Darshan M
“I build worlds where ideas fight, roar, and dance, sometimes all at once.”
About
Buttoned up, I advise brands, build ventures, write ideas into action, and architect the future.
Dressed down, I chase spice trails, dig soil, cuddle dogs, and lose myself in winding roads.
Dressed down, I chase spice trails, dig soil, cuddle dogs, and lose myself in winding roads.
I work with founders, CEOs, and leadership teams as a strategic advisor—helping them think clearly, decide faster, and build businesses with conviction.
My role sits at the intersection of strategy, storytelling, and execution. I partner closely with founders during moments of transition: early scale, reinvention, capital raises, brand inflection points, or when the business has outgrown its original narrative.
What I advise on:
I don’t run day-to-day operations.
I act as a thinking partner, challenging assumptions, pressure-testing ideas, and helping founders see around corners.
Most engagements are deep, high-trust, and long-term, working directly with the founder rather than through layers.
Who I typically work with:
My role sits at the intersection of strategy, storytelling, and execution. I partner closely with founders during moments of transition: early scale, reinvention, capital raises, brand inflection points, or when the business has outgrown its original narrative.
What I advise on:
- Founder-level strategy & first-principles thinking
- Business model clarity & growth pathways
- Brand, narrative, and positioning at scale
- IP creation, monetisation & ecosystem thinking
- Go-to-market and partnership strategy
- Board, investor, and stakeholder communication
I don’t run day-to-day operations.
I act as a thinking partner, challenging assumptions, pressure-testing ideas, and helping founders see around corners.
Most engagements are deep, high-trust, and long-term, working directly with the founder rather than through layers.
Who I typically work with:
- Founder-led companies
- Media, consumer, sports, culture, and IP-driven businesses
- Leaders navigating scale, reinvention, or complexity.
Darshan has been selected as one of the top 20 future business leaders of India, by the prestigious business magazine BUSINESS TODAY.
What can I do for you?
I can help You Prepare for High-Stakes Conversations
Be a Sounding Board During Inflection Points
And design Scalable Business & IP Ecosystems
Innovation
Break through limits. Rethink direction.
I help leaders reset vision, reframe strategy, and unlock new possibilities.
Influence Mangement
Shape how the world sees you.
Deep brand, media & influence insights for founders, creators & organisations.
Strategic Partnerships
Identify, structure, and unlock partnerships that create real leverage, not noise. High-level thinking and founder-to-founder strategy to guide decisions with confidence.
"The world is too big to stay in one place, and life is too short to do just one thing."
Some of my entrepreneurial ventures.
- Deivee is India's leading organic, Fairtrade and sustainable yoga lifestyle brand.
- Sportytrip is one of India's leading sports experience company.
- Haute Dawg is India's first brand of vegan, gluten-free and sustainable doggie chews brand.
- PLAY is a leading Sports Media & Entertainment management company.
- FrontFoot Pictures is movie production company that specialised in telling stories from the world of sports.
- Coorg Angels is an initiative to support start-ups, and founders from coorg with capital, expertise, and mentoring.
- Cherapunjee is an idea-first, media-agnostic creative studio that builds original, culturally resonant IPs across entertainment, sport, design, and experience. We don’t follow trends — we create new weather systems.
- LOVE ALL is a movement to celebrate the achievements of people with disabilities. The movement promotes inclusivity and hopes to inspire a generation to create sustainable change.
It’s been a wild ride. One that continues to evolve, with stories to tell, worlds to build, and boundaries to break.
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