Shishir Gupta

Shishir Gupta has 18 years of experience in starting, running & managing businesses. He is the Founder, CEO of StartupLanes – a startup for startups that is involved in raising funds for Startups, Investment Banking, Legal Consulting, Technology Consulting and other services for startups. StartupLanes is an ecosystem for Startups that also supports the potential entrepreneurs who can’t afford to pay the fee.

He created his first startup salah4u in year 2001 when startups were not common in India. His second startup was fashion4india and third was jamunapaar.com; By the end of 2001, all his three startups failed. That was first time when he realized the need of a mentor, in January 2016, he launched startuplanes.com to provide step by step guidance to wannabe entrepreneurs that now offers Legal Consulting, Fundraising & Technology Advisory along with guidance to the entrepreneurs.

He began to show interest in business at the age of 14. He started participating with his father’s business of manufacturing wall paints. He started direct sales and channel sales of the products in part-time, immediately after joining business. At the age of 15, he developed great interest for technology and started learning the different fields of technology.

Shishir developed his first computer application in year 1997. It was an inventory control and billing application that was developed for MS DOS in C++/Clipper and used FoxPlus as a database.

Shishir is an MBA in Marketing & Finance, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce.

He has firsthand experience as an Entrepreneur, Mentor, Consultant, Investment Banker, Lawyer and Angel Investor. He has tried to keep the book as simple as possible.

Shishir is the Founder CEO of StartupLanes, Co-Founder, CEO of SL Entrepreneurs – A Business Networking Venture of StartupLanes, Co-Founder, CEO of SL Digital Services – A Platform for Selling Digital Services of StartupLanes Ecosystem Startups, Co-Founder, CEO of SL Angels – The Angel Investing Platform of StartupLanes and CEO, Co-Founder of SL Media – The Media & News Venture of StartupLanes.