Ravi Mallik is the Founder and Managing Principal of Sand Dollar Capital, a firm specializing in relative value trading and private investing using strategies including volatility arbitrage, correlation trading, long and short equity trading, and capitalizing on macro trends.

Before Sand Dollar, Ravi was the Vice President of Business Process Management for North America at Virtusa, a company that helps businesses scale by combining industry expertise and frictionless technology delivery. He also founded and was the CEO of Agora Group, a robotics process automation consulting company that he scaled to 75 employees with offices in the UK, India, Canada, and the US and sold after 15 years. His extensive operational investment experience has led Ravi to work in Fortune 500 companies, including IBM, American Express, Charles Schwab & Co., and Blue Cross Blue Shield.

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Are you struggling to grow and scale your business? Would you like to learn from a serial entrepreneur who has been in your shoes and created thriving businesses?

After starting his first business, Agora Group, Ravi Mallik realized that beginning, running, and scaling a business is no easy feat. While bootstrapping and operating the first strategy and technology consulting firm in North America, he faced many difficulties and setbacks. However, in time, he overcame its challenges, and Agora thrived for 15 years, at which time he sold and exited the business. He took what he learned and started other entrepreneurial endeavors, and Ravi has advice and many tips to share with those who want to begin and grow their own companies.

In this episode of The Game is The Game Podcast, Keith Burns sits down with Ravi Mallik, Founder and Managing Principal of Sand Dollar Capital, to discuss what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. Ravi shares his background and what drove him into entrepreneurship, how he overcame the early challenges and pitfalls of building Agora Group, dealing with life after exit, and the importance of mentorship.