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Shantanu Deshpande

BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ENTREPRENEUR, INNOVATOR
Shantanu Deshpande: Founder of Bombay Shaving Company & Unfiltered Voice of the Indian Startup Ecosystem
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delhi ncr

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Language

english, hindi, marathi, kannada, telugu

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Talks About
Talks About

branding, leadership, entrepreneurship, startup

About Shantanu Deshpande

Shantanu Deshpande is an Indian entrepreneur, founder, author, and one of the most influential voices in the Indian startup and LinkedIn Thought Leaders’ landscape. He can be best remembered as the Founder and CEO of Bombay Shaving Company, which disrupted the personal care space and revolutionized the men’s grooming category in the Indian market through innovation, narrative, and strong brand values.

Shantanu is an alumnus of IIT Bombay and IIM Ahmedabad. After working with some of the world’s leading organizations, Shantanu decided that he wanted to become an entrepreneur. Through Bombay Shaving Company, Shantanu created a direct-to-consumer brand that is known for its focus on quality, trust, and experience, and the company has scaled up as one of the most recognizable new-age consumer brands in India.

Apart from being an entrepreneurship guru, Shantanu has turned out to be an important voice in public discourse on work culture, leadership, ambitions, the startup experience, or overall professional development. His no-holds-barred insights on hustle culture, failure, layoffs, or being a leader have generated many discussions in the Indian business community. He has many followers for his capacity to articulate the feelings related to entrepreneurship in today’s rapidly changing world.

Shantanu is also an author of a bestseller “The Everyday Hero" that deals with ambition, resilience, and entrepreneurial success. Shantanu as a  motivational speaker combines his entrepreneurial experiences and insights, so his speech can easily resonate at an entrepreneurial and business level, as well as at a young audience level.

Organizations and startups; and forums related to leadership engage Shantanu Deshpande for keynote addresses and panel talks on topics like entrepreneurship, leadership, and working culture.

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Career Highlights and Achievements of Shantanu Deshpande

Founder & CEO, Bombay Shaving Co

Built one of India’s most recognized D2C grooming brands

D2C Brand Builder

Scaled Bombay Shaving Company across skincare, and personal care

Startup Ecosystem Mentor

Actively mentors founders and contributes to India’s startup ecosystem

LinkedIn Top Voice

Influential voice on startups, careers, leadership, and work culture

Leading New-Age Entrepreneur

Widely featured in business media for candid entrepreneurial insights

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Shantanu Deshpande

Shantanu Deshpande: Founder of Bombay Shaving Company & Unfiltered Voice of the Indian Startup Ecosystem

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Shantanu Deshpande is the founder and CEO of Bombay Shaving Company, a direct-to-consumer grooming brand, listed as an entrepreneur speaker on engage4more. He is also known for his candid posts on startups, work and ambition.

engage4more's profile notes that Bombay Shaving Company is the men's and women's grooming brand Shantanu Deshpande founded in 2016, which grew from shaving products into a wider personal care brand sold online and in stores.

engage4more does not share personal email IDs of listed speakers. For speaking enquiries, write to engage4more at activities@engage4more.com or +91-8044186906. For Bombay Shaving Company orders or business queries, please use the company's official website.

engage4more does not share personal phone numbers or email IDs. To book Shantanu Deshpande for a keynote, fireside chat or panel, contact engage4more at activities@engage4more.com or +91-8044186906, and the team will coordinate availability.

For product, order or partnership queries, please use Bombay Shaving Company's official website and customer support channels. engage4more handles only speaking and event enquiries for its founder, Shantanu Deshpande.

engage4more notes that before founding Bombay Shaving Company, Shantanu Deshpande worked in consulting and in a corporate role at a large Indian conglomerate, experience that shaped his practical approach to building a consumer brand.

engage4more features Shantanu Deshpande for talks on entrepreneurship, building a D2C brand, startup realities, leadership, work culture, ambition and resilience, delivered with the candour he is known for online.

Yes. engage4more recommends Shantanu Deshpande for corporate offsites, founder forums, leadership programmes and youth events, where his honest views on building companies and careers connect strongly with young professionals.

engage4more lists Shantanu Deshpande's speaker profile and facilitates booking enquiries for keynotes, fireside chats and panels. Share your event date, city and format through his profile so the team can check availability.

engage4more recommends Shantanu Deshpande for startup summits, D2C and consumer brand conferences, college festivals, leadership offsites and fireside chats on entrepreneurship, ambition and the realities of building a company.

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