Last Saturday at the eChai Ventures meetup in Bangalore, I met Mrinal Rai, Co-founder of Intugine - Logistics through Innovation, a multimodal supply chain visibility SaaS platform working with enterprises like Flipkart, Titan, Diageo and Mahindra Logistics. He was kind enough to give me half an hour this week.

Since, stotio is also a B2B SAAS company, he felt like the right person to speak to about our product and ambition. I went in with GTM questions and came out with something more personal:

I told him something I don't say out loud. When I'm in a call with a senior enterprise leader, someone who has been in their industry for decades, I sometimes feel small. Not because I'm an introvert or because I struggle to speak to people. But a quiet part of me wonders, "How do I ask them what their problems are? How can I say that I can solve them?"

Mrinal didn't let that sit for long.

He said that in a business transaction, no one is big or small. Both sides are equals and they are there to help each other. He said that once I understand this, I'll be able to take meetings more confidently. I'm grateful to Mrinal for this learning 💛

I read about it later that this is called an Imposter Syndrome. And I don't think I'm alone in this. Has anyone else felt this? I'd love to know how you moved past it.
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Grateful for the rooms my workplace, stotio keeps putting me in. 🙏
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