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Arnab Ray

Kolkata

Arnab Ray is an entrepreneur, startup mentor, investor, and CEO of Array Innovative Services with over 17 years of experience building businesses and advising founders. He has worked with more than 2,000 startups across areas such as startup validation, business strategy, fundraising preparation, business planning, pitch decks, go-to-market strategy, and growth. Arnab is a frequent speaker, startup judge, and mentor associated with incubators, accelerators, universities, and entrepreneurship programs. He is also the author of Survival of the Smartest: Startups Through the Lens of Evolution, published by Bloomsbury.

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Growth strategy for startups. Sales processes and marketing tactics.

Entrepreneurship

Business Ideation, feasibility study, business planning, market analysis, product development, go to market strategy, fund raising, implementation and startup consulting.

Business Planning

Entrepreneurs are some of the most creative and intelligent people that this world has to offer. Intelligence, knowledge, skills, attitude and aptitude are a must to get a successful venture up and rolling. But having these doesn’t necessarily make one a successful entrepreneur. There is a secret ingredient to the overall mix and that is called planning. Over the years I have met several entrepreneurs across the globe, across the age spectrum. Interacting with them I can segregate entrepreneurs into two major subdivisions; the hit and trial maverick and steady planner. It would not be fair to rule out any of the methods but empirically the chances of success of a steady planner have been proven to be much higher.

Planning can and should be a part of every step in entrepreneurship, whether it’s conceptualizing your idea or working on a prototype or even looking to expand. One of the most popular planning activity for entrepreneurs is business planning. Business planning helps you to document your idea and gives you a structured roadmap to your journey.

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I have had the opportunity to know Arnab professionally since last 3 years and it has been an absolute pleasure. He is always full of energy, ready to indulge in seemingly impossible issues and come up with solutions.I have seen him being the favourite of his managers and proving himself time and again in delivering quality work for his customers.No wonder his customers are full of appreciation for his work and friendly approach.

Chandan Chatterjee Source: LinkedIn

Arnab has extensive technical knowledge with great management, problem solving and leadership qualities. He gets along with people easily that always helps when working in a team. He is hard working and always ready to go an extra mile to get the job done.

Debdip Ghatak Source: LinkedIn

Enthusiasm and passion marks any work which Arnab undertakes. He plans thoroughly and is continually evaluating options for the most optimum way to achieve the goals. His ability to execute the plans and think of future challenges and solutions is appreciated by all.

Lalit Daga Source: LinkedIn

Arnab is a very bright and active person with a very positive attitude. He is always eager to take new intitiatives and look beyond the horizon. I wish him all the best.

Anirban Lahiri Source: LinkedIn

Arnab is a technically competent, intelligent and hard-working individual. Other than his expertise in his own field, he has the excellent capability of drawing people out and getting them to participate in teams. I have known Arnab since high school and can vouch fully not only for his professional but also his personal competence, that he possesses to a high degree. Arnab is an asset to the organization where he contributes his skills.

Ipshita Chakraborty Source: LinkedIn

Arnab is an interesting person with a great sense of humor. We shared some great moments during our stint at post graduation. He has got great oratorial skills & is professional in his approach and has great selling skills. I wish him good luck.

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Arnav has a talent for spotting business opportunities and a gift for running his own show.He has amazing mental inertia ,high tenacity, a very common theme one can observe in successful entrepreneurs and business leaders.When most people would say ," This can not work", Arnav can look at it and say " I will make it work" . Call it his high level of tenacity or whatever you like. He can turn some ordinary folks into high powered achievers working for a common vision . Call it his Leadership or whatever .

I can say he is almost on a mission –“ I am here to do something ”.

I would highly recommend him to positions that require turning around some business or founding partner of those businesses.

Rajat Singh Negi Source: LinkedIn

Arnabis extremely efficient in people and event management, he is very hard working and talented.

Souvik Das Source: LinkedIn

Arnab is one the most dynamic person I know. He is a jack of all trades and is a good manager. He has excellent people skills and will do his best to get the job done.

Chirag Nirmal Source: LinkedIn

Few people I have met have had the fire in them quite the way Arnab does. He works with a passion (and parties with an abandon) that's hard to parallel or forget.

I remember his impeccable b-plans and his thoroughness in crafting them: from the cash flows to the hard selling go-to-market plan, he had a structured solution for everything. Fortunate to have worked with him on a few projects, he taught me to simultaneously respect details and thoroughness.

Nitish Shukla Source: LinkedIn

Arnab was one of the most dynamic pupils of our school and a great guy to have around. It's good to know that he has put his sheer energy and dedication to good use in his life and is shining as far as his career is concerned. Here's wishing my old school friend all the very best......

Gourab Neogi Source: LinkedIn

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