Shailesh Aklaria (@shailesh-aklaria)

Shailesh Aklaria

Founder, Achisuto Pvt Ltd

Problem Solver , Innovation

Started my Entrepreneur journey 3 years back. I have worked in FPGA Design/Verification for almost 18 yrs in Organisations like Cisco, eInfochip, Sasken,..

Theirs an Interesting story when it all Started, I had gone for my H1B interview in Chennai, after my interview was done while coming out I saw few young kids, enjoying their students visa approval. Something just struck me and I thought I need to do something for my country, not knowing what but something.
My H1 got approved, but still I was not able to go. I stayed back just of faith of doing something.
3 yrs back I thought this is the time, I had 4-5 ideas and I started working on them, each of them is at different stages. Till now I have never regretted my decision , in fact I am proud of it.

This 3 yrs journey had thought me a lot, most importantly having Faith in yourself, trust yourself, and most importantly be patient.

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