CA Manan Vasa Keynote Speaker | Altus Corp
Speaker profile & programs

CA Manan Vasa Business transformation architect.

Ten Talks and Workshops, each available in standard formats. Every session is tailored to your audience and delivered with the signature #NoGyaanOnlyGain approach.

#NoGyaanOnlyGain Speaker · Founder, Altus Corp Unleashed, Mumbai, India
About Manan

Practical, jargon free, built to be applied the very next morning.

Speaker

Chartered Accountant (IIM Calcutta, IIM Kozhikode, CFA Level 3) and Business Transformation Architect with 22+ years of experience.

Reach

Has advised 1,500+ founders across 200+ industries and is the Founder of Altus Corp, the voice behind #NoGyaanOnlyGain.

Approach

Every Keynote and Workshop is practical and Jargon-free, built to be applied the very next morning.

22+
Years experience
1500+
Founders advised
200+
Industries served
The core insight
“Results come from disciplined systems, not louder effort.”
CA Manan Vasa
What audiences take away
01
A repeatable system they can apply on Monday morning.
02
Frameworks tested across 1,500+ real founders.
03
Clarity and speed over theory and buzzwords.
Programs & formats

Four standard formats.

Format
Duration
Best for
Keynote Address
60 Mins
Conferences & town halls
Interactive Workshop
120 Mins
Teams & leadership groups
Team Intensive
180 Mins
Deep-dive working sessions
Annual Planning Retreat
Full Day
Year-end offsites (Talk 10)
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The ten talks

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01 Million Dollar HabitsThe small, repeatable disciplines behind every big business outcome. +

Drawing on 22+ years advising 1,500+ founders across 200+ industries, this keynote breaks down the unglamorous, repeatable habits that separate businesses that scale from those that stall, across decision-making, time, money and team, and shows how they compound into outsized results.

Takeaways
01The recurring daily habits Manan has observed across every high-growth founder he has advised.
02Why “more hustle” is not the answer, and what actually moves the needle.
03A simple framework to audit personal and team habits against million-dollar benchmarks.
04How to install habits that survive busy seasons, not just good days.
Ideal for
Founders & Entrepreneurs Middle Management Corporate Leadership Offsites B-School & MBA Audiences Sales Leadership Teams
Format options
60 Mins · Keynote Address
120 Mins · Interactive Workshop
180 Mins · Team Intensive
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02 Productivity ShastraAncient discipline. Modern productivity. +

Productivity Shastra is CA Manan Vasa's signature framework for personal and team productivity, built on his 4 Laws of Productivity and tested across 1,500+ founders. This talk gives audiences a practical, no-fluff system to reclaim time and multiply output, without working longer hours.

Takeaways
01The 4 Laws of Productivity, and how to apply them starting Monday morning.
02Why most productivity advice fails founders and professionals, and what works instead.
03A live framework to identify your single biggest productivity leak right now.
04A repeatable weekly rhythm built for high-output professionals.
Ideal for
Corporates (Mid to Senior Mgmt) Founders & Solopreneurs Colleges & Young Professionals Sales & Ops Teams
Format options
60 Mins · Keynote Address
120 Mins · Interactive Workshop
180 Mins · Team Intensive
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03 Scale-Up SensiblyGrowth without the chaos. +

Most businesses don't fail from a lack of growth, they fail from growing the wrong way. Drawing on consulting engagements across 200+ industries, this keynote unpacks how founders can scale revenue, team and operations without breaking culture, cash flow, or their own sanity.

Takeaways
01The 3 early warning signs that a business is scaling unsustainably.
02A founder's checklist to run before the next big hire, market entry, or fundraise.
03Why you must systemise before you scale, not after.
04Real patterns from 1,500+ founders on what separates sensible scale-ups from cautionary tales.
Ideal for
Founders & CEOs Family Business Next-Gen Leaders Chambers of Commerce Growth-Stage Startup Teams
Format options
60 Mins · Keynote Address
120 Mins · Interactive Workshop
180 Mins · Team Intensive
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04 Every Day SuperstarExcellence is not an event. It's a routine. +

A high-energy talk built for audiences who want more than inspiration, they want a repeatable formula for consistent high performance. Manan breaks down what separates one-time achievers from everyday superstars: the unseen routines, mindsets and small wins that compound daily.

Takeaways
01The Everyday Superstar formula: 3 inputs that compound into outsized careers.
02Why consistency beats intensity, and how to build it without burning out.
03A practical self-audit to spot personal performance gaps in real time.
04How the formula applies at any level, from interns to CXOs.
Ideal for
College & B-School Students Young Professionals & Interns Sales & Frontline Teams Corporate Town Halls
Format options
60 Mins · Keynote Address
120 Mins · Interactive Workshop
180 Mins · Team Intensive
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05 Purpose: The Gangotri of LifeEvery river has a source. So does every meaningful life. +

Gangotri is the glacial source from which the river Ganga begins, small and quiet, yet powerful enough to sustain a civilisation downstream. This reflective keynote uses that metaphor to help audiences locate their own source: a clear sense of purpose their energy and decisions can flow from.

Takeaways
01Why purpose, not motivation, is the real long-term fuel for performance.
02A simple, guided exercise to locate your personal “Gangotri”, your source of purpose.
03How purpose-driven individuals and teams outlast purely incentive-driven ones.
04Connecting personal purpose directly to professional decision-making.
Ideal for
Leadership Retreats & Offsites College Convocations Founder & Entrepreneur Forums Culture-Focused Corporate Events
Format options
60 Mins · Keynote Address
120 Mins · Interactive Workshop
180 Mins · Team Intensive
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06 How to map your organisation and life decisions through IkigaiYour reason for being, made practical. +

Ikigai, the Japanese concept of “a reason to wake up every morning,” is often discussed but rarely operationalised. This keynote introduces Manan's six-domain Ikigai framework, built for founders and professionals, to translate a beautiful philosophy into a usable life and career compass.

