“Live the life of your dreams. Stay true to your vision and purpose.”
Jatin Sabharwal
CEO and Co-Founder, Feaster Venture
When I started my journey with KPMG in India in 2010, learning solutions was a part of Accounting Advisory Services (AAS). We wanted to thrive on IFRS and provide finance- related training programmes to individuals, corporates and universities; so, the ecosystem is prepared for the future. Later, the same team was incorporated into what we know today as the KPMG Learning Academy. Filled with passion, we started contributing through various business development initiatives in all areas, especially sales, alliances and digital marketing of our training.
In my eight years with the firm, I had aided in creating, strategising and marketing many learning products experienced by more than one lakh professionals and students, while also absorbing hands-on learning by working with six partners/leaders.
Key to success, the KPMG way
In my 20 years of professional experience, I truly believe the key to a successful career is your ability to develop four key assets – skills, knowledge, effort and time. While you may choose to emphasise on some assets more than others, depending on your goals and interests, all four play a key role. The more you develop them, the more value you will create, and the more valuable you may become.
I always believed and worked around these assets, surrounded by the firm’s environment of support and nurturing, which helped me evolve and bring in great results. As a team, we kept our jOSH momentum going and went on to both retain and increase market share.
Onward and upward
Working with the firm transformed me as an individual who can dream bigger and bolder. It made me feel alive, rife with the jOSH to achieve and aim higher in life. I believe that we must be brave enough to live the life of our dreams, staying true to our vision and purpose, irrespective of the opinions of others.
With this thought, in 2018, my wife, my cousin and I co-founded our own food and beverage company, Feaster Venture. I have been working on and supporting this project ever since. Although we are still emerging in the F&B industry, I envision an expansion beyond Delhi-NCR, across the country and overseas, while also parallelly exploring the concept of ‘cloud kitchens’.
From time to time, I do miss my stint at KPMG in India, as it was the most learned tenure of my professional journey and I will always be happy to have a lasting relationship, work-wise or not, with the firm and its people.