Faster Than Normal

Built a social audience of 750k+ people and write to 70k weekly via my newsletter, Faster Than Normal.

Founder

Airtree

Scout for ~$1.3bn fund. Invested in 15 companies.

Scout

Zipline.io

Started as a business development rep and finished leading the Go-to-market for United States market entry.

Go-To-Market

Goldman Sachs

Mergers and acquisitions, equity capital raising, debt capital raising, and project finance.

Investment Banking Division

Koala AI | Argonaut Capital | Australian Water Polo

• 2024-present: Maple (Co-Founder/Advisor)
• 2024-present: Athyna (Investor/Advisor)
• 2024-present: Co Ventures LP
• 2023-2024: Koala AI (Co-founder) (exited 2024)
• 2023-2024: Aura Ventures, Build Club
• 2021-2021: Ammo Marketing, Growth Marketer
• 2021-2021: Isolabs, Growth Marketer: sold $1m of super-computed NFTs
• 2018-2018: Beanstalk AgTech
• 2016-2017: Finance Association of Western Australia, Co-President
• 2016-2017: 180 Degrees Consulting
• 2016-2017: Argonaut Capital
• 2016-2016: PricewaterhouseCoopers 
• 2015-2017: Boarding House Master, Water Polo Coach
• 2015-2016: Western Australian Institute of Sport, Water Polo
• 2015-2016: Australian Water Polo Team

Prior experiences

Exploring how to get better at the game of life and sharing my learnings so you can do the same. | 650k+ audience

Personal website: alexbrogan.com.
Assorted writings: alexbrogan.substack.com.
My thoughts on AI: thelastinvention.ai.

Alex Brogan

Niharikaa Kaur Sodhi

Authentic Influence Ventures

My content helps you live a more fulfilling life. My products will help you improve your writing game to attract opportunities.

Medium

> 20x top writer across categories.
> Co-editor of Medium's second largest Health publication - In Fitness and In Health

Writer

AuthenticIN

The only tool you need to grow on LinkedIn.

Summit 21

I help writers become more consistent with my cohort-based programme that takes place 4 times a year.

Genpact

Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

Won 3 awards for my performance in 2020:
1. Xcelerate Gold Award
2. Chatbot adoption in Healthcare and Management Services in Genpact India region
3. Special recognition amongst my team 

I work in the area of Digital Transformation with the help of Lean Six Sigma.

Currently leading 
-Lean Six Sigma Green Belt project to increase the adoption and content of our HR ChatBot to automate trivial tasks of HR Managers pan India
-Starting a Blackbelt Project in the domain of HR & Training


My responsibilities include:
-Program Management of all Black Belt Projects (HR + Finance) in LDT Enabling Functions 
-Project Management of Lean Digital Ambassador Program 
-Work on communications for the LDT vertical
-Analyze data and trends and tell a story!

Assistant Manager - Lean Digital Transformation

Zomato

I thrived in non-tech hiring, especially in the area of Sales across India. Additional to my role, I also helped in organising Zomato's volunteering program on weekends where employees taught our delivery partners' children.

- Worked on a Sales Hiring Playbook to make the hiring process uniform across India
- Actively hired for entry-level to mid-senior level sales and operations roles 
- Hired for various businesses of Zomato such as Food@Work, Ad Sales, and Cloud Kitchens
- Hired for tech roles for a short span of 3 weeks in Bangalore; organised a Hackathon for the same

Recruitment Associate

Alliance Manchester Business School

Student Representative of course MSc. International Human Resource Management and Comparative Industrial Relations. Responsible for communication between the professors, business school programme committee, and the students.

Student Representative

The University of Manchester

Women's Coordinator in University Residence Hall - George Kenyon Hall. 

Responsibilities include ensuring equal rights for women in the hall and taking women's issues into consideration in order to make the hall a better place for living.

Women's Coordinator

Manchester United

Worked at the kiosk in Old Trafford, Manchester, during match days to serve food and beverages.

Food and Beverage Server

CredForce

Team : Talent Solutions

I have produced data with intensive research on our various projects related to universities across the world as well as top CHROs across the globe. 

I also created an entire Psychometric Test with regard to the personality traits required in our organisation. The test is divided into 3 parts (Managerial , Learning and Cognitive) where a set of preferred skills is assessed. 

I have also worked on recruitments for hiring full time employees as well as interns. In the process, I have done screening of CVs, cold calls as well as face-to-face interviews.

