Shruti S. Parekh: Winner of the 2025 Great Companies International Women Entrepreneur Award
- Great Companies
- Apr 7
- 3 min read
Name: Shruti S. Parekh
Business Name: SPConsulting
Location: New York, NY , USA
Category: Career Guidance and Services Provide
Website: www.consultspc.co
Company Detail:
SPConsulting helps executives make effective career transitions. The firm serves as strategic partners to its clients, delivering a premium, highly customized experience through executive coaching, career planning, and career transition.
The services include brand development, job search strategies, strategic networking, interview preparation, offer evaluation, and salary negotiation. Resume/CV development, LinkedIn profile development, and job search optimization are also provided.
The firm works with clients from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups across various industries and functions, including financial services, professional services, technology, CPG, advertising, sales, retail, and non-profit. With nearly a 100% success rate, clients have secured roles at organizations such as Google, Uber, Verily, Visa, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo.
With a global footprint that continues to expand, SPConsulting has served clients in Mumbai, Dubai, London, Saigon, Singapore, Tokyo, New York, San Francisco, and Maui, among other major cities.
Unique Selling Proposition or Competitive Advantage:
Career transitions often lack effective strategic planning. Unlike other firms that offer only cookie-cutter solutions, SP Consulting Solutions enables end-to-end career transition support, from brand and market positioning through offer negotiation. This is achieved by first uncovering and understanding client goals and leveraging these insights to develop their brand, job search assets, and marketing and search strategies.
By staying up-to-date with the latest job market trends and hiring practices, the firm provides clients with the most relevant and effective guidance. Recognizing that job searching can be stressful, the firm strives to create a welcoming and supportive environment that helps clients feel at ease and gain the confidence to achieve their goals.
Challenges Faced During the Journey:
Starting the business was anything but easy. Shruti had zero funding, was battling cancer, was caretaking, and was juggling the weight of medical bills. With no foundation to start from, the odds were stacked against her. But she refused to let these obstacles define her path or deter her from pursuing her dream of building her own coaching firm.
Instead, these challenges fueled her determination. She had to be strategic, resourceful, and relentless in her efforts to market herself and build her reputation. Without the cushion of financial backing, she relied entirely on the quality of her services to generate word-of-mouth referrals and establish credibility in the industry. She knew that if she was going to succeed, every client interaction had to be exceptional.
Through perseverance, hard work, and a deep passion for what she does, she gained momentum. Slowly but surely, the business grew—one satisfied client at a time. Looking back, the challenges she faced only made her stronger and more committed to her mission of helping executives navigate their careers with confidence and clarity.
Advice for Women Entrepreneurs:
Keep going. No matter where they are in their business journey, there will be roadblocks and pain points at every stage. They will be tested—again and again. But in those moments, they have to believe in their goal, their mission, and the value they deliver.
Resilience is the key to success. Challenges will arise, but perseverance is what will set them apart. Stay focused, stay committed, and trust that their hard work will pay off. The path may not always be easy, but their determination will lead them to success.
