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Consulting · with Sourav Mahapatra & Shakti Mishra

Find what is holding your business back. Leave with a written plan.

Two co-founders, two lenses: marketing and AI, finance and the model. One fixed first package.

  • Two 1-hour sessions
  • A one-page plan, written for you
  • From ₹9,950 GST incl. · From $106
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A one-page written plan on a desk, beside a laptop, a notebook, a fountain pen and a cup of coffee.

The diagnosis

From ₹9,950

GST included in India · From $106 outside India

Sourav Mahapatra, Founder of BeginThingsShakti Mishra, Co-founder of BeginThingsWith Sourav & Shakti

Why this works

Most advice sees half the business. We look at both halves.

A desk split in two: marketing sketches and a phone on one side, a spreadsheet, calculator and bar chart on the other.
Growth sideMarketing · digital · practical AI · automationNumbers sidePricing · margins · cash flow · business model

  • Two lenses, one plan

    Marketing and money in the same room, so the fix for one does not break the other.

  • Fixed scope

    Two sessions and a plan. You see the price before you share anything.

  • A plan you keep

    One page, written for your business, not a template. Yours either way.

  • An honest no

    If we are not the right people, we say so in writing and point you elsewhere.

Experience behind the advice

  • Jack Daniel's
  • Harman
  • Revolt Motors
  • Oppo
  • Sodexo
  • Bajaj Finserv
  • Ashiana Housing
  • IFFCO-Tokio
  • CES 2019
  • PwC SDC
  • Acuity Knowledge Partners
  • Evalueserve
  • FA Fin Advisors
  • IIT Madras · Generative AI

Brands and firms from our past roles. They are not clients of this service.

Who you work with

The two co-founders of BeginThings.

Your audit answers decide who leads your sessions. If it is both halves, you get both of us.

Sourav Mahapatra, Founder of BeginThings

Sourav Mahapatra

Founder, BeginThings · India

  • Marketing
  • Digital marketing
  • Practical AI
  • Automation

B.Sc. (Hons.) in Prosthetic Engineering, PDDUIPH (University of Delhi), then 12+ years in digital marketing — medical-devices sales and agency campaigns for Jack Daniel's, Harman, Revolt Motors, Oppo, Sodexo, Bajaj Finserv, Ashiana Housing, IFFCO-Tokio, LPU, T&T Motors and Cambridge School, including CES 2019.

  • Head of Digital Marketing & Communications at an IT training LLP (2021–2025): a 5–6 person team, 400+ leads at ₹10–12 a lead, ₹20 lakh in Entrepreneur AI Summit tickets, 500+ entrepreneurs trained, plus brand audits and consulting.
  • Education & certification: NIESBUD Digital Marketing (2017). HubSpot Social Media; IBM Design Thinking Practitioner and Co-creator; Google Digital Garage fundamentals.
Shakti Mishra, Co-founder of BeginThings

Shakti Mishra

Co-founder, BeginThings · India

  • Finance
  • Business model
  • Pricing & margins
  • Benchmarking

An engineer who moved into finance and consulting. Financial research and advisory at FA Fin Advisors (valuations, fundraising and strategy for U.S. and Middle East clients), then investment banking and private-equity support at Evalueserve and Acuity Knowledge Partners.

  • PwC SDC: strategy and management consulting, valuations, market research, and financial and operational benchmarking for U.S. clients in hospitality, pharma, real estate, gaming and logistics. Led small teams. Senior Associate 3 until November 2025.
  • At BeginThings: leads Salefolio and FormulaMapper, and the rollout of Mira, our AI agent, in BeginRooms. Generative AI certificate, IIT Madras.
“Analysis is only useful when it helps someone decide what to do next.”
A laptop on a video call beside an open notebook, a pen and a desk lamp, set up for a consulting session.

How it works

Four steps. No open-ended calls.

  1. 1

    The audit

    About five minutes on this page. We read every answer.

  2. 2

    A short call, if it fits

    20–30 minutes, no charge, and you leave with one insight to act on.

  3. 3

    Quote or decline

    In writing. You pay only after you accept the quote.

  4. 4

    Two sessions + your plan

    Session 1 finds the bottleneck. The plan follows. Session 2 tests and refines it.

What you keep

One page. Written for your business.

This is the structure. Your plan is written after session 1 and updated after session 2, so the content and emphasis change for every client.

Session 1 · 1 hour
Your numbers, channels, tools and the bottleneck you named.
Your one-page plan
Written for you after session 1.
Session 2 · 1 hour
We test the plan against your constraints and adjust it.
The final plan
Sent in writing. Yours to keep, whether or not you continue.

