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Fortune 100 to startup founder: my unlikely path.
What 7 Product failures taught me about digital success:
I began my career in internet technologies at a Fortune 100 company, diving into the fast-paced world of product development and cable technologies.
I loved the experience and learned a lot, but the real lessons came later, when I set out to build a fast-growing startup from scratch.
My first product failed, and in two years, I had dug a hole for myself. It would’ve been easy to quit, but I didn’t. I pivoted and kept going.
Over the next five years, I faced five more failed products. The hole got deeper; I kept climbing, pivoting, and pushing forward.
Eventually, we built a successful product and took it all the way.
In the last 10 years, I’ve launched innovative AI and marketing products, led teams, and executed complex online marketing campaigns.
From SEO, online advertising, inbound marketing, to pioneering efforts in employee advocacy and biometric marketing with AI, I’ve seen how technology and creativity can drive business transformation.
I’ve also been lucky to learn from incredible mentors and investors, including researchers and professors from The Wharton School, who taught me the value of resilience and perseverance.
Now, with 16 years of experience, 2 successful SaaS platforms, and a thriving Digital Agency, I help businesses and entrepreneurs navigate the fast-changing digital landscape, build authority, and achieve sustainable growth.
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To help 1 million business owners grow their businesses using the power of AI, SEO, and Self-Mastery.
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↳ After five failed software products and two successful ones, I know what it takes to turn an idea into reality. My team specializes in MVP development with a proven process to go from 0 to 1.
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Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta shared thisOpenAI’s agents switched off the alarms watching them. This week’s AI Newsflash on who watches yours: AI agents are moving from answering questions to actually running business tasks. But who’s watching them? In this week's AI Newsflash, I cover the below and more: 1. OpenAI: Why AI agents need supervision, even when they're built by the experts. 2. Anthropic: The staggering cost of building AI and what it could mean for business pricing. 3. Microsoft: Why your AI agents may soon need the same security controls as employees. 4. EKA Robotics: Robot hands that can feel and adjust their grip. 5. Cybersecurity: Why businesses running WordPress should pay attention to PHP vulnerabilities. My biggest takeaway this week? Before giving an AI agent more responsibility, decide what it can access, what it can spend (if at all), and where is everything logged. I've broken down these stories and what they mean for business owners in this week's newsletter. Read the full AI Newsflash 👇 Which business process would you trust an AI agent to run first? Follow Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta for weekly AI updates with a business owner's perspective. #AI #AINewsflash #SmallBusiness #AIAgents #SocioSquaresAI Newsflash (October 19 to 25, 2026): The Web Security Wake-Up Call and the Rise of Business AgentsAI Newsflash (October 19 to 25, 2026): The Web Security Wake-Up Call and the Rise of Business Agents
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Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta shared thisOpenAI found a recorder in its exec conference room. Wrapped in toilet paper. This week’s AI Newsflash 👇AI Newsflash (Oct 12 to 18): The FBI Looks Behind the TV, Copilot Turns On Metered Billing by Default, and Your Smart Oven Might Host an AIAI Newsflash (Oct 12 to 18): The FBI Looks Behind the TV, Copilot Turns On Metered Billing by Default, and Your Smart Oven Might Host an AI
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Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta shared thisGemini Agent is getting its own email address. I wouldn’t trust it yet. AI Newsflash: Last week: → A startup taught AI to answer yes or no, last month. Last week, OpenAI and Microsoft copied its homework. → The pricing trick that makes AI answers free (you only pay for the question) → What an Anthropic model sent to Philadelphia police during a test → Why Gemini Agent is getting its own email address, and why I wouldn’t trust it yet → The one feature every AI tool you use should have, according to Satya Nadella Full newsletter link 👇 Tag a business owner who is still paying for essays when they need a yes or no from their AI platform. #AI #AINewsflash #SmallBusiness #AIAgents #Leadership #SocioSquaresAI Newsflash (October 5 to 11, 2026): Machines Learn to Say Yes or No, an AI Files a Fake Police Tip, and Free Gemini ShrinksAI Newsflash (October 5 to 11, 2026): Machines Learn to Say Yes or No, an AI Files a Fake Police Tip, and Free Gemini Shrinks
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Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta shared thisCan't audit what your AI agents did last week? OpenAI couldn't either. This week's AI Newsflash: OpenAI cancelled its own flagship model for doing work nobody asked for and then misreporting it. The next day, it launched agents that never clock out. This week's AI Newsflash covers: → Why missing logs left OpenAI unable to say what its agents did on 55 websites → The Meta launch I'd actually test this month (and the one setting to check first) → Two AI models now priced identically, and how to pick between them → A startup that found 21,000 agents one company didn't know it had Full newsletter below 👇 #AI #AINewsflash #SmallBusiness #AIAgents #SocioSquaresAI Newsflash (September 28 to October 4, 2026): A Model Too Sneaky to Ship, Agents That Never Clock Out, and a Safety Pledge That Misspelled...AI Newsflash (September 28 to October 4, 2026): A Model Too Sneaky to Ship, Agents That Never Clock Out, and a Safety Pledge That Misspelled...
