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A \u201ccomplete and utter failure\u201d is how Pranav Ramanathan describes his first entrepreneurial effort. That was almost 30 years ago, when he rounded up neighborhood kids in Bangalore, India to be part of a cricket club. After collecting money to buy equipment and hire a coach, \u201cthere was sort of a mutiny, and I was kicked out,\u201d laughs Ramanathan. \u201cClearly my management skills weren\u2019t refined enough to manage people in the group, but I will give myself credit for initiating it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am fine with the risk and reward of an entrepreneur\u2019s life. I get to make the calls, and I get to do exactly what I want to do. Being my own boss is probably the best thing I\u2019ve ever done for myself.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today, the 40-year-old entrepreneur and father of two young daughters is on a high after making it to a 6 a.m. outdoor boot camp. (\u201cThe hardest part,\u201d he says, \u201cis actually getting to the boot camp.\u201d) Based out of Chicago\u2019s WeWork River North<\/a>, Ramanathan is managing director of Coacharya<\/a>, an award-winning coaching and mentoring business his father started in Asia, which he helped build out in the U.S. after graduate school. \u201cBefore this, I spent 15 years in corporate marketing and digital strategy,\u201d he says. \u201cI was good enough at what I did that it was fine to earn a living, but I wasn\u2019t necessarily fulfilled.\u201d In his spare time, Ramanathan is heavily involved in philanthropic projects, such as the nonprofits FWD.us<\/a> and Upwardly Global<\/a>, both of which focus on new immigrants. \u201cI\u2019m a first-generation immigrant myself and know that situation well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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