First Day as a Managing Partner

I was pretty excited to join my own office with a new role - “Managing Partner @ Appxerbia Software Solutions”.

I woke up early in the morning and got ready for the first day in my own office. I could reach office in mere 10 mins with full of energy. The other partner was already in and awaiting for me.

Pushing the glass-door and entering into the office with ownership is an amazing feeling. I could feel the pride and confidence in myself. The office was lit with lights, so do my eyes. I always wanted to have such feeling and I’m going to experience it everyday.

My office, my space. A place where I can learn, build, experiment and evolve. Awesome isn’t it?

My partners brought a beautiful bookey and a welcome gift to announce my ownership and stake in the company to the employees. Receiving a warm welcome from all the employees was really encouraging. I visioned my dreams to them in my official first speech.

“First of all thank you so much for a warm welcome. 

I was working as a full time employee in Amdocs where I learned a lot.
But now I’m a full time entrepreneur with my own talented team. 

I believe we will achieve our goals and excel in our journey together.

I wish all the very best to all of us. We are here to stay and stay strong with confidence.”

Change in professional status in my social media profile on Facebook and Linkedin gave me hundreds of like and numerous congratulating comments. For some it was real surprise. My phone started ringing with phone calls and beeping with WhatsApp messages. Tons of congratulations, all the best and smiley.

I’ve formally announced myself as a “Managing Partner @ Appxerbia Software Solutions” on 15-Nov 2019 to the world.

Dream of the Future

Unsettling Thoughts:

Since last 9 months there were so many changes happened around me. Some were welcoming, some were not-so welcoming, and some were really bothering. In this entire duration I was working and working hard to understand the situation and tackle to best of my beliefs. There were peaks and valleys in my entire thought process. I had to stay calm and decide the path forward.

I closed my eyes and started to look back in my life to find some clues. Pictures were rushing through my eyelids. But every time pausing when there was a hope, instinct, creativity and most important a Dream. My dreams had made me live and pursue to see the unseen paths of life.
I had a dream to be an Entrepreneur. But in the process of life, somehow it was getting blurred. This was unsettling to me time to time.

Challenges:

There were financial challenges though. How could I take a step forward to quit a job which give me 6 figures salary? The road ahead looked to be turbulent with financial instability and unforeseen incidents. I sat for long hours and scribbled numbers on my balance spreadsheets (thanks to managerial dashboard preparation activities that I did for many years). The numbers were not so good.

In between my mother had heart blockage attack, near distress situation. She was hospitalized. Now she is breathing through a pacemaker. Again, my father struck with another medical issue to see. His vision was getting weaker and impaired.

I held back my dream for some time. But there is hope, creativity and the dream itself.

My wife Ashwini helped me all the time to always remember my dream and followed numerous occasions where I can save some money to pursue my dream someday. She is always a constant feed for my energy.

Stamping on my decision:

My unsettling thoughts came to the rest when I finally decided to follow my dreams. I told my parents about my decision. Though they were worried, but still they believed in me. I resigned from my job. I quit my full-time stable job for my full-time entrepreneurship journey. This will be going to be the complete transformational decision of my life.

Dream of the Future:

I’m going to start my new life, a new beginning for the new chapter as the Entrepreneur. What could be the best day to start, it’s Thursday 14 November 2019, a children’s day. I take it as a birth day of my new professional life to learn, play, build and evolve as a child do.