Meet Our Mentors: Reetu Gupta
Reetu Gupta
Co-Founder and CEO at Cirkled in
I’m a startup founder, leveraging my experience in corporate America as a strategist, marketer, and engineer to meet unmet needs in the market, make an impact in the world, and hopefully build a billion-dollar company. My unique value proposition is fire in my belly and smarts in my brain.
“Mentoring is a way to pay back the universe. I have benefited tremendously from mentors and champions throughout my career. And my philosophy is give-give-get. I want to give twice what I received so I don’t leave this world with any societal debt.
I also believe that mentoring is a 2-way street. On paper, I may be mentoring someone, but I’m learning from them as much, if not more, as they may be hearing from me.”
As a mentor, I excel at…
- Entrepreneurship and startup world
- Identifying macro market trends and tapping into blue ocean opportunities
- Executing despite speed bumps
The best career decision I’ve made was…
doing an MBA. The MBA opened doors for me that I didn’t even know existed. It showed me various careers on the business side and enabled me to move into a new world of business. That led to entrepreneurship and my current company — Cirkled In.
I describe myself as…
resilient, executor, go-getter.
As a kid, I was fascinated by…
space and astronauts.
My favorite book, blog, podcast is…
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eli Goldratt
Originally published at https://blog.foster.uw.edu on February 13, 2022.