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ABOUT SHUBHAM SALGAONKAR

I write from the middle of the journey—not after the mess has been edited out.

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I am an entrepreneur and writer from Mumbai. My work sits where ambition, uncertainty, systems and human behaviour meet.

Failing My Way Forward is the most personal expression of that work: an honest record of what happens when the plan breaks and you still have to decide what comes next.

Failing My Way Forward by Shubham Salgaonkar

THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY

Failure became useful only when I stopped treating it as an ending.

I have had ideas that moved, plans that stalled and seasons where confidence disappeared before the work did. The book grew from those experiences—not as a formula, but as a companion for anyone who is still finding their way forward.

“Failure didn’t stop me. It showed me the way.”

THE LONGER VERSION

Four chapters that shaped the work.

01Mumbai

Learning to build before everything felt certain

I grew up in Mumbai with more ideas than a neat plan. I was interested in business, people and why some systems move while others stay stuck. That curiosity became a habit: start, learn, change course and begin again.

02Liverpool

Distance changed the way I looked at failure

Studying International Business in Liverpool gave me distance from the version of success I had inherited. New places, work and uncertainty made one thing clear: progress is rarely a straight line, and pretending otherwise does not help anyone.

03The work

Books, businesses and practical systems

I keep returning to the same problem—how to turn a scattered idea into something useful. Alongside books and digital projects, I collaborate with companies to provide point-of-sale systems shaped around how their teams actually work.

04The book

Why I wrote Failing My Way Forward

I did not want to write from a polished finish line. I wanted to document the middle: backlogs, wrong turns, restarts, ambition, doubt and the decision to keep moving before the outcome becomes obvious.

COMPANY COLLABORATIONS

Point-of-sale systems built around the business—not the other way around.

I also collaborate with companies to provide POS systems that support their day-to-day operations. The work begins with understanding how the team sells, tracks and serves, then shaping a system that fits that reality.

Contact me about a POS system

A NOTE TO THE READER

This website is not a résumé with a shop attached.

It is a place for the books, the ideas behind them and the conversations that begin after someone reads. The storefront exists to make that relationship direct; the rest of the site will keep growing with the work.