In this episode, I’m speaking with Kundan Joshi, Founder and CEO of TheAppLabb & AI Labb, a leading app innovation firm that boasts of clients like Unilever, Samsung, Dell, Suncor, Petro Canada, RBC, TIFF, among others.

However, Kundan fell into entrepreneurship by accident. He needed a summer job after first year as his Dad was struggling to find work. He looked for software engineering jobs but couldn’t find any.

But not having a job wasn’t an option as he had to support the family. So Kundan took the best option at the time; sales.

And so, door-to-door energy sales. Selling credit cards at the intersection of Yonge and Dundas. Then a mall kiosk selling high-speed internet. He did so well that the owner told him, “You won’t make this much money in a year after you graduate. Why go back to school?”

But Kundan went back to school. But he also became a franchisee for Rogers, selling high-speed internet at Weston St, London, Ontario.

Kundan and I chat about:

• How failures expose your blind spots

• Why approaching every person you meet without judgement is freeing

• His entrepreneurial journey

• Why every crisis is also an opportunity