Anant Kataria, CEO and Cofounder of Sagacious IP, joins the Ask A CEO Podcast to share how to monetize, secure, and grow IP (intellectual property), the aspiration behind Sagacious IP, and his top tip for CEOs.
Key facts
- Anant’s LinkedIn
- Sagacious IP’s website
- Anant holds a BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Anant and Tarun Kumar Bansal Cofounded Sagacious IP in 2008
- Sagacious IP is one of the largest IP solutions providers globally
- Sagacious IP helps the world’s largest companies to monetize IP, defend IP litigations and maximize IP budgets
- Since 2008, Sagacious has served over 2000 customers with high-quality IP solutions
- Team Sagacious consists of over 300 professionals
- Sagacious was awarded the Red Herring Asia 100 in 2015
Anant and Tarun were featured on the CNBC TV Show “Young Turks” in 2014
Key takeaways
- Anant started his career as Assistant Manager at Maruti Suzuki India in 2004 but soon realized his passion lay with entrepreneurship
- The book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” – by Robert Kiyosaki inspired Anant to investigate entrepreneurship
- Through Sagacious IP, Anant aims to help organizations monetize, expand and defend their IP portfolios
- Sagacious IP has successfully handled over 12,500 projects globally. Its footprints can be found in over 60 countries with more than 2,000 clients base
- Team Sagacious consists of 300 professionals with well-versed backgrounds in handling IP concerns
- Anant has helped his clients save over $500m and generate over $1,000m with his expertise and consultancy in handling various challenges of the IP life cycle
- To keep the passion of making a difference in key stakeholders lives during COVID-19, Anant launched several innovative schemes and programs such as;
- A covered research assistance program that helps his clients to have 1500 hours free research assistance
- A delayed, deferred billing program for the client, in which clients can make payments later
- COVID vacation initiative for employees, where they could enjoy extra paid leave
- COVID fund in which employees were provided with interest-free loans
- As a CEO, Anant works with these three principals to be successful:
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- Aligning his team towards Sagacious’s vision
- Offering the right monetary incentive for employees
- Eliminating workload distractions for employees
- Anant believes in motivating his team members to help them achieve higher goals and to push their working skills to the next level
- Anant wants to be recognized as the most trusted and indispensable part of the IP community globally in the future
About Monetize, Secure and Grow IP with Anant Kataria, CEO and Cofounder of Sagacious IP
I am a first generation entrepreneur. I cofounded Sagacious IP in 2008, at the age of 25, in New Delhi India to provide patent research/analytics and other innovation consulting to companies and law forms across the globe. We are now a team of over 300 technolegal professionals spread over 9 offices in 6 countries. We are not a unicorn, but, we are a bootstrapped, proftable business that has been growing well YoY.
I am a Mechanical Engineer by education and worked at the R&D Center of Suzuki Motors’ Indian subsidiary before bring into IP.
I am a Mechanical Engineer by education and worked at the R&D Center of Suzuki Motors’ Indian subsidiary before bring into IP.