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Most $1M-$50M B2B companies hit the same wall: what got you here won't get you there.

Your sales team follows five different versions of your "standard" process. Marketing and sales operate in silos. You're building with borrowed tools and broken playbooks. The same cold email sequences everyone uses. The same CRMs with data nobody trusts.

I help revenue leaders build systems that actually scale.

WHAT MAKES MY APPROACH DIFFERENT

My story isn't typical - at 23, as a single dad, I took an unexpected turn into corporate. In big companies like RBC and Mackenzie, I led teams from 2 to 550 people, learning about product development and large-scale expansion. But I constantly wondered: "Am I too late to start my own business?"

That internal struggle led me to leave corporate safety and build two startups in seven years - eventually exiting basix.ai, a sales automation platform backed by Forum Ventures. That experience taught me something critical: the gap between theory and execution is where most scaling companies die.

Now I bridge three worlds:
→ Corporate operations experience (scaled systems at Fortune 500 level)
→ Entrepreneurial experience (built and exited SaaS company)  
→ Technical automation expertise (hands-on with Clay, Make.com, n8n, HubSpot)

WHAT I'VE HELPED CLIENTS ACHIEVE

→ Generated 9-figure revenue growth for clients and employers
→ Scaled bootstrapped businesses to 7 and 8-figure heights
→ Built full TAM in Clay for enterprise outbound teams
→ Developed GTM playbooks that get used (not filed away)
→ Created systems that let leaders lead again

I don't just provide strategy. I walk the path with you. From Fortune 500 boardrooms to founder-led scrappy startups, I bring operational depth and clarity to every engagement.

MY PHILOSOPHY

Most consultants give you frameworks. I give you forward motion.

I don't chase buzzwords. I build revenue engines, simplify execution, and unlock leadership potential with precision and empathy.

This is not theoretical - it's battle-tested across 10 roles in two companies before venturing out, building two startups, and now advising through Techstars and Predictable Revenue.

If you're stuck in complexity or scaling feels like survival, let's talk about bringing order to chaos and traction to your strategy.

Join 190,000+ founders and operators getting my weekly playbook: https://jaymount.me/newsletter

Connect with me here - I share systems, frameworks, and tactical advice for scaling B2B operations.

Jay Mount

Pradeep Kumaar a.k.a Prady

TEDx Speaker I Redefining Leadership I Empowering People to Grow, Lead and Succeed with Confidence

Hey! I'm Prady Kumaar, a Blogger turned Founder of multiple bootstrapped agencies & startups investor. From college student to multimillion-dollar agency founder, I’m living my entrepreneurial journey.

Back in 2008, I was a regular college-goer, an adventurer and explorer, until I discovered my innate entrepreneurial spirit. Life has never been simple since then. The way a brand accelerates gives me an adrenaline rush, which is why I started my entrepreneurial journey while I was an undergraduate.

My career started with blogging. It was fun. As I’m an explorer, I jumped into link building, and it all got even better. I started to take my skills even more seriously, invested my time, efforts, and money to achieve finesse. Finally, my brainchild, Stan Venture,s came into being in 2010. Today, it’s a multimillion dollar white label agency, running profitably.

I’m a keen observer, never settling for less. Here’s the most exciting story of my life. 

As part of my other businesses, I planned to start an Indian Agency and Founded it with all my hard earned money to become a multi-million dollar agency. Founded in 2019, Neil Patel Digital India has grown consistently with a CAGR of 30 to 40% since we launched.

So now, I’m on a mission to motivate and lead young entrepreneurs who want to start multimillion-dollar businesses from scratch without investment or any strong financial family background. Thereby capitalizing on the gifts and talents I'm blessed with. 

I've been wearing the hats of dreamer and mentor for the past decade. It's been a fun, highly productive, counterintuitive, and more demanding run so far.

Today, we have a team of 600+ marketers helping brands grow. 

I’m all set to give my everything that I’m best at- additional valuable solutions around Leadership, Business Growth and Strategic Initiatives.

If you are lurking for guidance in making your venture become a sensation, reach out to me as I’m currently on an incredible journey assembling a group of leaders, motivating, and assisting them to transform our common dreams into reality.

And, if you are still pondering to take that big step, remember,

If you want to be interested, be interested~ David Oglivy

Founder and CEO

I started Stan Ventures in June 2009 with $40 in my pocket to find the purpose of Life and need to Come out of Boring Times. Forceful Curiosity to Start a Business so I convinced my mind as nothing to loose in this Short Life.

