Interview with Kanika Modi | Get Your Mentor
Words from The Founder
This isn’t just another inspirational story to go through. I started my journey not be an inspiration someday but with the only aim to prove what I am capable of and to see myself as a much better person each day. Yes, indeed I have many inspirations who helps me keep motivated in my life, but not their success stories Instead the fact that they had been through difficult times and never gave up no matter what the situation called for. I too intend to “Never Give Up”.
There is just one thing I follow in my life
“Be Kind to One Another”- Ellen DeGeneres
The day you start living your life, by following your dreams and doing what you want to do, will be the day you will find yourself the happiest.
Name: Kanika Modi
Designation: CEO & Founder
Company: Get Your Mentor
Links
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geturmentor/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanikamodi/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/geturmentor/
Email: info@geturmentor.in
The Story Behind Get Your Mentor
The story of Get Your Mentor began way back in the year 2016 in a Hostel room. A girl who had been doing her engineering from a great college, but then there was something missing. That urge to do better to people and help them achieve their dreams and passion in life and not stuck with just limited options.
Get Your Mentor isn’t just like any other startup that has been brought to life for the purpose to just begin something and earn money out of it. It is a need of the hour to all the students and people who are stuck in their life and are searching for answers.
The main aim has always been to build up a platform where all the mentors, teachers, people who can guide are brought together and made available to everyone in need of some direction, a push in life to move forward.
All our lives we have been into books and learned just limited options to take up as our career, civil services, Doctor, Engineer, Chartered Accountant etc. But what about all the other options that no one talks about. Things you might actually be excellent in but you seem to have no one to guide you to, like which college to go to, what place to chose, what career options to take up etc. And just one move can change your entire life.So why not take a smarter move and a much better one by talking to those who have lived it, experienced it, and made better decisions. It’s time to give your life a better chance or sometimes a second chance.
Almost every third person in this world suffers from a mental health issue. But do we talk about it? No. We don’t. But should we not do it? But that is what Get Your Mentor is here for. To bring hope to people. That you are not alone.
We too had our struggles of our own. People rejected the idea. No one would believe in any such thing as it is not an obvious option to make money and a living out of it. But it is not always about money. It is about how you can bring an impact on this world.
About Get Your Mentor
Get Your Mentor is an EdTech networking platform that helps people connect with experts. It ensures the process in which an individual will be able to connect with the Mentor of the domain in which they need guidance such as that of career-related issues, startup building, Marketing, etc. We deliver quality in terms of professionals and influencers and tend to solve real-time problems faced by students and individuals.
Vision: Get Your Mentor aims to be a central hub which helps experts share knowledge and information anywhere in the world to those in who are looking to move a step ahead in their life.
Mission: We facilitate to bring down the gap between the mentee and the mentor who can help people in every walk of life. GYM is looking to fill up that gap by getting people from different domains and connect them with those willing to rise up to create an impact for future prospects.
The idea is to create a long-term association with our users and be able to get them the best help from our experts in every aspect of life and career. The current scenario of students, entrepreneurs, and other lost souls must be taken into consideration as they are tremendously falling in the loophole of our poorly managed education system and lack of guidance from the ones who had already been there. The money invested in these experts will provide them with in-depth knowledge to walk in the right way, thus increasing the value of time and the talents each time.
1. What gets you out of bed in the morning i.e what’s your source of motivation?
The biggest motivation in my life that helps me kicking out of the bed is the fact that I want to make the best use of every opportunity I have been given everyday. You never know what tomorrow might bring you so living each moment is really important.
2. Why should people choose your product/services?
Ideally, every person has been in a situation where everything had seemed like a dead end with no one to look forward to take them out of that situation, be it life, career or anything else. I have personally been in a situation such as that and this made me start up with this venture where an individual irrespective of the background they are in, they can get any help or guidance they need from our listed experts in those fields and domain. This service might help people get better direction in all walks of life.
3. What challenges are you facing?
Every Startup has challenges involved, and there isn’t any life without it while being a part of the startup Ecosystem. So currently, we are having issues related to financial projections that would help us upgrade our platform and come out stronger in the market.
4. What comes first for you, money or emotions?
Money is something that we have no control over, it comes and goes. But emotions are something that stays with you forever and helps you become a better person each day. Like people say, “Money can’t buy you happiness”.
5. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
My biggest strength is the fact that I am a very optimistic person and tried to take things and situations in a very positive direction. I believe there is no one and nothing that can bring me down no matter the situation. Apart from this, my weaknesses are the fact that I tend to procrastinate a lot in certain situations that costs me a lot in the long run.
6. How do you handle the pressure?
I close my eyes, take long breaths and say “Everything is going to be alright”
7. What advice would you give to someone starting out?
My only advice would be to keep learning in everything you do and each step you take. Life may seem just way to unfair but that is how things are. You just have to keep moving because we all came in this world alone and you never know what tomorrow might bring to you, so keep living the best of your life till it lasts.
