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Resources for Small Business Owners

Empowering small business owners with essential tools and knowledge, this section delves into continuous learning resources, mastering customer service, assembling a stellar team, and strategies for effectively scaling your business. Navigate through to unlock the potential of your enterprise.

Continuous Learning

• SBDC
• MBDA
• Join CEO Groups and Industry Organizations
• Vistage
• Goldman Sachs 10KSB
• Biz Owners Ed
• Birthing of the Giants
• The NMSDC Kellogg Advanced Management Executive Program

Customer Service

• Measure Customer Satisfaction – Net Promoter Score (NPS) Survey

Building a Winning Team

• Put the Right People in the Right Seats
• Measure Employee Engagement

Systems for Scaling Up

• Scalable, Repeatable Sales Engine
• Entrepreneurial Operating System

About Indu Sanka

Indu Sanka, an accomplished business leader and entrepreneur, serves as the dynamic CEO of Red Elephant (formerly FSGS), a renowned design and architectural signage manufacturing and installation company that caters to diverse commercial facilities. For the past 15 years, Red Elephant has been simplifying and streamlining the visual branding of properties through their strong expertise and consistently reliable customer service. Under Indu’s astute guidance, Red Elephant has grown tenfold in the last five years, gaining recognition as an INC 5000 listed company. Today, Red Elephant’s extensive project portfolio spans Texas and six other neighboring states, enabling them to reach a broad customer base with their superior expertise and consistent customer service.

Indu is a trailblazer in the women business owner’s community, renowned for her strategic partnership-building efforts among women-owned companies. Her unwavering commitment to women empowerment has won her many prestigious awards from the Women’s Business Council. She has also made it to the prestigious Dallas Business Journal 40 under 40 list in 2022. Indu is a true global citizen, hailing from India, where she developed a deep passion for yoga and meditation, earning her diploma in her teens, followed by an undergraduate degree in engineering. She later completed her MBA in corporate finance and business analytics, graduating as valedictorian from Southern Methodist University’s professional MBA program. Most recently, Indu is recognized with the Outstanding Young Alumni award by SMU Cox School of Business.

With 12 years of prior experience in corporate consulting for several top-tier brands, including Southwest Airlines, Indu honed her skills and developed her adventurous career trajectory, constantly pushing herself to reach greater heights. She thrives on challenges and eschews comfort zones, always striving to achieve her goals. Indu enjoys spending time with her husband and two wonderful kids residing in Irving, Texas.

Indu’s extensive experience, diverse skills, and passion for excellence make her a true inspiration to all aspiring business leaders.