About CredForce : CredForce is the first fully-integrated and the single largest global provider of state-of-the-art credentialing and capability validation solutions for corporations, professionals, and governments. With a portfolio of 50+ international credentialing products, the company is also a global leader in tailored development of standards, frameworks and systems for captive use of governments, transnational businesses and multilateral aid bodies. CredForce operates and delivers on the stringent norms of leading international standards bodies that specialize in certifying across a wide breadth of industry verticals, and are now on-board the powerful CredForce Consortium.

HR Internship - Talent Solutions

Founder @ AuthenticIN | I help you write online to attract opportunities | DM with 'GROW' if you want me to help you build your brand

A writer with over 3 million views/ month. :) An educator who has taught live over 150 people from 30+ countries, and has 12,000+ customers.

✉️ hi [at] niharikasodhi [dot] com

Coming to the 'story'...

I'm a writer. And with that, I also became an educator and entrepreneur.

I side hustled for 10 months in 2020 because something was missing. 

I refuse to believe you shouldn't be kicked to go to work when you wake up. I refuse to believe that you need to reach a certain 'level' to do high-impact work. Labels and designations aren’t exciting either. 

And I strongly believe that there's enough wealth we can all create if we play by the mindset of abundance and not scarcity.

We have a duty to be of service to other people. And we only have one chance at life to tap into our potential and unleash it.

So I quit my job in 2021 to write full time.

That led to:

• becoming a 22x top writer on Medium
• creating digital products 
• having a cohort-based course that's educated 100+ people across 30+ countries 
• getting accepted to LinkedIn Creator Accelerator Program 

As a writer, my purpose is to leave everyone healthier and happier. 

As an educator and entrepreneur, I want to help other creators level up their game and solve their problems.

I'm passionate about healthy living, reading, and mindfulness. I've also travelled to 24 countries and still have fear of flying.

I run two newsletters. Join thousands of people ⬇️
• On my life and self-improvement: https://niharikasodhi.substack.com/
• Side Hustle Saturdays: https://niharikaasodhi96.kit.com/profile


➡️ Collaborations:
Transparent pricing on https://www.passionfroot.me/nks

Twitter: @NiharikaSodhi

🚨PS: I have 25,000+ connection requests. If it's urgent, please send me an inmail. :)

Last year, I went for a 30-people lunch where most people were multi-millionaire entrepreneurs. A closed, elite group in the country. I made this one mistake -

Not at lunch.

But with my mindset.

AI was a big conversation then. Everyone was talking about how they were using it. 

And I was quiet.

I felt like a dumbo with nothing to add to that discussion.

Then someone asked me, “You’re a writer, you should be testing it.”

I behaved defensively and said, “No, I don’t think I will be replaced.” 

To which they replied, “I’m not saying AI will take over your job. But you can use it to do your job so much better. My business is different, but I still use it for ideas. Yours is online - you can do so much.”

I started using AI in Q2 this year 👀 

Yes, I’m that late. I feel like a VP in a company who has been warming their seat for 17 years and doesn’t budge to change or young ideas. 🥵

But when I started… I was mindblown!

For e.g. - if I tell Replit to clone LinkedIn for me, it does. I ask it to build a community for my students, and it does.

I DON’T EVEN KNOW CODING.

And I can build
- An app
- SaaS
- A website

Literally, anything.

If you don’t believe me, try it yourself. Use the link in the comments gives you $10 off ⬇️

I help you write in a way that attracts opportunities + builds your brand | 16,000+ customers in 180+ countries 🌎

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I realised something over the weekend that can help you be free and fly. You’ll relate to it. 

You’re afraid of judgement. 

You’re afraid of what others will think. 

You’ve kept that idea in your head for so long. But you don’t execute it because if you fail, others will talk. 

I’ve come to realise that what helps me A LOT is being free… exactly of this. 


I’m judged frequently because I say no to

⭕️ all mentorship/ ‘let’s talk’ requests. Please book my $997/h consultation link - ALL my prices are public. 

⭕️ Discounts on any product from $50-$2500. It’s unfair to those who paid full price. 

⭕️ All hanging out or networking requests. My time is limited, and tbh I love to just hang with my family and childhood friends instead. 


I also feel this attitude comes from 

♨️ Being rejected A LOT when I started writing, I’m saying over 3 times a week.  

♨️ Launching and ‘failing’ online consistently. 

♨️ Knowing I’ve made an impact for those who’ve availed my services. That means I’m aligned to my purpose.


So if you’re reading this, I just want to say that life is too short to not live the way you want to. 

And people will… always talk. 

You deserve to live your best life.  

