More about Vinamraa Pandiya
Founder & CEO at GoNuts.com (Fortune 40 under 40)
• Chemical Engineer & Software Coder by Chance and Entrepreneur by Choice.
• 16 years of total professional experience including 14 years of Entrepreneurship
• Complete Hands-on & a motivational Leader.
• Relies on the power of induction to solve real life business problems.
• Has taken numerous difficult projects and executed them.
• A Number cruncher and a process-driven individual.
• Have relied on my gut instinct more than once to take critical decisions, which charted the course of the company’s progress.
• Adept at handling teams with diverse personalities & skill-sets to achieve a common organisational objective.
• ‘Never Say No’ Person, you name it and I would get that done, Period.
• Thrives in ever changing business lifecycle and believes Change is the only constant.
• Expert in Crisis & Disaster Management.
• Post the acquisition of TastyKhana by FoodPanda, started fulfilment Ops from inception to execution.
Lines that gives me booster shots of motivation when I’m down:
1. Screw It, Let’s do it.
2. I think, therefore I’m.
3. Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.
4. If your efforts are sincere, the entire universe conspires to help you achieve your GOAL.
Inspiring Personalities:
1. Steve Jobs: For his sheer disdain to the ways technology was used & perused during his times.
2. Bill Gates: For his breadth & depth of vision: After conquering everything in business, he set himself a target of making this world a better & a healthier place.
3. Elon Musk: Perfect example of a technocrat innovator & a hard-core businessman. Look what he is doing in Tesla Motors & SpaceX. Google him & you would be astounded by his range of futuristic projects.
4. Narayan Murthy: Created much more than a company. Middle Class in India still associates pride with getting a job in Infosys. Came back from retirement to steer Infosys back to its glory days.
5. Sachin Tendulkar: Clichéd to say but still can't believe he is human. Genius combined with application turned him to a legend.
• Chemical Engineer & Software Coder by Chance and Entrepreneur by Choice.
• 16 years of total professional experience including 14 years of Entrepreneurship
• Complete Hands-on & a motivational Leader.
• Relies on the power of induction to solve real life business problems.
• Has taken numerous difficult projects and executed them.
• A Number cruncher and a process-driven individual.
• Have relied on my gut instinct more than once to take critical decisions, which charted the course of the company’s progress.
• Adept at handling teams with diverse personalities & skill-sets to achieve a common organisational objective.
• ‘Never Say No’ Person, you name it and I would get that done, Period.
• Thrives in ever changing business lifecycle and believes Change is the only constant.
• Expert in Crisis & Disaster Management.
• Post the acquisition of TastyKhana by FoodPanda, started fulfilment Ops from inception to execution.
Lines that gives me booster shots of motivation when I’m down:
1. Screw It, Let’s do it.
2. I think, therefore I’m.
3. Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.
4. If your efforts are sincere, the entire universe conspires to help you achieve your GOAL.
Inspiring Personalities:
1. Steve Jobs: For his sheer disdain to the ways technology was used & perused during his times.
2. Bill Gates: For his breadth & depth of vision: After conquering everything in business, he set himself a target of making this world a better & a healthier place.
3. Elon Musk: Perfect example of a technocrat innovator & a hard-core businessman. Look what he is doing in Tesla Motors & SpaceX. Google him & you would be astounded by his range of futuristic projects.
4. Narayan Murthy: Created much more than a company. Middle Class in India still associates pride with getting a job in Infosys. Came back from retirement to steer Infosys back to its glory days.
5. Sachin Tendulkar: Clichéd to say but still can't believe he is human. Genius combined with application turned him to a legend.
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