Overview

Fact: 30% of new businesses close down within one year and about 50% within five years

The top 3 reasons why new businesses fail:

1. Poor market understanding

2. Inadequate financial management

3. Lack of systematically done planning and execution

Brainworks was founded in 2020 with a two-fold mission:

Mission #1: Help small and medium-sized businesses and startups worldwide grow and become successful

Mission #2: Walk shoulder to shoulder with them in their growth journey

The management consulting sector has typically focussed on solving business challenges for large-scale organizations by providing them insights and strategies. However, there are only a few successful organizations targeting the startup and small-mid sized business segment along with helping them with both strategy and end-to-end implementation of the same. Brainworks is trying to plug this wide gap.

Served

180

Clients

Clients in

40

Countries

Exceptional

65

Consultants

We partner with startup clients to take their ideas and businesses to the next stage of growth. We accomplish this through the power of our people and knowledge. Our consultants are a squad of young brains, not restricted by the norms of the status quo, experimenting and building solutions based on scientific business and management knowledge. We are young MBAs, researchers, engineers, data specialists, technologists, entrepreneurs, and designers.

180

Clients Served

40

Countries

65

Exceptional Consultants

We partner with startup clients to take their ideas and businesses to the next stage of growth. We accomplish this through the power of our people and knowledge. Our consultants are a squad of young brains, not restricted by the norms of the status quo, experimenting and building solutions based on scientific business and management knowledge. We are young MBAs, researchers, engineers, data specialists, technologists, entrepreneurs, and designers.

Process

Definition & Understanding

We start a new consulting case by deeply engaging with the client in understanding their context, challenges and objectives. This involves information gathering, interviews and discussions.

At the end of this stage, the client and we are on the same page and have a clear understanding of the challenges and precisely defined objectives. Besides, this builds rapport and trust with the client - vital for the project’s overall success.

Research & Analysis

The second stage of the project involves a comprehensive analysis of the information available and further research to plug the gaps. We employ design thinking principles natively to our work and carry out the issue diagnosis, root cause discovery, data analysis, scenario building, and solution brainstorming.

As the output of this stage, we have a clear picture of the underlying factors at play in the client’s context, their interaction, potential solution pathways and their costs and benefits.

Strategy & Planning

The third stage of our process combines inputs from the analysis, our industry know-how and knowledge and tools from the academic research to craft the optimum strategy for the client. We do not create these strategies in silos, and this stage involves deep engagement with the client.

After the strategy is finalized, we go on to create an execution plan for the same. This involves converting abstract ideas into actionable steps on the ground, prioritization, and creating a coordinated work plan between the client’s team and ours.

Execution & Refinement

The final stage of a project is for the implementation of the recommended strategy according to the plan. Our team of engineers, designers, content and marketing specialists, and product experts work with the client’s teams to bring the plan to life.

As the execution begins, we take in on-ground observations and responses to dynamically refine the plan to make it sharper. We create this feedback loop to ensure that we’re walking shoulder to shoulder with the client at every execution step and do not leave them stranded without our support.

People

Meet our team of exceptional consultants who are going to help you accelerate on your growth journey.

Pinaaki Aggarwal

Founder & Sr. Consultant MBA, IIM Ahmedabad B Tech, IIT Kanpur

Aanchal Goel

Founder & Sr. Consultant ex-Bain & Co, CFA, MBA, B Tech

Oliver Johnson

Sr. Consultant MBA (Operations)

Samuel Hall

Sr. Consultant MBA (Strategy), HSB

Aishwarya Jaggi

Sr. Consultant MBA (Finance), YSM

Daniel Cruzz

Sr. Consultant MBA (Strategy), MBS

Kavita Pillai

Sr. Consultant MBA, LBS

Kevin Brennan

Sr. Consultant MBA, HEC

Lavanya Amble

Sr. Consultant B Tech, IIT-M

Madhukar Bala

Sr. Consultant MBA, MDI

Nicholas Sears

Sr. Consultant MBA, RSM

Rishima Bali

Sr. Consultant MBA, IIM-B

Dhriti Shenoy

Sr. Consultant MBA, HEC

Vishal Saran

Sr. Consultant MBA, IIM-C

Yash Thakur

Sr. Consultant M Sc Mathematics, University of Delhi

Anurag Singal

Sr. Consultant CA, MBA, IIM Ahmedabad

Abhishek Pandey

Jr. Consultant MBA (Finance & Marketing), MDI

Abinash Mahapatra

Jr. Consultant MBA (Marketing & Operations), MDI

Aditya Singh

Jr. Consultant MBA (Finance)