Stan Ventures is a Happiest independent digital agency with offices in Bangalore, Erode and Salem. We are not funded and never taken money from anyone. We have built the company purely on brain power and patience. 

Having been in the digital industry for over seven years, we made exceptional IT and digital marketing services affordable to varied business domains. The IT, Mobile and Digital revolution gave us the energy to create a collaborative work culture and deliver services par excellence. As we grew in value and numbers, we realized that we were deeply passionate in expanding as a team, and setting up several physical work establishments. We found immense happiness in recruiting hundreds of people, building a happy work environment, and providing a contented life for everyone in the team. We profoundly understood our skills in travelling, negotiating, accounting, operations, market research and recruitment. Thus began our journey towards insourcing.

I have shared my wealth with many guys of Stan Ventures and they are taking Stan Ventures forward by enhancing our clients business. 

The environment at Stan Ventures inspires everyone to become entrepreneurs. It is highly creative, energetic and open. You have an open invite to visit our office and I bet you will love the energy and creativity brewing at Stan Ventures. Of course our guys smile will inspires you lot.

Prady Kumaar

Behind every résumé is a real person.

Someone beyond bullet points and job titles.

Full of hopes, responsibilities, dreams, and a life that exists outside work.

-A family waiting at home.
-Risks they’ve taken quietly.
-A future they’re trying to build.
-And pressure they don’t always talk about.

It’s easy to forget this when we reduce people to profiles, numbers, or ‘fit’
But leadership, hiring, and teamwork look very different when we remember the human first.

The best managers don’t just evaluate skills.
They understand stories.

The best workplaces don’t just demand performance.
They respect lives.

And the best decisions are made when empathy sits at the table, right alongside ambition and execution.

So whether you’re hiring, leading, or working with someone new today,
Pause for a second.

Behind that résumé is a person trying their best.

Never forget that.

#LinkedIn #ThoughtLeadership #Work

18 minutes.
Every day.
That’s how exceptional is built.

Most people think excellence needs hours.
Huge time blocks. Perfect routines. Big motivation.

It doesn’t.
It needs 18 minutes.

That’s the uncomfortable truth.

Not enough time to feel heroic.
Not long enough to feel dramatic.

Just long enough to expose whether you’re consistent or not.

18 minutes a day feels insignificant.

So people skip it.

But stack it quietly, day after day, and something strange happens:
 • Skills compound
 • Confidence builds
 • Momentum replaces motivation

In a year, that “small effort” becomes 100 focused hours.

And that’s the difference between talking about potential and actually becoming good.

Most people aren’t failing because they lack talent.

They’re failing because they keep waiting for “more time.”
Consistency doesn’t look impressive in the beginning.

It looks boring.
It looks forgettable.
It looks easy to postpone.

Until one day, it turns average into undeniable.

You don’t need a breakthrough.
You need a daily appointment with discipline.

#18MinutesToExcellence #DailyDiscipline #ConsistencyWins #SmallEffortsBigImpact

Most of our stress doesn’t come from problems.
It comes from arguing with reality.

If you have a problem,

→ either you can do something about it
→ or you can’t.

If you can do something: act.

If you can’t do something: accept.

Worry sits in the middle, where no action is taken, and no acceptance is made.

-That’s where energy drains
-That’s where mental fatigue builds
-That’s where clarity disappears

Strong professionals don’t have fewer problems.

They just spend less time worrying about the ones they can’t control.

They ask better questions:

-What’s in my control right now, what’s not?
-What’s the next smallest action I can take?

Peace doesn’t come from having no problems.

It comes from knowing where to place your attention.

And once you do that, most worries quietly lose their power.

Most people think performance improves with pressure.

It doesn’t.

It improves with safety.

When leaders protect their people, something quiet but powerful happens.

People stop working from fear…
and start working from ownership.

✅ They ask better questions.

✅ They take responsibility without being chased

✅ They care about the outcome, not just the approval.

Because when your team knows:

-They won’t be blamed for honest mistakes

-They won’t be humiliated for speaking up

-They won’t be abandoned when things go wrong

They stop protecting themselves and start protecting the work.

Effective leadership is about creating an environment where people feel secure enough to do their best thinking.

Fear makes people defensive.
Trust makes people deliberate.

So if you want better results, stronger culture, and work that actually lasts,

Protect your people first.
The work will follow.