___

Happy Monday! 

I’ve been in bed all day watching Netflix and finally got out of the shell to type this 🙈
___

PS: last year this day was my first time in NYC 🏙️

5 years ago, I wanted to be a consultant in Human Resources and hopefully earn 1 lac a month (~$1300) before I turned 30. It felt like the right path to take... and this is a BIG issue.

My goal was to work in a Big 4 and my dream was to get paid to travel.

(Ok I still dream of getting paid to travel LOL)

I set that money goal because during my first job as a recruiter, I'd seen salaries across industries, and this number felt 'realistic'.

I call BS on all of this now. 

This is what society has conditioned us to follow and stay mediocre. 

Some of us are artists, writers, musicians, designers, stylists, bakers - but we're unaware of it.

We don't look within, because we're conditioned to chase a metric that's not true to our inner selves. 

"Chase XYZ designation and you'll be happy." But dear reader, you and I get happiness from different things, even different flavours of pizza. Then how do we assume that everyone is happy from that same path?

Since I stepped into the creator economy, I realised:

• there are zero barriers. $1300 to me now means biz is terrible!
• there's no ceiling to how much you can grow
• there are immense opportunities in the world
• multiple income streams are the way to grow
• passive income is a must

Your massive shift begins with awareness, and then working on your mindset shift.

The best part about mindset - it can be changed.

As somebody who's been average at studies, work, and everything for the longest time - it's not worth it, and you CAN change things.

“We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.” - Tony Robbins

PS: Book recommendations for those of you who want to seriously change this - Unlimited Power by Tony Robbins blew my mind.

I stopped doing sales for my products. All my products are also priced on the higher side. But let me be honest -

NOTHING I tell you is something you cannot figure out, eventually.

The key word being 'eventually'.

It's the reason I don't do hard sales. 

Because hitting people's vulnerabilities isn't in my conscience and I'd rather lose sales.

When I deleted my Instagram influencer account, it's because I want people to feel abundant.

Not scarce.

➡️ What I do help via my products (and even courses) is saving you YEARS of time spent 'figuring it out'. 

So people pay a premium for time saved -> results in.

Not for a groundbreaking secret sauce.

🎟️ With that, after 2 years, I have a Black Friday sale thats now live: https://lnkd.in/gqr8T8T8

It may look like I dislike the 9-5 or the corporate sector, but I don’t. I can’t because it has put food on my plate and a roof over my head.

It's what my family does, they all do jobs.

I am not anti 9-5 or anti-anything (I’m too calm to be triggered by anything tbh).

I write what I write so somebody out there who is where I was 4 years ago sees a ray of sunshine. Plenty of us creatives are stuck in places that aren’t meant for us, but we think this is the only way to live.

It isn’t.

The essence of living is to be happy because life truly is too short.

And why should a job be normalised for all? If not everyone can be an athlete or a musician, why should everyone work in the corporate?

I think we've learnt by now that
- no job is truly safe
- one source of income isn't the way to live

So for some of you creative nuts, use your job to pay the bills till your little biz can pay it. If not entirely, at least you'll have a new source of income.

I tried something new in November - slowing down. As I told you earlier, I'm on a mini retirement for a few months :))

“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” - Mahatma Gandhi

I feel like most of us impose a self-induced timeline and keep rushing through this. 

Moreover, some of us are productivity nerds, and we take pride in it. 

I looove being productive. 

Lately, I realised it keeps me from being flexible.

While I thrive on a routine, the world will not adjust around it, and it’s okay to let loose.

I see many productivity enthusiasts who experience this.

This month, I kept telling myself “I have enough time”. 

One thing I know is that I’m more creative in a relaxed mind. But the self-sabotage of feeling that you don’t have enough time doesn’t make me work better at all.

Telling myself that helped me get adequate rest, be more optimistic, and get things done.

When you tell yourself you have enough time, you calm down. You just know you'll get things done, and that's a better feeling than rushing to do things because you think you're running out of time.

You also get things done faster, because you're not overwhelmed and escape decision fatigue this way.

If you resonate with the self-sabotage bit, maybe this is a message that it’s time to slow down. Slowing down mentally can help you be more productive and get things done while your mind isn’t all over the place.

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” - Lao Tzu

PS: Learning a lot about time off during my first mini-retirement. Maybe in Q2 2026 I'll come up with more of such reflections haha.

This is the exact recipe I used. Here's why:

- My appraisal was lower than the inflation rate in India
- I strongly believe we're here for a reason, a purpose
- Finding and aligning to one's purpose is more fun
- You then realise that ABUNDANCE is there for you
- It's a path of self-discovery and giving back

But it all started with side-hustling and freelancing.

