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Today we are telling you about a young man who has made a new place in the business industry at a young age. Veteran businessman Ratan Tata is also a fan of his ideas.
Today we are telling you about a young man who has made a new place in the business industry at a young age. New Delhi. Today we are telling you about a young man who has made a new place in the business industry at a young age. Veteran businessman Ratan Tata is also a fan of his ideas. This person is- 28 year old Shantanu Naidu. 28 year old Shantanu Naidu is the brain behind the startups in which veteran business leader and former chairman of Tata Group Ratan Tata makes his personal investments. His work won the heart of Ratan Tata, former chairman of Tata Group. Let’s read Shantanu’s story…
Shantanu helps startups
Naidu goes live on his Instagram handle every Sunday with ‘On Your Sparks’. He has participated in seven seasons so far. Naidu charges Rs 500 per person for the ‘On Your Sparks’ webinar. His company is Motopaws, which designs and manufactures dog collars that glow in the dark to save their lives from running around. Motopaws’ business today spans more than 20 cities and four countries.
Came in Tata’s attention because of his love for dogs
Shantanu tells that on the way he saw many dogs dying due to speeding vehicles. It was extremely painful. It was found that drivers are not able to see the dogs in time, this was a major reason for the accidents. This gave Shantanu the idea of making a collar reflector for dogs. After some experimentation, a collar was made called Metapause. With this, drivers could see the dogs from a distance even without street lights at night. Now the lives of street dogs were being saved. This small but important work was written about in the newsletter of Tata group companies. This caught the eye of Ratan Tata, who himself is very fond of dogs.
Wrote a letter to Tata on father’s request and received a call.
One day, on his father’s advice, Shantanu wrote a letter to Tata. Then he got an invitation to meet Ratan Tata. Shantanu is the fifth generation of his family, who is working in Tata Group. But never got a chance to meet Tata. In the meeting, Tata asked for help in the Street Dogs Project but Shantanu refused. Tata insisted and made an undisclosed investment. After Ratan Tata invested money, Motopause has reached 11 different cities of the country. On this pretext, there were frequent meetings with Tata.
Received invitation to join Tata office in 2018
One day Shantanu told Ratan Tata about doing MBA at Cornell. Also got admission in Cornell. The entire focus during the MBA was on entrepreneurship, investing, discovering new startups as well as credible startups, finding interesting business ideas and key industry trends. After completing the course, in the year 2018, an invitation came from Tata to join their office. Shantanu says that it is an honor to work with him. This kind of opportunity comes only once in a lifetime. One gets to learn something new every minute by being with them. Never felt anything like generation gap. He never lets you feel that you are working with Ratan Tata.
Startups also get the benefit of Tata’s experience
81 year old Ratan Tata has deep faith in the startup ecosystem of the country. In June 2016, Ratan Tata’s private investment company RNT Associates and the Regents of the University of California joined hands to fund new startups, new companies and other ventures in India as ‘UC-RNT Funds’. Although the amount of most of Ratan Tata’s investments is not known, whatever startups are successful in bringing him on board, they get a wealth of Ratan Tata’s experience apart from financial help.
