had the tech part sorted, and now was the time to on-board someone for the business side.

I have never been a good decision maker. I didn’t even buy my own clothes, thanks to my extra-caring parents. But, I made one right decision- I on-boarding Aditi Chaurasia as the CEO of EngineerBabu.

Female leaders have inbuilt management skills. Look at our moms; they manage our houses so seamlessly.

Aditi and I have known each other since we were preparing for MBA as we were part of the same coaching class. We also worked on a failed startup together, when I was in my 3rd year. After that, she pursued her MBA and I joined Tech Mahindra.

So, I contacted Aditi and persuaded her to become part of EngineerBabu. It was difficult to convince her as she had a well-paying government job.

Being a founder, you need to convince a lot of people. Your colleagues why they should work with you, your clients why they should do business with you, your investors why they should fund your company.

It took us five months to on-board her. It is not easy for a female to pursue entrepreneurship in a tier II city like Indore in India (Family pressure, Society norms and Culture). But she won the battle and now has become an inspiration to all the people of that society.

We became a company from a group of people after she came in as the CEO.

Now we are a team of more than fifty EngineerBabus:

Team @ EngineerBabu

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