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Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta shared thisIf your AI agent hears "no" as a suggestion, read this week's AI Newsflash 👇AI Newsflash (September 21 to 27, 2026): Half Price Models, Agents That Won't Take No for an Answer, and a Senator Proposing PrisonAI Newsflash (September 21 to 27, 2026): Half Price Models, Agents That Won't Take No for an Answer, and a Senator Proposing Prison
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Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta shared thisOpenAI's models left notes for their successors. That's one of 19 stories in this week's AI Newsflash. Everything relevant for business owners that happened from September 14 to 20: → OpenAI caught its own models leaving notes for their successors. Guess what the notes said. → OpenAI's new legal AI gets research right 54% of the time, and some of America's most expensive law firms signed up anyway. → Hundreds of contractors are reading ChatGPT conversations. Your team's pasted contracts might be in the pile. → Gemini broke into three real companies during a safety test, and Google wasn't the only lab this happened to. → Google's new voice AI thinks while it talks, so the awkward hold music is on its way out. → Anthropic launched Docs and Slides inside Claude and published how much of its own research Claude now leads. → A Microsoft director called AI scraping "the largest theft of labor in human history." → Meta's AI agent can now act on your Mac, and Zuckerberg says the team is "shipping fast." → xAI built a voice test just for phone numbers. There's a very practical reason. → Nvidia now measures AI in electricity, which tells you how your next software bill gets priced. → Perplexity runs AI agents entirely on your own PC, with no cloud and no data leaving the machine. → European AI firms have a blunt message for the US leaders asking everyone to slow down. → Seven startups worth watching, including one that tests voice AI in a moving truck. → California wants a kill switch for AI. The full breakdown, with what each story means for your business, is in the newsletter. Which story surprised you most? Drop it in the comments. Tag a business owner who needs to see this. #AINews #ArtificialIntelligence #BusinessOwners #AISecurity #VoiceAI #SocioSquares #FutureOfWork #AIStrategy #SmallBusinessAI Newsflash (September 14 to 20, 2026): Models Leaving Notes, Gemini Picking Locks, and a Chatbot That Put Aircraft in the AirAI Newsflash (September 14 to 20, 2026): Models Leaving Notes, Gemini Picking Locks, and a Chatbot That Put Aircraft in the Air
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Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta shared thisYour AI agent can have an email address. It doesn't need your company card. AI Newsflash: A few stories from last week that caught my attention: ↳Meta launched Muse, a personal AI agent that can send emails, book travel, fill out forms and make purchases. ↳OpenAI agents communicated through more than ten websites outside their test environment without authorization. ↳Apple unveiled the foldable iPhone Duo, while the rebuilt Siri chose a surprising brain: Google. ↳Suno launched licensed AI music models that allow participating artists to earn revenue. ↳China issued some of the clearest AI liability guidance yet, covering voice cloning, face swapping, synthetic content and algorithmic pricing. ↳Harvey reached a 15.5 Billion Dollar valuation, another sign that professional services firms need to identify which workflows AI will change first. I covered the biggest AI updates from September 7 to 13, along with what each one means for business owners, in this week’s AI Newsflash. Read the full article 👇 Which AI agent would you trust with your company email access to send and receive emails? #AINews #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAgents #BusinessOwners #AISafety #GenerativeAI #AIStrategyAI Newsflash (September 7 to 13, 2026): Meta's Personal Agent, OpenAI's Wandering Bots, and Beijing Writes the AI Liability RulesAI Newsflash (September 7 to 13, 2026): Meta's Personal Agent, OpenAI's Wandering Bots, and Beijing Writes the AI Liability Rules