Takeaways
01The six domains that make up a practical, usable Ikigai framework.
02How to map your own career and life decisions against your Ikigai.
03Why most “passion vs. profession” advice oversimplifies the real picture.
04A take-home worksheet audiences can apply from the very next day.
Ideal for
Colleges & Universities Corporate Wellness Programs Founder & Leadership Retreats Career Transition Audiences
Format options
60 Mins · Keynote Address
120 Mins · Interactive Workshop
180 Mins · Team Intensive
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07 No Purpose No BusinessWhen the why is clear, the business builds itself. +

Purpose as operating logic: this keynote makes the case that a clear reason to exist is not a poster on the wall but a decision engine. Manan shows how a well-defined why guides hiring, pricing, product and every hard call a founder faces, and why businesses anchored in purpose move faster with less internal friction.

Takeaways
01How to translate a vague mission into a working decision filter.
02Why purpose-led hiring and pricing outperform reactive choices.
03The tell-tale signs a business is drifting from its why.
04A short exercise to articulate a purpose the whole team can use.
Ideal for
Founders & Entrepreneurs Family Business Startups Purpose-led Organisations
Format options
60 Mins · Keynote Address
120 Mins · Interactive Workshop
180 Mins · Team Intensive
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08 Business From 15,000 Sq.Ft.Turn operating discipline into a business that runs without you. +

A hands-on working session that turns operating discipline into freedom. Manan walks founders through building a Productive Team and an up-scalable business: clarifying aspirational turnover and take-home, mapping every function and drawing the organogram they need now versus five years out, and delegating everything except decision-making, strategy and vision, so the entire operation can be wrapped up in under two hours a day.

Takeaways
01How to set aspirational turnover and take-home, then design the team and organogram needed to reach it in 3 to 5 years.
02How to write clear Objectives, Key Results and KPIs for yourself and every key employee, and review them weekly like a scorecard.
03How to delegate execution, fix the work that has no owner, and free 3 to 4 hours a day for real strategy (Hire 3, Fire 2).
04How to trace any challenge to its root cause, in Strategy, Systems and Process or a person's knowledge, skill and attitude, with a reality-check to score how productively the business really runs.
Ideal for
Founders & CEOs Operations Leaders Growth-Stage Teams Family Business
Format options
60 Mins · Keynote Address
120 Mins · Interactive Workshop
180 Mins · Team Intensive
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09 Every Conversation Is A Sales ConversationSelling is not a department. It's a mindset. +

This keynote reframes selling as the everyday skill of creating value and trust in conversation. Manan shows how every exchange, with a customer, a colleague, or a candidate, is a chance to move something forward, and how to make each one count without ever sounding salesy.

Takeaways
01Why selling is a mindset, not a job title.
02How to create value and trust in any conversation.
03A simple structure to move any exchange forward.
04Everyday habits that make selling feel natural, never pushy.
Ideal for
Sales & Frontline Teams Founders Customer-Facing Roles Business Development
Format options
60 Mins · Keynote Address
120 Mins · Interactive Workshop
180 Mins · Team Intensive
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10 Completing the Year WorkshopClose the year with clarity. Open the next with a plan. +

A guided, hands-on workshop to close one year well and open the next with focus. Manan walks teams through a structured review of the year, helps them set prioritised goals, and separates what you should do from what you can do, so everyone leaves with a concrete, written plan rather than good intentions.

Takeaways
01A structured way to review the year that surfaces real lessons.
02How to separate what you should do from what you can do.
03A prioritisation method that survives contact with a busy calendar.
04A concrete, written plan every participant leaves with.
Ideal for
Leadership Teams Family Business Annual Offsites Founder Forums
Format options
60 Mins · Keynote Address
120 Mins · Interactive Workshop
180 Mins · Team Intensive
Full Day · Annual Planning Retreat
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Manan Vasa has been invited as a thought leader to address universities / forums / organisations / associations such as
JITO
JITOJITOJITO
Bombay Chartered Accountants' Society
Bombay Chartered Accountants' SocietyBCASBombay Chartered Accountants' Society
CVO Chartered & Cost Accountants
CVOCVOCVO Chartered & Cost Accountants
Rotary International
Rotary InternationalRotaryRotary International
Lions Business Network
Lions Business NetworkLionsLions Business Network
Ascent Foundation
Ascent FoundationAscentAscent Foundation
Bombay Industries Association
Bombay Industries AssociationBIABombay Industries Association
MCHI CREDAI
MCHI CREDAIMCHIMCHI CREDAI
Vidarbha Management Association
Vidarbha Management AssociationVMAVidarbha Management Association
The Saturday Club
The Saturday ClubTSCThe Saturday Club
Practising Engineers, Architects & Town Planners Assn.
Practising Engineers, Architects & Town Planners AssociationPEATAPractising Engineers, Architects & Town Planners Assn.
Kutch Corporate Forum
Kutch Corporate ForumKCFKutch Corporate Forum
Mumbai University
Mumbai UniversityMUMumbai University
Business Leadership League
Business Leadership LeagueBLLBusiness Leadership League
Booking

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Every session is tailored to your audience and delivered with Altus Corp's signature #NoGyaanOnlyGain approach: practical, structured, and immediately usable.

Unleashed, Mumbai, India