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Vikrant Shaurya is the CEO and Founder of BestsellingBook.com. He\\u2019s also the author of two #1 bestsellers: P.O.W.E.R: The Success Mantra, and How to Write a Bestseller: Become a Bestselling Author, Attract High-Value Clients, and Skyrocket Your Authority.

Vikrant is the most-viewed author for \\u201ceBook Publishing\\u201d on Quora and is recognized by the National Academy of Bestselling Authors.

Most passionate about

• I'm in the book publishing industry, where I help entrepreneurs publish their books.
• We help them turn their ideas into best-selling books through \\u201cdone for you\\u201d book writing, publishing, and marketing services.

Vikrant\\u2019s career and story

• Eleven to 12 years ago, I had just graduated from high school and my dad asked me, \\u201cWhat do you want to become in your life?\\u201d At that point, I had no idea, no clue. I was 16 or 17 and I had no vision at all for myself. I was just trying to enjoy my life.
• I told him that I wanted to be an engineer. I come from India and there is a kind of mentality that if you're not a doctor or engineer, people think that you are a failure.
• My dad thought that I was serious about my career and in my life. He sold his land so that I could be admitted to an engineering college.
• One day, I found this book by Robert Kiyosaki called \\u201cRich Dad Poor Dad.\\u201d I decided to do something of my own. The very same day, I dropped out of college. I started looking for a business idea and within a few months, I got one.
• I got some loans from my relatives, my seniors, my friends, and started a business that hired a bunch of employees. I made so many mistakes and within six months I had completely run out of money. I was 18 at the time.
• Then I discovered self-publishing. This was my introduction to self-publishing or book writing or publishing. I discovered that I could write books, publish books, and make some money out of it.
• I started writing books. The first book took just 21 days to write. I published that book and in the first month I made $27 in royalties.
• I wrote another book in just three days and published it. I also did some marketing and that month I made around $440.
• I started offering a coaching program through Facebook. I also added coaching fees, so I started making some money from that as well. Within one year, I had launched dozens of courses and eBooks and also helped thousands of students with my courses and coaching programs.

Best advice for entrepreneurs

• My simple advice would be, \\u201cstart small, think big.\\u201d
• One of the mistakes I made when I started with my first business was doing the complete opposite. I was starting big and thinking small.
• With my current business, I started very, very small. It was a one-person company, and only when I began to see the opportunity, I hire employees one by one. Now we have more than 40 people in the company and more than a thousand freelance partners.

The biggest, most critical failure with customers

• We help our clients become bestsellers but one client had this expectation that he would be selling billions of copies of his book.
• We take care of the launch for one or two months\\u2014like, we start, we do the marketing, we do the promotion, and we do the sales. There was a communication gap as well, which I had, where we mentioned something and he interpreted it as something else.
• I had to make a tough decision. We had helped him write the book, publish the book, but because we had some negative reviews, I had to refund him the money. But the thing is, I learned with the process. That's why, whenever a new client comes, we send them a proposal.

Biggest success with customers

• A client came to us three or four years ago. He offered a physical..."