Scribble Talk - Baskar Sundaram (Privilege, Walking without slippers, Comedian, Foodie - The Camel, Fitness Addict, Wannabe Linguist and Historian, Proud Tamil, Trekker, Education is my passion)
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Special Episode\\xa0 -\\xa0 Samantha Enslen joins us a co-host
Today\\u2019s Guest is Baskar Sundaram.\\xa0
Baskar is Founding Director of Baachu, UK based Market Development advisory. He is an award winning entrepreneur and is ranked #1 advisor to investors in business services industry. Baskar established Baachu Scribble, learning platform for bids and proposal community in 2019. Scribble is APMP Approved Training Organisation and has supported 170 professionals in 29 countries attain APMP Certifications.\\xa0
He launched Scribble Scholarship in 2019 for aspiring bid and proposal professionals honouring his mentors Howard Nutt and Tony Birch. Recently Baskar launched Scribble at Home free and low cost programmes and is normally the co-host of this podcast, Scribble Talk.\\xa0
Prior to founding Baachu, Baskar served as Head of Business Development at Serco where he worked for 11 years. Baskar received a Bachelor of Engineering from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India and Master of Science from Imperial College, London. Baskar is APMP CP, a Chartered Accountant/Chartered Manager and has degrees and professional qualifications in electrical engineering, accounting, coaching, finance, law, proposal and project management.\\xa0
Baskar has supported clients on ~50 major deals, co-created 15+ strategic sales development frameworks, trained ~500+ people in all aspects of bid lifecycle. He published Bid Buddy - self-improvement journal for bidding professionals in 2016, Proposal Specialist Guide - Pathway to APMP Foundation certification in 2019 and Sales specialist guide in 2020.\\xa0
His High Inspiration Programme gives work experience opportunities to 20 Croydon College students every year. In 2020, Baskar launched Baachu pledge 2020 - Donate by Doing community driven social impact movement encouraging low carbon healthier habits and sustainable living.\\xa0
Baskar educates 220 children in India. Baskar is an active member of BSA and APMP. His awards include APMP 2017 40 under 40, Entrepreneur of the year and Business in the community.\\xa0
Life priorities\\xa0 - Health and Relationships
Interests\\xa0 - Trekking, TAMIL, Travel, Buddhism, Asian HISTORY, FOOD
In this episode, we will discuss Baskar's\\xa0
Life and Education\\xa0
First job at KFC\\xa0
Serco career\\xa0
Memorable training efforts including the recent Time Blocking Webinar\\xa0
Version of Full Stack Bidder\\xa0
Entrepreneurial journey with Baachu and how has the company evolved over the years including Baachu Scribble and Baachu Rain?\\xa0
Baachu pledge 2020 - why do we need to donate by doing?\\xa0
Baachu Scribble mission is to "Democratising Bidding Knowledge"?\\xa0
Memorable Bid Con - New Orleans\\xa0
Scribble scholarships story\\xa0
Mentors - Howard Nutt and Tony Birch\\xa0
Books \\xa0
Most influential people in his life and career?
Advice to bid and proposal colleagues\\xa0
Covid19 #fmheroes story\\xa0
Few random questions\\xa0
- \\xa0If you could be any male/female sports star, who would you be?
- What's your favorite TV show of all time and why?
- If you could be anywhere else right now, where would it be?
- \\xa0What's the first thing you do when you get home from a trip?
- \\xa0What random stranger has had the biggest impact on your life?\\xa0
- \\xa0Tell us about a unique or quirky habit of yours?