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Business · Executive · Growth Coaching · India

Your business should work without you in the room.

Coaching for India founders and business owners doing ₹3Cr–₹75Cr who’ve hit a ceiling — and are ready to break through it in the next 12 months.

PAN-India · confidential 1:1
ICF Certified (ACC)
14 yrs Dell Technologies, Director
Sekhar Palanisamy, business coach
8Companies founded & built across India and the US
Sekhar Palanisamy
ICF Certified Coach · Dell Director · Author, The Inertia Trap

USPTO Patent holder, ML/AI
350+ business owners coached
Based in Coimbatore & Dallas
14+ yrsDirector, Dell Technologies
350+Business owners coached
8Companies founded & built
₹40Cr+Impact delivered across client engagements
Break the plateau Build systems that scale Remove yourself as the bottleneck Lead with clarity Execute without chasing Grow with accountability
Break the plateau Build systems that scale Remove yourself as the bottleneck Lead with clarity Execute without chasing Grow with accountability
The problem

Sound familiar?

Most founders aren’t stuck because of the market. They’re stuck because of invisible patterns inside their own business.

01

Revenue has plateaued

You’re working harder than ever, but the numbers aren’t moving. Something invisible is capping growth.

02

You’re the bottleneck

Every real decision routes through you. If you step away for a week, momentum stops with you.

03

Good people, weak systems

Your team means well, but accountability breaks down without you chasing it personally.

04

Execution keeps slipping

Plans get made in the boardroom. Ninety days later, little has actually changed on the ground.

Who this is for

Built for India’s growth-stage founders.

If you’re running a serious business doing ₹3Cr–₹75Cr and you’re ready to break through the ceiling — this is for you.

Manufacturing & Trading

Founder-led industrial businesses

You’ve built something real. Now you need to systemise and scale beyond you.

Real Estate & Construction

Project-to-project owners

Revenue exists but profitability is inconsistent. The team needs structure.

Family Business

Second-generation leaders

You’ve inherited something built by others — and want to professionalise it without losing what made it work.

Services & Growth-Stage

Founders scaling past ₹5Cr

You’ve found product-market fit. Now team, systems and leadership all need to grow with you.

The coach

Built businesses. Ran Fortune 50 operations. Now coaching India’s founders.

I didn’t learn business from the sidelines. Over 17 years at Dell Technologies, I rose from an individual contributor to Director, running large global teams and delivering over $50M in documented cost savings — while building and exiting 8 companies of my own across manufacturing, real estate, construction and education.

“I’ve been the founder who couldn’t step away, the executive who had to restructure a large global team, and the entrepreneur who failed more times than I can count. That’s what I bring to every coaching relationship.”

When I sit across from an Indian founder, I’m drawing on businesses I’ve actually run — not a framework borrowed from a textbook.

USPTO Patent, ML/AI
ICF Certified (ACC)
PMP Certified
Author, The Inertia Trap

Read Sekhar’s full story →

Sekhar Palanisamy, business coach

The BStrat method

Four steps. One outcome.

Growth stalls when an owner is solving the wrong problem, carrying too much of the operation personally, or letting execution drift.

01

Clarity

Identify the root constraint holding the business back — not just the symptom you feel day to day.

02

Systems

Install repeatable ways of working that reduce dependency on the founder for every decision.

03

Leadership

Develop a team that can decide, communicate and execute without waiting for permission.

04

Accountability

Build a rhythm — weekly, monthly, quarterly — that keeps priorities moving instead of stalling.

Work with me

Choose where to start.

Every engagement begins with a free discovery call — an honest conversation about your business and whether there’s a fit.

Entry Point

Business Diagnostic

A one-time deep-dive to find exactly what’s capping your growth.

  • 90-minute working session with Sekhar
  • Strategy, ops, team & cash-flow health check
  • Written 90-day action plan

Learn more →

Executive

Executive Coaching

Confidential coaching for CEOs and senior leaders.

  • Executive presence & decision-making
  • Influence and stakeholder management
  • Leadership transitions

Learn more →

Client voice

What effective coaching changes.

Real coaching should move the business or the leader — not just produce good conversations.

Sekhar came in and helped us think like a business, not just a restaurant. Within months we had a clear expansion framework and the confidence to execute it.

Kumar KCo-Founder, The Maple Waffle · Coimbatore

Sekhar understood the complexity immediately. He wasn’t just a coach — he thought like an operator and a strategist at the same time.

Sundarrajan JayakumarFounder, Kandasamy & Co. · Coimbatore
The Inertia Trap book by Sekhar Palanisamy
Original thinking

The Inertia Trap

Why do capable businesses stop moving? Sekhar’s framework names the strategic, operational and cultural inertia that keeps good businesses busy but stuck — and lays out how to break each one.

Explore the framework →

Before you book

Common questions.

How is BStrat different from a typical business consultant?

A consultant hands you a report and moves on. Coaching is a working partnership — Sekhar stays in the room through execution, not just the planning, and has actually built and run 8 companies himself.

What size of business is this for?

Most engagements are with founders and owners generally doing ₹3Cr–₹75Cr in revenue, though the Business Diagnostic works well for earlier-stage businesses too.

What happens on the discovery call?

A free, honest 30-minute conversation about your business — where it’s stuck, and whether there’s a genuine fit. No pitch, no pressure.

Is coaching confidential?

Yes. All sessions are 1:1 and confidential — nothing is shared with your team, investors or board without your explicit request.

Start with a conversation

Bring the problem you’re actually facing.

No pitch, no pressure — just an honest conversation about what’s stuck and whether there’s a fit.