Where will it go? I'm not sure. 

I just know it's SO much fun and gives me LOTS of time with myself and my family, which is my priority.

So if you're in the mind space where I was a few years ago, this is your sign to work towards it.

Image credits: Justin Welsh

Last weekend, I found this notebook which I wrote in 2017 while I was applying to colleges for my postgrad degree.

I'm assuming I was doing some exercise from a self-help book?

Can't recall.

Growing up, I've tried to find my 'purpose'. I've always known it exists, but my under-confident and average-performing self just couldn't find it.

This page probably says the broader aspect of what I want to do.

I was shocked, because I'm actually doing ALL of this right now. 

📚  Educating via Summit 21 from 2021-24, and Authentic Influence program in 2025. Plus digital products.
🪭 Empowering by helping people be more self-aware, for some of them that leads to a second source of income online or a career change.
🧠 Awareness via my content, especially my weekly newsletter Side Hustle Saturdays
All the above, that ultimately leads to change ✨ 

I gauge change from the courses I teach as they all require my 100% presence, and others in the form of DMs and emails.

What I do, preach, and talk about isn't for everyone.

But that's EXACTLY what my fight is - no one path in life is for everyone yet we are blindly following it.

Just a little something that got me in awe so I wanted to share 😀

I sometimes wake up with so many ideas, only for them to get lost. If you do ay creative work, I'm certain you've experienced this too.

(Most of my students have!)

For one, sometimes I don’t follow my own advice of writing down your ideas ASAP 🙄 This is something I preach SO much to my students.

(The book Big Magic shows you this happens to the biggest of authors too!)

But also, because building them felt impossible. 

In July this year, I discovered Replit.

You type what you want in plain English. And the platform builds it for you.

No tech stuff. Just your idea coming to life.

I’ve been testing their new mobile app for a week. I can literally build a new tool for my community while sipping on my evening chai. ☕️

If you have:
• A business idea
• A dashboard you need
• A problem to solve

Stop sitting on it. Life is too short not to bring your ideas to life.

Just open Replit and tell it what you want.

The link in the comments gives you $10 off ⬇️

Last year at this time, I visited a city I had dreamt of visiting since I was a kid. Only to be disappointed 🫠 

Watching Home Alone as a kid and growing up with S*x and the City and Devil Wears Prada, NYC has been on my bucket list since... forever.

Hell - KJo is to blame as well for his NYC-based Bollywood movies!

The flaw wasn't in the city... it was me. 

I realised:
• Skyscrapers look prettier from afar, not when you're between them.
• I was 31 countries old, and my travel preferences are different.
• It's okay to not enjoy a city that the world claims to love.
• Enjoying slow and scenic is a vibe too.

Not everyone has to like the same stuff...you're not a ChatGPT prompt, you're human.

You're meant to be a weird and unique creation 🦄 

I wrote in detail last year about what I disliked, and it got decent flak.

For now, I'll end by saying that I'll tell you tomorrow why I really went there. I walked on fire (literally).

You can write 100s of posts online and still make $0.

And no, the algorithm isn’t the problem.

I was in your place 5 years ago. 

Writing consistently with no reach, zero engagement, and no income from it.

Online writing is a completely different game…

But most people are still playing by the wrong rules.

Once I figured out the secret sauce and applied it consistently, everything changed.
- I was able to grow to ~250k followers
- Quit my 9-5
- Became a 6-figure solopreneur

All by writing online. 

Heck, I even taught 150+ students in my cohort who started exactly where you are.

In 24 hours, I’ll share 5 writing tips that will help you create content people can’t scroll past.

Join 14,000+ readers of Side Hustle Saturdays:  
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This month, I created a digital product after YEARS. Here's what I did:

- Updated my playbook after 2 years
- Downloaded ALL my LinkedIn posts (thousands)
- Created 145+ templates with examples -> ready to use
- Analysed my top-performing posts between June 2024-25

I also conducted a superhit workshop this year that got only 5-star reviews. I know, the stars must've been aligned that literally everyone loved it.

So while I couldn't keep conducting it.

(Also didn't want to, because that's too much work)

I productised it instead. 

💰🫰🏻 LinkedIn Monetisation Workshop has my top-performing strategies to convert from content ➡️ clients. NOBODY has had access to this material before.

You can get all of this at the only discount they'll ever be at ⬇️ 

https://lnkd.in/gqr8T8T8

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