Akshit Jain

Jr. Consultant MBA (Marketing & Strategy), IIM Jammu

Ambuj Kashyap

Jr. Consultant MBA, MICA

Arpit Agrawal

Jr. Consultant MBA (Supply Chain and Operations Management), NITIE

Arun Anand

Jr. Consultant MBA (International Business)

Divyang Vashi

Jr. Consultant MBA (Strategy), MDI

Giriraj Jhawar

Jr. Consultant MBA, NITIE

Joe Jose

Jr. Consultant MBA (Operations), NITIE

Krishna Goyal

Jr. Consultant MBA (General Management), NITIE

Krishna Varun

Jr. Consultant MBA (International Business)

Mitul Mehrotra

Jr. Consultant MBA (Finance & Strategy)

Nikhil Bansal

Jr. Consultant MBA (Strategy, Finance), IIFT

Pranjal Gupta

Jr. Consultant MBA, IIM Udaipur

Prashant Saxena

Jr. Consultant MBA, International Business

Rahul Kopparthi

Jr. Consultant MBA, NITIE

Rituraj Singh

Jr. Consultant MBA, IIT R

Rupam Mukherjee

Jr. Consultant MBA, MDI

Siddharth Kaira

Jr. Consultant MBA (Operations), NITIE

Tarun Jain

Jr. Consultant MBA, NITIE

Ujjwal Gupta

Jr. Consultant MBA, IIM Ranchi

Yannam Indira

Jr. Consultant MBA (General Management), IIM Trichy

Aakriti Jain

Jr. Consultant BA Eco (H), SRCC

Achint Chawla

Jr. Consultant B Com, SRCC, University of Delhi

Aditi Verma

Jr. Consultant BA Eco (H), LSR

Aditya Mishra

Jr. Consultant BBA, Financial Investments, CBS, University of Delhi

Akanksha Sharma

Jr. Consultant BA (Eco & Pol Sc), Lady Shri Ram College

Aniket Ranjan

Jr. Consultant B Tech, IIT Bhubaneswar

Bhavya Kannan

Jr. Consultant B A English, JMC, University of Delhi

Devishi Sahai

Jr. Consultant B Com (H)

Devjyoti Burman

Jr. Consultant B Tech, IIT-B

Gouransh Hans

Jr. Consultant BBA (Finance)

Gunraagh Talwar

Jr. Consultant B Arch, SPA, Bhopal

Hargun Kaur

Jr. Consultant BA Eco (H), LSR

Hitesh Vadher

Jr. Consultant B Tech, IIT-KGP

Ipsita Choudhury

Jr. Consultant B Arch, SPA, Bhopal

Iqra Akhlaq

Jr. Consultant B Sc (H) Mathematics, LSR

Jasmeet Flora

Jr. Consultant B Com (H)

Jeevesh Jain

Jr. Consultant BTech, IIT Jodhpur

Judit Lalichan

Jr. Consultant B Sc Mathematics, St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi

Kanak Yadav

Jr. Consultant BMS, CBS

Kanishk Gaur

Jr. Consultant BA (H) Business Economics, DU

Krishna Jain

Jr. Consultant BA Eco, LSR

Mayur Borkar

Jr. Consultant B Sc, Fergusson College, Pune University

Ranjeet Sonawane

Jr. Consultant B Tech, NITK

Shruti Chauhan

Jr. Consultant Graphics & Animation, MAAC Kanpur

Vaishnavi Gade

Jr. Consultant BA Eco, Sophia College

Vartika Sethi

Jr. Consultant B Com (H), Hansraj College

Vibhansh Kushwah

Jr. Consultant BA (H) Eco, Hansraj College