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Raakesh Saraff
Author,Growth Coach
Entrepreneur
How can Raakesh Saraff help you in maximising your Export Import Business ?
This is my Story
When I was 28 Years
Joined a castings exporters in Kolkata as Export Manager.
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Wasted 2 Years in Research
Eager to grow export of my products, I started my research, visited Export Promotion Councils, ITPO, Embassies, Ports, Custom House Agents, purchased multiple directories and what not.. All this wasted 2 precious years.
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My First Lesson
To grow, you need Professional and strategic information. Free and cheap information only leads to wastage of time and opportunities.
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Fly by Night Operators
I realized the desperate need of professional and reliable agencies. Companies that I worked with either vanished or provided unreliable information.
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Founded Infodrive in 1996
Overpowered by the need and inspired by the power of internet, I started Infodriveindia.com, an online data download platform and Eximguru.com, a free exim encyclopedia.
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It was a Super Success..
I had clients all over the world with more than 2 lakh visitors every month. Infodrive India soon became a global brand.
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Only 8 Ports Released Information..
That too after a time lag of 3 months. Stale information was not helpful and did not serve the purpose.
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Lobbied Govt..
I then began a long struggle for data reforms, formed an association and lobbied and petitioned government and filed court cases for release of information from all ports on real-time basis.
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110 Ports with 3 days Time Lag
Finally after 18 years of struggle by Jan 2014 …succeeded in getting 110 ports in India releasing information with a time lag of just 3 days.
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Did I Do a Good Job..?
I interviewed 2000 clients and discovered it was not enough.. only 10% clients were able to increase their profits. Most users did not have the team, time, tools and conviction to use the information methodically and consistently.
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Volza - Profitable Direction, More Than Just Data.
Become India marketing partner for volza , a US based big data specialistin export import analytics.
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Plan or Perish
With an experience of 24 years with my clients I decided to give back to the exporter importer community and authored the book Plan or Perish, that talks about the 7-core growth strategies and 24 success stories.
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