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“Development Fund Platform” | Rustomjee – Boman Irani | DLC TALK

At the Della Leaders Club Intellect Pop-Up in Mumbai, the property mogul who dreams big and designs bigger, the man who says, “Three Swimming Pools are a luxury, Seven is a Paradise”, Boman Irani of Rustomjee and the DLC Ambassador graced us with his presence. He shines a light on the consequences of the convergence of innovation and business and his highly successful foray into Real Estate. Boman Irani built an empire by building people iconic homes which can be “counted in acres” and not square feet and brought childhood back into Mumbai by creating comfortable homes. He opens up the floor for the DLC Intellect Pop-Up to start. Boman Irani calls Founder Jimmy Mistry the “Elon Musk of India” drawing several parallels between the genius innovators. He goes on to speak about communities and how they are always there when you need them, and how important it is to be with them when they need you. His speech revolves around the subject, ‘What is a development fund platform and how it can help entrepreneurs?’ He talks about how his peers are a phone call away thanks to DLC as a community and how that helps him solve issues about which he wouldn’t otherwise have people who would answer him. #BomanIrani #Rustomjee

“Introducing the Pop-Up” | Boman Irani | DLC TALK

The DLC Intellect Pop-Up is proud to present actor, photographer and motivational speaker extraordinaire Boman Irani who sweeps the Nation with his roles. Taking the audience back 37 years in time, he recalls a time when he met Jimmy Mistry who asked him to photograph his lights and fittings – a venture in the making at the time. His trip down the memory lane involves a quick glance as he shows his love and appreciation for his Parsi roots ensuring that he never forgets from where he came and how high he has reached. He praises Founder Jimmy Mistry for the same – the ability to be rooted in the cause while still reaching for the skies. His pride in his ancestral foundations leave the audience cheering for him. Boman Irani quick wit has the audience in stitches and makes himself a tough act to follow after his soulful performance of ‘Making my Way’. #BomanIrani

Leveraging Your Personal Brand to Build Your Organisation Brand

15 Thought-Provoking Questions to Ask Yourself

For entrepreneurs and CXOs, personal brands and organization brands are closely interwoven with each other and if leveraged correctly, it can strongly enhance each other. Are you leveraging your personal brand to build your organisation’s brand and vice versa?

      Experience & Expertise

·      Have you worked at blue-chip companies or organizations which are leaders in their respective industries?

·      Has your past experience any relevance to your current business? Have you highlighted the relevance of the profiles?

·      Personal Recognition and awards

·       Have you received any awards and recognitions before you started as an entrepreneur?

·       Are these recognitions relevant to your current industry?

 Mentors

·       Have you worked under famous mentors or industry experts?

·       What skills did you learn from them which help you as an entrepreneur today?

(Tip- Share your mentoring stories to enhance your personal and organisation brand. You can also highlight your famous professors.)

Publications

·      Have you published any ebook/book/article in the past which demonstrates your expertise and is relevant to your current role? Are they part of your profiles and your story?

Education

·      Were you educated at a premier school/college/ university/ B school?

(Tip – Add it to the Founder profile to leverage your personal credibility to enhance the organisation’s credibility)

Personal Passions and Strengths

·      Do you have any strengths and passions which are directly related to the core area of your business?

·      Are you leveraging these strengths/passions in the Founder profile on the organisation’s website?

·       Does your organisation’s story talk about the Founder’s story and highlight these synergies?

Personal Values & Organization Values

·      How do your personal values impact the organisation’s values, mission and vision?

Your Network

·      Your network consists of people mainly from which professions? As they say, “Whom you know sometimes matters more than what you know”

Aligning your personal story with the organization’s story

·      Can you connect the dots and notice the alignment between your personal and organisation’s stories?

·      Are both your personal profiles and organization profiles communicating that alignment clearly?

Conclusion

Your story is your brand.

Is your personal story aligned with your organisations story and vice versa? Time to rethink and get going.