Life doesn’t pause to become fair.
It just keeps moving.

Some people stand at the edge, staring at the gap,
Listing everything that’s wrong with the situation.

Others look at the same gap
And quietly start figuring out how to cross it.

Same problem.

Very different response.

Complaining feels justified.

Adapting feels uncomfortable.

But only one of them gets you forward.

You don’t always get to choose the cards you’re dealt.

But you always get to choose whether you stand stuck
Or build something that helps you move anyway.

Growth doesn’t come from fairness.
It comes from ownership.

So, the moment you stop asking
“Why is this happening to me?”

And start asking
“What can I do with what I have?”

Everything changes.

Not instantly.
But permanently.

#MindsetShift #PersonalGrowth #LifeLessons #OwnershipMindset #Resilience #MentalStrength

True happiness at work doesn’t come from perks, titles, or fancy offices.

It comes from something far simpler:
Feeling valued📍

Not just being assigned tasks.
Not just being “on payroll.”

But knowing that your work matters, your voice is heard, and your effort is seen.

People don’t disengage because they hate work.

They disengage when they feel invisible.

-When feedback only shows up as correction.
-When growth conversations never happen.
-When appreciation is rare.

That’s when work starts feeling like a transaction instead of a contribution.

The happiest teams I’ve seen weren’t always the most glamorous.

They were the ones where leaders noticed effort, trusted their people, and made them feel like they belonged.

If you’re leading people today, remember this:
You don’t motivate teams with pressure alone.

You motivate them with respect.

Because when people feel valued, they don’t just work harder,

They care more.

And that changes everything.

#Work #Appreciation #Boundaries #Culture #LinkedIn

Comfort doesn’t show up as laziness.

It shows up as “I’ll do it later.”

As routines that feel safe, staying good at what you already know.

And slowly, without realising it, growth stalls.

Every version of progress asks the same thing from you:

Discomfort

The awkward first attempts, the unfamiliar conversations, or the days where you feel slow, unsure, and exposed.

That’s where growth lives!

If you’re always comfortable, you’re probably repeating yourself.

If you’re uncomfortable, you’re learning something new.

Growth isn’t meant to feel safe.

It’s meant to stretch you before it strengthens you.

So if things feel hard right now? GOOD.

It means you’re not standing still.

Get uncomfortable.
That’s where change begins.

When does a decision actually become wisdom?

❎ Not at the moment you make it

❎ Not when it looks impressive from the outside.

❎ And definitely not when it feels comfortable

A decision becomes wisdom only after you live with its consequences.

Most decisions don’t feel wise at first.

They feel uncertain, heavy, sometimes even wrong.

Wisdom doesn’t arrive with clarity upfront.

It arrives later, 

✅ When you don’t walk away at the first sign of discomfort

✅ When you stop reopening choices you already made

✅ When you allow the experience to shape you instead of escaping it

We often mistake wisdom for foresight.

But real wisdom is built in hindsight through ownership, mistakes, and patience.

Every decision costs something (Time, energy, comfort, relationships) 

And every decision gives something back (self-trust, resilience, clarity, or a lesson) you couldn’t have learned any other way.

So if a decision you made feels messy right now, it doesn’t mean it was wrong.

It might just be in the process of becoming wisdom.

You never forget the boss who cheered you on long after you stopped working for them.

❎Not the one who tracked your hours

❎Not the one who obsessed over metrics

✅But the one who believed in you as a person, not just an employee.

✅The one who celebrated your wins even when they didn’t benefit anymore.

✅The one who spoke well of you when you weren’t in the room.

✅The one who wanted you to grow, even if that growth meant leaving their team.

That kind of leadership stays with you📍

Because real leaders don’t collect loyalty; they earn it.

They don’t feel threatened when people move on; they feel proud.

Years later, you might forget the projects, the deadlines.

But you’ll always remember how someone made you feel during a defining phase of your life.

📍If you’re leading today, this is worth thinking about:

When people look back at working with you, will they remember pressure or encouragement?

Because titles fade.
But impact travels with people.

And the best leaders are remembered long after the role ends.

#LeadershipThatLasts #BelievingInPeople #MentorsMatter #LeadWithEmpathy #GrowthBeyondTitles #ImpactOverTitle

You’re not as independent in your thinking as you believe.

(and that’s uncomfortable to admit)

We can subtly admit that most of our decisions are not made logically.

