579: A Calling To Confidence With Preksha Kaparwan

Preksha Kaparwan is a chef turned techie. She is the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer for RealBox which uses business intelligence and predictive analysis tools to help offline businesses increase revenues and decrease risk. The signature product which is Pulse, provides decision- makers business summaries and key performance metrics on their mobile devices in real time, helping them remain agile and in control of their businesses. She has raised $300k for Realbox and the company’s customers are VLCC, Reliance, PVR. She was awarded ‘She sparks 2018’ by YOUR STORY for tech services.

Preksha shares how she was able to find her calling and taking action on it led her to be the powerful Asian woman that she is today. She also shares tips that can help you in your own journey to self confidence.

Bio

Preksha Kaparwan is a chef turned techie.

Cultural Background

Preksha is of Indian descent.

Favorite Self Confidence Quote

When you’re already at zero, you’re at the best position to create something out of it.

Definition of Self Confidence

Self confidence is believing in your ideas and know that what you’re doing is worth doing. The is no need for validation.

Her Life Before the Discovery of Self Confidence

Preksha used to talk fast and thought there was a communication gap with her peers because of it. She lost in confidence in herself because others didn’t understand what she was saying.

The “AHA” Moment

Preksha had a vision that was bigger than her and realize that there is no need to explain herself to anyone.

At first she was lost and didn’t know what she wanted to do. She was happy being a chef but wanted something more. She decided to start from scratch with no foundation and started researching anything and everything. She looked at different subjects until she found her calling in the tech industry.