
Most advice sold to Indian professionals profits from their anxiety, telling them they are behind, underqualified, or too late. The Starting Yard argues the opposite: the years you have spent inside a company are not a delay, they are the raw material for what you build next.
Written for the working professional with eight, twelve, or fifteen years of real experience, this is a career intervention, not a motivation book. Every chapter pairs an operator's framework with real, documented scenes and Indian and global case studies, closing with reflection prompts that turn reading into action.
Running through all eighteen chapters is Vikram, a composite character whose journey from job loss to first structured idea mirrors the exact path this book lays out.
"Your professional life is not the obstacle between you and building something. It is the raw material for it."
Navin is the founder of MyStarterCircle, a platform built for Indian working professionals ready to build something of their own. He is the former founder of SabkaMandi, and has operated revenue streams and business units at mCaffeine, Clensta, JSW, and Sharpsell.
He spent over a decade in the operational heart of the Indian business ecosystem, working across brand distribution, supply chain, and startup consulting, before founding MyStarterCircle to bridge the gap between professional experience and entrepreneurial action.
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