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Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta shared this32% of firms skipped a software purchase. Their AI team is building the thing instead. Here are a few things that caught my attention this week: • OpenAI launched GPT 6 Astra at 2.5 times the price of GPT 5.6 Sol. The big story is the era of AGI and computer use. The model can now operate browsers, spreadsheets and business software more independently. • Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion. If your AI stack depends heavily on Hugging Face, this is probably a good week to remember where your backups are. • Google pushed voice deeper into Gmail and Docs. We are getting closer to a world where you simply tell your software what you want done instead of clicking through seven tabs and wondering why you opened the first one. • One healthcare AI study had the number I cannot stop thinking about. When simulated patients cooperated, chatbots gave the correct referral advice 100% of the time. When the exact same patients pushed back, correct advice dropped to 64%. That lesson goes far beyond healthcare. • And back to that 32% McKinsey number. If you sell software, your newest competitor may be your customer's own AI team. That changes the build versus buy conversation in a very real way. I covered these stories, plus Anthropic, Meta, Tesla, Moonshot AI, Mistral, Cognition, Wonderful and more in this week's AI Newsflash for Business Owners. Read the full newsletter below 👇 Which story changes something in your business this week? #AINews #ArtificialIntelligence #AIForBusiness #AIAgents #AIStrategy #BusinessOwners #GenerativeAIAI Newsflash (Aug 31- Sept 6, 2026): Four New AI Models, $12.9 Billion for Hugging Face, and One Big WarningAI Newsflash (Aug 31- Sept 6, 2026): Four New AI Models, $12.9 Billion for Hugging Face, and One Big Warning
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Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta shared thisFinding the right person for your firm is rarely easy. Finding them when you needed someone yesterday is even harder. That is exactly why we are excited to host law firm growth expert Alay Yajnik on September 9 on the Law Firm Growth Ideas Webinar. Alay is a friend, a client, and someone I have come to respect for the depth of his work with law firms. His book Staffing Up has some very practical lessons on one of the hardest parts of growing a firm, finding the right people before hiring turns into a fire drill. I am looking forward to digging into those lessons with him, asking a few questions from the business owner’s side, and hopefully having a little fun along the way. If hiring and team building are on your mind, this should be a useful conversation.Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta shared thisJoin us for a 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡-𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬. “𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬” Featuring Alay Yajnik, Founder of Law Firm Success Group and author of Staffing Up: The Attorney’s Guide to Hiring Top Talent, this practical session will explore how law firms can move away from reactive hiring and build a stronger, more reliable team as they grow. You will learn how to: ↳ Know when it is time to hire and who your firm actually needs ↳ Create a repeatable hiring process instead of starting from scratch each time ↳ Make smarter hiring decisions that support long-term growth ↳ Keep great employees longer and build a more stable team Discover how a more intentional approach to hiring can help your firm avoid costly staffing mistakes, strengthen your team, and be better prepared for growth. 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟐:𝟒𝟎 𝐏𝐌 𝐏𝐓 | 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭: https://lnkd.in/dAMPMY5b Brought together with the support of: Sharon Means, CPA, Joseph Marchelewski, Matthew K., and Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta. #LawFirmGrowth #LawFirmLeadership #LegalBusiness #LawFirmManagement #Hiring #LegalLeadership #LawFirmSuccess
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Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta liked thisGaurav (Rav) Mendiratta liked thisAlways wonderful to spend time with PRSA Los Angeles leadership past and present. Thanks to Erik Deutsch, Stephen Chavez, Tony Ferguson, Zach Stevens and everyone else who helped put on an awesome #PRism awards.
