Leading a one-stop solution shop

MEET YOUR ENTREPRENEUR/VISHAL SETHI

From being a part-time consultant in 1994 to the seat of the managing director of Vivace Solutions, Vishal Sethi has travelled a long way.

Vivace Solutions, a provider of business solutions and consultancy services, was incorporated in 1996.

At present, it is a group company of Vivace Management Services, Canada.

"The turnover of the company in the last financial year was Rs 1.25 crore and we are expecting to double our turnover to Rs 2.50 crore at the end of this financial year," said Sethi.

The company renders its professional consultancy services to small and medium entrepreneurs as well as big corporates. Consultancy is provided from the time of setting up of an establishment and until it achieves the breakeven.

The company provides consultancy on areas such as setting up new business enterprise, growth management, retail management and marketing solutions.

The company also provides international networking, technology management, marketing, HR, quality and IT solutions to its clients.

At present, the company has more than 50 clients in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The clients include Nabard, Jade Blue, Vadilal Ice creams and Havmor Foods.

"We are planning to expand in Delhi, Chandigarh and Chennai at the end of this financial year," Sethi said.

Recently, the company has launched a personality grooming programme for entrepreneurs, called 'Cabbage'.

The programme teaches how to win over people, understand, possess and master an impressive body language, understand the intricacies of various theories on management skills and realise various spiritual philosophies integrated in everyday life.

"Many of our clients have more than doubled their turnover through our professional advice," Sethi said.

The company wants to expand its operation at the national level in the next financial year by opening a franchisee network throughout the country.

The 31-year-old management consultant's wife Manshi Sethi, a gold medallist in information technology from the University of Gujarat, is a director of the company looking after retail management and software development.

His father Ved Prakash Sheti, a retired ONGC senior engineer, looks after the technical consultancy and mother Sushma Sethi is in charge of the HR.

Sethi loves dancing, classical music and attributes his success to his parents and the Ramkrishna Mission.