Beyond the Case

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From $2,000 to 2,000 Employees, and a Bigger Purpose - Rajendra Bagwe

From $2,000 to 2,000 Employees, and a Bigger Purpose - Rajendra Bagwe21 sept23 min

Send us Fan Mail Harvard Business School OPM alumnus Rajendra Bagwe co-founded Reliable Autotech in 1984 with just $2,000, helping build an engineering business with around 2,000 employees across eight plants. His struggles and the mentors who helped him navigate them inspired the Teaching Learning Community, a pro bono network of 1,500 entrepreneurs where mentees become mentors. Rajendra shares how global peers at OPM broadened his thinking, why Indian businesses often favor process improvem...