Rather quietly influenced by past experiences, emotions, social pressure, and mental shortcuts we don’t even realize we’re taking.

These are called mental traps, and they whisper.

You notice them when:

1. You seek information that agrees with you and dismiss anything that challenges your view

2. You feel overly confident early on, only to realize later how little you actually knew.

3. You stay stuck in situations you’ve outgrown, just because you’ve already invested time or effort.

4. One negative comment outweighs ten positive ones in your mind.

5. The first number, opinion, or label you hear sets the tone for every judgment after that.

6. You trust confidence over competence.

7. You stay quiet in a room full of agreement, even when something feels off.

8. You study only success stories and ignore the thousands of failures behind them.

None of this means you’re weak. It means you’re human📍

The real shift happens when you stop asking, ‘why is this happening to me?’ and start asking, ‘what lens am I seeing this through?’

Because growth is not just about learning new things. 

It’s about unlearning the invisible biases that shape how you think, decide, and act.

The moment you become aware of these traps, they lose their power.

And awareness is the beginning of real clarity.

Agreed?

#MindsetShift #CriticalThinking #SelfAwareness #PsychologyOfSuccess #DecisionMaking #PersonalGrowth

Most people are chasing calm as if it’s somewhere outside of them.

-A better job
-More clarity
-The right validation
-One conversation that finally puts things at ease

But calm doesn’t arrive like that.

It begins much closer.

The calm you’re looking for starts with believing you’re already enough.

Not in an overconfident way.
Not in a loud, performative way.

But in a quiet way!

When you stop questioning your value every time things slow down.

When silence doesn’t make you anxious.

When someone else’s opinion doesn’t decide your mood for the day.

A lot of our restlessness is because we’re constantly waiting for proof that we’re doing okay.

Believing you’re enough doesn’t mean you stop growing.

It means you stop growing from panic.

-You still work hard
-You still care 
-You still aim higher

But you do it from steadiness, not self-doubt.

And that’s where real peace begins: when you no longer feel the need to be validated to feel whole.

- Prady Kumaar

You really want to know what ruins your entire day? (And it's not what happens today)

It gets ruined by what we keep replaying from yesterday.

A comment that hurt?
A decision you regret?
A moment you wish you handled better?

You carry it into today without realizing it.

And suddenly, a perfectly normal day feels heavy, distracted, off-balance.

The problem isn’t memory.
It’s attachment.

Reflection helps you grow.
Rumination keeps you stuck.

There’s a quiet discipline in learning when to stop revisiting something that has already taught you its lesson.

Because not everything needs closure.
Some things just need distance.

Today doesn’t owe yesterday an explanation.
It deserves your presence.

Letting go isn’t denial.

It’s choosing not to pay rent to a moment that’s already gone.

Protect today.
It’s the only place where change is still possible.

#ThoughtLeadership #LinkedIn #ProtectYourPeace

The next phase of work won’t reward the busiest people.

It will reward the clearest thinkers.

What stays valuable are the skills that help you make sense of chaos and move others forward.

Here’s what will actually separate professionals in 2026:

1. Strategic thinking: Seeing beyond tasks to outcomes

2. Decision-making under uncertainty: acting without perfect data

3. Executive communication: Saying less, but saying it clearly
 
4. Working effectively with AI tools: Using leverage, not fearing it

5. Emotional intelligence: Reading rooms, not just reports

6. Prioritisation: protecting focus in a noisy world

7. Problem framing: defining the right problem before solving anything

8: Adaptability to change: staying useful when roles evolve

9. Ownership mindset: treating outcomes as personal responsibility

10. ⁠Influence without authority: moving work forward without a title

In a world where information is cheap and tools are abundant, your value comes from how you think, decide, communicate, and adapt.

P.S. Which one are you actively building right now?

#Thoughtleadership #LinkedIn #Workculture #Communication

'Being fearless' is not being the ideal entrepreneur

Your real power lies in knowing that when a problem shows up, you have multiple ways to respond, and choosing the one that protects momentum.

Here’s how founders (and teams) solve hard problems:

1) Sometimes you go straight at it

No shortcuts, no delay. 
You take the hit, do the hard work, and move forward.

2) Sometimes you reduce the problem instead of wrestling it

You redesign the process, change the tool, automate the step, and the “big issue” becomes a small one.

3) Sometimes you reroute

Same destination, different path. If the current approach is blocked, you don’t stay stuck. You find a smarter route.

