Our guest for today is Gaurav Baheti, CEO & Founder at Procol. Gaurav is an Engineer turned Designer & has worked at companies like Zomato and Google. But being passionate and full of potential, he decided to start his own company wanting to experiment and do what he really loves! Procol is a digital procurement platform that helps companies digitize their buying processes. It has raised a capital of $1 Million from Blue Ventures & Rainmatter, a fund managed by Zerodha. Subscribe to Whiteboard.fm to stay updated with more interviews and clips https://www.youtube.com/whiteboardfm?sub_confirmation=1 _____ Visit Our Website to explore Hiring Processes and Case Studies https://www.whiteboard.fm/ This podcast is part of the 10kdesigners Network https://10kdesigners.com _____ ️ Timestamps 00:00 Our guest of the day — Gaurav Baheti from Procol 01:16 Three Mindset Shifts causing the transition from Job to a Startup 03:09 Learning and Implementing things faster 03:41 Journey of Raising Capital & What happens after Raising one? 05:19 Differentiating between Life and Work while Running a Startup 06:33 Convincing Big Clients to Trust your Product 09:48 Being in a state of flow & Managing Emotions 14:45 How books have impacted Gaurav's life 20:18 Connect with Gaurav! 21:21 Conclusion _____ Resources/Books mentioned by Gaurav: • How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie — to improve interpersonal skills • The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey — to learn how to build trust • The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg — to develop habits • Good Strategy/Bad Strategy by Richard P. Rumelt — for building strategy • Blue Ocean Strategy by Renée Mauborgne and W. Chan Kim — for building strategy • Metaskill by Marty Neumeier — for a learning framework • Read books on Human Psychology • Learn from Mentors and Experienced people _____ ️ Listen on • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WqW23aOsygZudWiQtGfmT • Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNjEzNzUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw • Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/whiteboard-fm/id1507168159 _____ Connect with us! • Twitter: https://twitter.com/whiteboardfm • Instagram: https://instagram.com/whiteboard.fm _____ Our guest, Gaurav's Socials: • Website: http://gbaheti.me • Instagram: http://instagram.com/gbaheti • Twitter: https://twitter.com/gbaheti • LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/gbaheti • Medium: http://medium.com/@gbaheti Brought to you by your host, Ansh Mehra: • Website: https://www.anshmehra.com/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anshmehra.work/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnshMehraaa _____ Browse bite-sized learning in business, product, UI/UX design, freelancing, and more https://booklets.io Get real design inspiration from the world's best-designed apps https://uisources.com _____