Sample structure · not a client result

Your one-page plan

  1. Where you are now[Your business in three lines, in your own numbers]
  2. The main bottleneck[What is really holding growth back, and the evidence]
  3. What to stop[Work, tools or spend that is not paying off]
  4. Three priorities for 90 days[Each with an owner and a first step]
  5. Tools, AI and automation[Keep, drop, automate]
  6. Numbers to watch[Leads, conversion, price, margin, cash]
  7. This week[One thing to do in the next seven days]

Price

One starting price, shown up front.

In India

From ₹9,950

GST included

Outside India

From $106

US dollars, fixed

  • Why “from”. The exact figure is confirmed in writing after the call, before work starts. It depends on whether you need one of us or both, and how much we need to review first.
  • The dollar price was set on 10 November 2026 as the equivalent of ₹9,950. It does not move with the exchange rate and no GST is shown on it. Payment method and any tax for clients outside India are confirmed with the quote.
  • Follow-on sessions are optional and quoted in writing. Nothing renews automatically.
  • Smaller budget? Try the Brand Clarity Audit (₹999), the Cold Email Audit (₹699) or our free tools.

Not part of this service: guaranteed ad results, tax filing, legal advice and fundraising introductions.

The audit

Tell us about your business.

Seven short steps, about five minutes. Specific answers get you a more useful call.

  1. Your business
  2. Your numbers
  3. The problem
  4. What you have tried
  5. Your goal
  6. Budget and decision
  7. Where to reply

What we collect, and why

  • About your business (type, your role, age, team size, revenue band, channels, marketing spend, the problem, what you tried, your goal, budget fit, timing, who decides): to check fit and prepare one useful insight for your call.
  • Name, email and country: to reply and show call times in your time zone.
  • Business name, website and WhatsApp (optional): so we can look before the call, or reply on WhatsApp if you prefer.

Nothing is sent until you press send on the last screen. Answers go only to Sourav Mahapatra and Shakti Mishra at BeginThings and are kept in our own database, not a third-party form service. To withdraw consent or have your answers deleted, email sourav@beginthings.com. See the privacy policy.

Please do not enter card, bank or ID details. We never ask for them here.

Step 1 of 7 · Your businessWhat kind of business is it?

Your role

Running for

Team size

Before you start

Questions, answered.

Something else? Email us.

Does BeginThings offer consulting?

Yes. Co-founders Sourav Mahapatra and Shakti Mishra offer a fixed-scope diagnosis: two 1-hour sessions and a one-page plan written for your business, from ₹9,950 GST included in India, or from $106 outside India. It is a service delivered by people, separate from our software.

Is there a free discovery call?

Not an open one. The 20 to 30 minute call is offered only after the 5-minute audit on this page, if it looks like we can help. There is no charge for it, and it ends with one concrete thing you can act on that week.

What happens after the call?

Sourav and Shakti decide whether to quote or decline. If we quote, you get the exact price, what is included and the session dates in writing, before you pay anything. If we decline, we tell you in writing, briefly say why, and point you elsewhere where we can.

Which currency do I pay in?

In India, rupees: from ₹9,950. Outside India, US dollars: from $106. The dollar price is fixed, not a live conversion. The payment method is confirmed with the written quote.

Is GST included?

The rupee price includes GST. The dollar price does not show GST, and any tax treatment for clients outside India is confirmed in the written quote.

Which time zone are the calls in?

Calls run Monday to Thursday, 11 AM to 4 PM IST. The audit result shows that window in your own time zone. That window is hard for the Americas: it falls between about 12:30 AM and 5:30 AM in New York and between 9:30 PM and 2:30 AM in Los Angeles. We do not have other call times at the moment.

What is your refund policy?

You pay only after you accept the written quote. Once paid, the package follows our refund policy: sales are final, and failed, duplicate or erroneous charges are refunded, along with any remedy consumer law requires.

Will you sign an NDA?

Yes, if you need one. Tick the NDA box in the audit or say so by email before you share anything confidential, and we will review it before the call. Until then, share only what you are comfortable sharing.

How is this different from the Brand Clarity and Cold Email audits?

Those are fixed written audit products with no call: the Brand Clarity Audit (₹999) reviews one landing page, and the Cold Email Audit (₹699) reviews one cold email. The consulting diagnosis is two live sessions across marketing, automation and the numbers, with a plan written for your whole situation.

Is this the same as BeginRooms or “BeginRooms for consultants”?

No. BeginRooms is our workspace software, and BeginRooms for consultants is that software set up for consulting work. This page is a service. You do not need to use any BeginThings software to book it.

Your next good move

Five minutes.
Then a straight answer.

Begin Things · Sourav Mahapatra · Uttar Pradesh, India · GSTIN 09CBRPM4938H1ZZ · Udyam UDYAM-UP-28-0229726 · sourav@beginthings.com

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