“We’re All In This Together” Is How Sairaj Matkar Holds His Team Together

“Success
is
best
when
it’s
shared” is
Sairaj
Matkar’s
motto.
As
a
19-year-old
CEO,
running
a
company
can
be
challenging
and
is
bound
to
get
overwhelming,
something
Sairaj
Matkar
has
experienced
firsthand.
In
the
initial
stages
of
running
a
company,
Sairaj,
the
sole
visionary
of
Acexmedia,
would
carry
its
burden
on
his
shoulders
until
he
realized
this
needed
to
be
shared
with
others.

As
every
human,
Sairaj
had
his
own
set
of
strengths
and
weaknesses
and
soon
discerned
how
fruitful
the
outcome
could
be
if
specific
tasks
were
delegated
to
others.
This
motivated
him
to
hire
those
whose
ideas
and
mindset
resonated
with
his,
which
was
fortunate
for
the
company.
Having
been
brought
up
in
a
joint
family,
Sairaj
was
well
versed
with
a
group’s
dynamics
and
knew
that
if
he
put
together
a
team,
his
fortunes
would
only
grow!
Sairaj’s
secret
to
building
a
team
lies
in
abolishing
the
hierarchy
system
and
treating
each
employee
as
an
equal.
As
the
CEO,
he
believes
in
equality
and
has
set
rules
that
apply
to
everyone,
including
himself.
Thus,
he
has
permitted
his
employees
to
call
him
out
if
he
is
found
to
be
slacking.
This
kind
of
respect
and
humility
boosted
his
colleague’s
morale
and
doubled
the
profits
earned
by
Acexmedia.

Sairaj
chooses
to
go
beyond
his
benefit
and
cater
to
the
needs
of
his
employees.
By
creating
a
fun
and
family-like
environment,
Sairaj
hopes
to
enhance
the
productivity
of
his
employees
while
ensuring
no
one
feels
burnt
out.
One
fun
way
to
achieve
this
was
the
“pizza
penalty” he
started,
where
any
employee
who
comes
late
to
the
office
has
to
give
a
pizza
party
to
others!
“Group
effort
surpasses
individual
effort”
is
no
longer
a
hypothesis
in
testing.
Sairaj
now
knows
that
team
effort
can
keep
him
and
the
company
away
from
dangerous
waters.

As
a
CEO,
he
sometimes
surprises
his
employees
with
random
gifts
or
tokens
of
appreciation
that
make
them
gleam
with
smiles.
Running
a
company
for
Sairaj
is
thus
not
only
about
making
strategies
and
crunching
numbers
but
also
about
establishing
a
work
culture
that
is
healthy
and
productive.
By
recognizing
everyone’s
contribution
and
providing
them
with
the
due
credit,
Sairaj
keeps
the
wheels
of
Acexmedia
running.
Along
this
journey,
he
realized
that
more
incredible
things
are
achieved
when
one
moves
beyond
oneself.
He
has
ensured
that
he
is
approachable
and
can
be
sought
for
advice
anytime.
“My
door
is
always
open
for
you”
is
the
kind
of
comfort
and
equation,
Sairaj
has
built
at
the
workplace.