What Top Industry Leaders Say That You Need To Do | Hear It From Them

For years now, we at InsideIIM, have been striving hard every day to add value to your life and in this tryst with our community, we have brought you numerous such Konversations Cafe videos and others where we talk and learn from the best industry leaders. So today, we’ve brought you the choicest, snackable quotes (we prefer to call them ‘life hacks’) from these videos; each with plenty of insights to add to your arsenal!

"You don't do an MBA to figure out. You need to be clear about why you're doing an MBA. Do your research before you start your MBA." - Ellora Nath, Product Manager, Booking.com, ISB Alum

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"Sales teaches you the reality of the consumer and whether what your team is doing is right or wrong" - Saurabh Sengupta, IIM Indore & IIT Delhi Alumnus, Ex-VP-Sales at Zomato

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Going beyond just classroom learning is the key to being an 'actual' top student - Parag Chitale, MBA Prep Tutor, JBIMS Alumnus

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Use your years at the b-school to find out who you really are and what you want from life. - Seema Bansal, Partner and Director - Social Impact Practice @BCG India & Asia Pacific, IIM Calcutta Alumna

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Understanding about careers after MBA and the what you will really do is one of the most important thing to do during MBA - Ankit Doshi, Founder & CEO of InsideIIM, IIM Indore Alumnus

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The ability to read a balance sheet and annual reports to produce a great analysis is a very important skill for a career in Finance - Harsh Parikh, CA, Co-Founder at DRiefcase, Ex-Director - IB at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, IIM Bangalore Alumnus

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Companies right now are not looking to hire just rank holders, they are looking for multi-faceted professionals - Faiz Rehman, Ad Sales Head at PayTM, ex-Hotstar and ex-ICICI Bank, IIM Indore Alumnus

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When you zoom out and see life at a larger scale, past decisions may seem irrelevant - Kenneth Serrao, Venture Capitalist, Founder & CIO at Alpha Capital Advisors Private Limited, IIM-A Alumnus

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1 year in a start-up is equal to 3-4 years in a big company - Saurabh Sengupta, IIM Indore & IIT Delhi Alumnus, Ex-VP-Sales at Zomato

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Your ambition in life should not be to be a middle manager at a multinational company - Kenneth Serrao, Venture Capitalist, Founder & CIO at Alpha Capital Advisors Private Limited, IIM-A Alumnus

Once you’ve got your minds wrapped around these, we wanted to tell you that these professionals are not out of reach. To make these leaders more accessible to you, we’ve also brought you Kounsel 1-on-1 Mentorship Program; a one-of-its-kind, unique and personalised mentorship program with all the leaders mentioned above and many more.  You can get more information about it and register for it by clicking here.