Software Solutions: Strategies for Entrepreneurs in Information Technology Development with Shanthi Rajram

Everything is Up is a podcast hosted by Tammera Hollerich that focuses on inspiring entrepreneurs. In this episode she interviews Shanthi Rajram, an entrepreneur technologist with Amazek Solutions. Rachel talks about how she managed to successfully climb the ladder of the tech industry, her experience of raising three kids, and her parents' attitude towards her career. Shanthi advocates for asking for challenges instead of seeing everyone in the same industry as competition. During the podcast, Shanthi shares how she shares stories with her kids and activities she's doing in business, and mentions that one of her parents asked her to get a "real job". She reassures that her parents always encouraged her and they simply wanted her to be happy. With Shanthi and Tammera's insightful discussion, Everything is Up offers motivation and advice to aspiring entrepreneurs.

Key Takeaways:

• The Benefits of Collaboration for Entrepreneurs
•  The Benefits of Sharing Experiences and Challenges with Your Kids
•  Navigating Compromises as a Busy Mom
•  Improving Sibling Bonding Through Parenting
•  How to Achieve Success Despite Parental Pressure.

Topics with Timestamps:

[00:04:42] The Benefits of Collaboration for Entrepreneurs

[00:08:38] The Benefits of Sharing Experiences and Challenges with Your Kids

[00:12:55] Navigating Compromises as a Busy Mom

[00:16:40] Improving Sibling Bonding Through Parenting

[00:20:53] How to Achieve Success Despite Parental Pressure.

 

Notable Quotes:

"If you don't have a plan, you're just gonna be running around in circles. Right? You're gonna be running around in circles, and you're gonna be exhausted. And you're gonna be frustrated. And you're gonna be like, why am I not getting anywhere?"

"If you are prepared well and if you know what you are talking about, then the confidence comes by itself. And you don't have to prove anything to anyone. What you bring to the table speaks for itself." 

"Entrepreneurship is like a phase. There is a 2 year phase. There is a start up phase when you start, and then there is a 2 year old phase and then there is this adolescence, and then there is this teenage phase. And the companies go exactly like how your kids go." 

"Most people think of it as competition, right, especially if you're in the same industry. But  there’s so much collaboration. So it's the wrong c word. Right? That's what I tell people all the time. I'm like, this is the wrong c word. Competition, that should just make you better, but the collaboration is where you really start to hone your skills.""

"Be who you are. I don't want you to need to know your boundaries. You will figure it out. But there are value systems that go with it. These are non-negotiable. But within that, you know, do what you need to."

Resources

•  The Everything is Up Podcast

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