About Us

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ABOUT ALIGNED PILLARS

Who We Are

  • Aligned Pillars
    A Business Consulting and Coaching company aimed at enabling Family businesses and First Gen Entrepreneur led SMEs to scale up.
  • Our Core Purpose
    Enabling Family Businesses and First Generation Entrepreneurs to transform themselves into a scalable, profitable and sustainable organisation, which is professionally managed yet having the values of the founding family members.
  • Our Mission
    We at Aligned Pillars aim to have a huge impact by being a part of the transformative journey of our clients. By 2030, Aligned Pillars aim to have its role in over 100+ success stories of helping individuals and companies unleash their true potential and accomplishing their Goals. We aim to be the most sort after “Business Scale-Up Specialist” Globally, for scaling up with sustainability.
  • Our Philosophy
    To help Businesses unlock their true potential by maximizing their performance and empowering them to achieve their goals and visions while cherishing the process too. The Core philosophy with which Aligned Pillars operates is that each one of us should “Grow by Design”. Designing and executing the steps for growth gives more insight, satisfaction and control in the journey towards the Goal.
  • Our Collaboration
    To ensure the best services and support to our clients. Aligned Pillars has a strategic collaboration with Beehive Capital Advisors, a reputed firm in Mumbai for over 10 years, focused on Strategic Business Consulting & Cross-Functional Hand Holding in various aspects of Business scale-up.

Our Approach

Through our 4 Step approach (Diagnostic – Declutter – Design – Deliver)  we help businesses to achieve complete alignment on their Strategy – People – Execution.

Our Core Values

Integrity and Trust

We operate honestly and transparently, and we treat our clients with the utmost respect at all times. We believe that only in being open-minded and non-judgmental, can we truly challenge our clients to push the boundaries of their comfort zone, in order to make breakthroughs that lead to essential well-being transformations.

Dedication and Cooperation

We endeavour to support our clients through their journey to achieving personal and business success. We believe that if we work cooperatively with our clients and are as dedicated to the journey as they are, we can challenge them to work through obstacles that lead to a greater purpose.

Privacy and Compliance

We ensure the privacy of all client communications, in person or any other medium. We maintain full compliance with all rules, regulations, and ethical considerations related to the security of correspondence.

Pursue Growth and Learning

We are committed to continuous learning. We always have more opportunities for expanding our capabilities, consistently implement innovative ways to improve our services.

Our Principals

Samkit Shah
Partner - Aligned Pillars

15+ years of experience in Entrepreneurship and Business Consulting and Leadership Coaching.
 
With a strong track record of turning around, expanding and professionalizing a family run diamond business, Samkit was responsible for expansion to manufacturing and handling businesses in India, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc.


Deeply believes that a Business needs to scale up to survive and thrive, hence he incepted Aligned Pillars which is engaged in Business scale-up Consulting & Leadership Coaching for numerous promoters of Family Businesses and First Gen CEOs across multiple sizes of business and a range of different industries.

Bhushan Gajaria
Partner - Aligned Pillars

17+ years of experience in FMCG and Capital Market


Prior to Aligned Pillars, Bhushan has worked on a range of sectors like FMCG, Auto, Auto Ancillary, Media, Agri, Retail. He has been an Investor and mentor with numerous start-ups and part of various incubators across India.


Worked on fundraises ranging from start-ups at concept level to large conglomerates like Adani Enterprises. Been
awarded amongst the top 3 Auto Analyst by The Wall Street Journal in 2011. At Aligned Pillars, Bhushan leads the Business Strategy up to Robust Execution for our customers. 

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Top 10 challenges faced in scaling up the business
§  Lack of Alignment in the values and Purpose of the company
§  Market Misalignment between the Product/service offered and Customer needs/wants
§  Owner Centralized Decision Structures leading to a bottle neck at the top
§  Lack of a clear business direction cascaded down to the team below
§  Lack of efficient & seamless integration of technology in the business operation
§  Inability to handle Next Generation Succession and Engagement effectively
§  Lack of Non Family professionals in key positions
§  Lack of an effective board for the External View of Business Performance
§  Inability to attract and retain talent due to favoritism towards family members
§  External Variables like competing with big businesses, foreign companies, and a very fast changing technology landscape.

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