Thursday, March 28, 2024

Adit Jain – Leena AI – On Top 5 Mistakes When Starting A New Business

Leaders Perception Magazine is currently running an interview series called – What Are The Top 5 Mistakes People Make When Starting A New Business?

Today, we had the opportunity to interview Adit Jain who is a CEO, Co-Founder at Leena AI.

Interviewee Name: Adit Jain

Company: Leena AI

Adit Jain’s favourite quote: I like to go back to Nike’s “Just do it”.

The Interview

Thank you so much for joining us today! Tell us a little bit about yourself. What is your backstory?

Adit Jain : Our co-founder and CEO, Adit Jain, has been our face and voice in the media. An IIT-D grad and Y-Combinator alumni, he prides himself on the astute understanding of what HR teams need to deliver a stellar employee experience.

Post a summer training at EY, and a marketing internship at IIM Lucknow, Adit, began his entrepreneurial journey with ChatterOn in 2015. A 2017 study of why ChatterOn wasn’t making enough money brought him and the other co-founders to the concept of Leena AI, and there has been no looking back since then.

In your opinion, what makes your company stand out? Any examples?

Adit Jain : Leena AI is an enterprise virtual assistant that empowers employee-facing teams to transform employee experiences. Designed for modern workplaces, Leena AI covers every part of an employee’s journey – from the day one enters to the day one leaves – while simultaneously accelerating service delivery across functions such as HR, IT and others. With Leena AI’s extensive suite of products, organizations can automate tasks such as answering policy-related questions, generating employee documents on demand, closing employee tickets faster and creating efficient IT service support.

Leena AI plays well with 100+ platforms, including SAP SuccessFactors, ADP, Oracle, Workday and Microsoft Office 365, and works with over 350+ customers across 90+ countries, including leading enterprises like Nestlé, Puma, Coca-Cola, Sony and Etihad Airways among others. Founded in 2018, Leena AI currently supports 90+ languages globally, where millions of employees transact with the platform every day.

What are the TOP 5 mistakes people make when starting a new business? Please share advice/examples for all of them.

Adit Jain : Firstly, sell first, build later. If you have an idea, create a prototype or a mock-up design and go to at least five customers before you market it. This will give you a preliminary understanding of the demand your product has in the market. Often new entrepreneurs jump into spending huge sums towards developing their product before understanding the product market fit or the demand for their product.

Secondly, learn to hear the word “no” when selling your product. Living in the fear of “What if someone says no?” is something you need to overcome early on.

Thirdly, learn to trust your people as well as be quick in making decisions regarding them. Though it is an essential aspect of your overall business, learn to listen to your intuition in this regard. If they are good and competent, hire them. You should understand that people are amazing if given the right opportunities. They will scale themselves up, so learn to trust your people – most of them are innately wired to take the pressure and do what is expected of them. Have faith in them, support them, and guide them in the right direction and you will see that they will be ready to go above and beyond.

Leaders Perception magaizne would like to thank Adit Jain for the time dedicated to completing this interview and sharing their valuable insights with our readers!

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