Simpleworks · Insights & Perspectives
Prem Menon · Business Consultant in Bengaluru · MSME Consultant · OKR Consultant · Family Business Advisory
Practical perspectives on strategy, growth, and execution — written by Prem Menon, an independent management consultant in India, for Indian MSME and family business founders.
An OKR consultant explains why dashboards and weekly reviews don't build accountability in a 50-person business — real ownership does. Cut the bureaucracy, keep the trust.
A turnaround is not a strategy problem — it is a sequencing and courage problem. The founder usually knows what to do. The consultant's job is to make the picture undeniable and hold the founder accountable to acting on it.
Most Indian MSMEs aren't stuck because of bad strategy — they're stuck because no one is executing the strategy they already have. This post diagnoses the execution gap, shows why traditional consulting makes it worse, and explains what closing it actually looks like in a founder-led business.
Most Indian MSMEs don't fail at building products — they fail at go-to-market because they jump straight to channel strategy before deciding who, precisely, they're selling to. That one skipped step is why sales efforts plateau, win rates stay low, and founders blame the wrong things.
It's free. It takes less than 30 minutes. And it unlocks collateral-free loans, government tenders, and legal protection that most MSME founders don't even know they're eligible for. Here's exactly how to do it — step by step.
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