4) Sometimes you don’t solve it alone

You bring in someone who’s already solved it before. Guidance, partnerships, mentorship, hiring (leverage is a strategy).

5) And sometimes you confront the source

When the obstacle is a competitor, a constraint, or a recurring internal bottleneck, you build the capability that removes it for good.

The difference between stress and strategy is this:

Most people see one roadblock. 
Entrepreneurs see five responses.

Next time you face a problem, 

❎ Don’t ask: How do I survive this?
✅ Ask: Which response gives me the most leverage?

Decide what kind of life you really want.
And then say no to everything that isn’t that.

This sounds simple.

But it’s one of the hardest things you’ll ever do.

Because most of life doesn’t test you with obvious choices.

It tests you with almost-right ones.

Opportunities that look good on paper but feel wrong inside.

People who drain you quietly, not loudly.
Commitments that steal time, not immediately, but slowly.
Saying no isn’t about arrogance.

It’s about clarity.

Every yes you give is a vote.

Every no you avoid is a compromise.

And the dangerous part?
You don’t notice the drift until you’re living a life you didn’t choose.

The life you want doesn’t require more hustle.

It requires sharper boundaries.
So decide first.

Then protect that decision daily.

Not with motivation.
With discipline.

Because the life you want isn’t built by doing more.
It’s built by refusing what doesn’t belong.

Feeling tired doesn’t always mean you’re on the wrong path.
Sometimes it just means the way you’re walking it needs to change.

We’re quick to question the dream when exhaustion shows up.
We assume burnout means misalignment.

But more often, it means the system around the dream is broken.
Same goals. Same ambition. Same hunger.

But the routine?
Overloaded. Unsustainable. Reactive.

Chasing anything meaningful will drain you if:

• You sprint without recovery
• You say yes to everything except rest
• You consume more than you reflect
• You rely on motivation instead of structure

The dream usually isn’t the problem.
The daily design is.

Progress doesn’t require intensity every day.
It requires consistency you can survive.

Protect your energy like it’s a resource, because it is.

Ambition doesn’t need sacrifice without strategy.
It needs better rhythms.

Sometimes growth isn’t about quitting the vision.

It’s about fixing the process that’s quietly burning you out.

The ideas you’re most excited about at night often look terrible in the morning, isn’t that relatable?

But that’s exactly why they matter.

Some ideas feel electric in the dark.
(Clear, bold, and sometimes obvious)

By daylight, they feel messy, impractical, or unfinished.

Perhaps, that doesn’t mean they were wrong.

It means they were raw.

The biggest mistake people make is destroying old ideas too quickly.

They abandon them the moment friction appears, and often confuse discomfort with failure.

But good ideas aren’t meant to arrive fully formed.

They’re meant to be built on.
(Reshaped, questioned, and tested). 

Some ideas go deep into places that feel unfamiliar, uncertain, even uncomfortable.

That’s usually where most people stop digging.

And that’s exactly why those ideas matter.

Not every idea needs immediate clarity.

Some need patience or iteration or courage to explore what isn’t obvious yet.

So if an idea still lingers in your head even after it’s lost its shine, don’t throw it away too soon.

It might not be finished.

But it might be worth exploring.

#IdeaDevelopment #InnovationProcess #IterativeDesign #Discipline #Growth #successmindset #positivethinking

Slow is the New Fast.
I know, I know it’s hard for you to digest. 

But facing the reality, you see, everyone is obsessed with speed.

But I’ve watched teams over-burdening themselves for months, only to realize they were building the wrong thing.

This happens 90% of the time because they don’t understand that slowing down to ask the hard questions isn’t wasted time.

It’s insurance against wasted years.

Sometimes, slowing down is the fastest way forward.

#LinkedIn #ThoughtLeadership

Hello leaders, 
I want to tell you something strange. 

A part about leadership no one would tell you: 

The higher you rise, 
The lonelier it gets. 

Because your wins belong to the team.

But your mistakes belong to you.

That’s the tax.

And if you can’t live with it,

You’re not chasing leadership.

You’re chasing applause.

Companies love exit interviews.
But by then, the truth is already gone.

The resentment, the frustration, the disappointment, it all happened months ago when no one asked the right questions.

Leaders, hear me out today: Retention isn’t built in goodbye meetings; 

it’s built in hallway conversations, weekly check-ins, in “how are you, really?” moments.

#ThoughtLeadership #LinkedIn #Retention #CompanyCulture

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