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Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta liked thisGaurav (Rav) Mendiratta liked thisWe are happy to share the public release of FineQuestions Dataset [0]. A few weeks ago we gave a sneak preview [1] of it. Today we presented a paper [2] analyzing some aspects of it at the Web as Corpus [3] workshop at EMNLP [4] happening in Budapest. Today we’re releasing them publicly as FineQuestions on Hugging Face [5]. What does the internet actually ask? We pulled every question we could find from 12 years of FineWeb and deduplicated, aggregated and annotated them. The result: 1.49 BILLION unique questions. It’s open. Go build something with it. What would you use 1.49B real questions for? We can't wait to see it. We are *hiring* researchers, research engineers (seniors as well as juniors) and interns (strong machine learning and information retrieval backgrounds only please). FineQuestions Research at Bodhium Labs in collaboration with Vincent McCloskey. Who's asking work led by Calvin Zhou. Thanks for the many inputs Gautham Kishore, Alex P. Miller, Ruben R Salas, Phalgun Kompalli and Kartik Hosanagar. #BodhiumLabs #Research #OpenData #HuggingFace #MachineLearning [0] https://lnkd.in/g7dz3uay [1] https://lnkd.in/gagKGmnu [2] https://lnkd.in/gUpVfgCU [3] https://wackyworkshop.org/ [4] https://2026.emnlp.org/ [5] https://lnkd.in/gveEjhub
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Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta liked thisGaurav (Rav) Mendiratta liked thisMeet SocioSquares at #ClioCon2026 in Boston today and tomorrow! 🎉 Amid all the talk of AI, legal tech and firm growth, if you’ve been looking for answers on what sets the law firms in Google’s top 3 apart, we’d be glad to talk you through the study that set out to answer exactly that, over a coffee ☕ Our team has worked with a team of UC Davis MSBA students to evaluate 55,000+ law firm URLs across 17 practice areas and 20+ U.S. cities, comparing firms in Google’s top 3 with those further down. The differences turned out to be specific, and they vary from market to market. So if you’re in Boston, send us a DM to find a time between sessions. See you there! #ClioCon2026 #ClioCon #GoBeyondLimits #LegalMarketing #LawFirmSEO #SocioSquares Kumar Marthy
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Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta liked thisGaurav (Rav) Mendiratta liked thisWagyu beef. Champagne. Lie-flat seats. No, this isn’t a restaurant review. It’s a marketing lesson. 😊 Delta One understands that its premium customers want more than transportation. They want an experience worth paying a premium for. So why do so many businesses market to their best customers as if they were just like everyone else? Knowing your customers’ demographics is easy. Understanding what they truly value? That’s where the real marketing advantage lies. ✈️ In my latest article, I explore what Delta One can teach us about customer intimacy, and why knowing who buys from you is only half the equation.
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University of Pennsylvania
MSE Telecommunications & Networking
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Activities and Societies: President of the Indian Student Association, President of the Telecom Student Group
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Barkatullah University Institute of Technology (BUIT), Bhopal
Bachelor of Engineering Electronics & Communication
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Activities and Societies: Student Representative of the Indian Society of Technical Education. First Prize in Inter-College Technical Quiz, at Quest 2001 at U.I.T. Bhopal
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Volunteer
Mission San Jose Rotary Club of Fremont CA
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Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
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Communications Chair
Penn club of Philadelphia
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Chief Digital Officer (CDO)
Wharton Alumni Club India
- 6 years 1 month
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Chair - Technology & Marketing
Penn Alumni Club - Mumbai
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Managing Committee Member
Artha Forum
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Artha Forum is a community dedicated to connecting entrepreneurs, professionals and business leaders and bringing to them the relevance of ancient wisdom and literature in modern business. Artha Forum is an independent not-for-profit initiative supported by Basil Growth Corporation.
Objectives
To set up a community with an aim to educate people that, rewards in life depend on the amount of contributions we make.
To showcase proven business models and create awareness among…Artha Forum is a community dedicated to connecting entrepreneurs, professionals and business leaders and bringing to them the relevance of ancient wisdom and literature in modern business. Artha Forum is an independent not-for-profit initiative supported by Basil Growth Corporation.
Objectives
To set up a community with an aim to educate people that, rewards in life depend on the amount of contributions we make.
To showcase proven business models and create awareness among entrepreneurs, professionals and business leaders to share the profits of business for helping society, through lectures, seminars and conferences.
To emphasize the importance of doing business without greed or pride, for it to sustain for generations.
To work with next generation beneficiaries of family offices by helping them realign with family goals and making spirituality, charity and corporate social responsibility an integral part of their business.
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Top 100 Advertising Experts to follow on Twitter
EC Advertising
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Most Talented Social Media Professional of India
CMO Asia
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