The Globe and Mail recently spoke with Bunny Ghatrora about the entrepreneurship journey so far.My dad worked two jobs for a very long time. We weren’t underprivileged, but material items were never really important to us growing up. We were happy to play outside all day and figure out our own games to entertain ourselves. I think that’s what drives entrepreneurs – figuring out what can we do with nothing. I studied accounting and my sister studied law.
When I’m feeling like I need a break I turn to yoga class, a walk on the seawall or a hike. Sometimes self-care is something as simple as saying ‘no’ to plans and putting on a face mask and watching Netflix. It’s just about listening to my body and what I need at that time.There’s nobody else I would rather run a company with. Taran and I have different skill sets and bring different things to the company, which I think allows us to work well together.
You spent eight months in Silicon Valley in 2017 with venture-capital firm 500 Startups. What was that experience like? The biggest thing we gained was a network of not only entrepreneurs, but lifelong friends. We learn from each other and help each other out. We were some of the younger founders in our group. We were sponges and learned a lot. [Silicon Valley] is intense. It can be a bit of a bubble. People are engulfed in their startup and what they’re building. There’s also a huge culture of pay-it-forward in the Valley, at least in our experience.Stay ahead in your career.