Varun Balsara grew up in India and went to an international school in Mumbai before heading to the UK for higher education. He studied for a BSc in Digital Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Warwick Business School.

Varun Balsara | ConnectUs

Varun was aware of the issue of isolation and loneliness while at Warwick University and it was while he was a student there that he founded ConnectUs, now known as ConnectWarwick. The project aimed to foster campus connections using a psychology-based algorithm and successfully helped hundreds of students find connections on campus.

Varun Balsara | Let’s Level Up

It was while at Warwick University that Varun found himself overwhelmed, worried about what life entailed after university. His experiences and observations led him to realize the need for more people-centric approaches in professional and educational settings. This realization eventually inspired him to create Let’s Level Up, a platform that helps online content creators build profitable communities and scale up their businesses.

Varun emphasises the importance of building genuine connections, both online and offline, to create a loyal audience and sustainable business model. Let’s Level Up focuses on human-centric values, helping others achieve their goals through innovative and supportive platforms.

Within two years Let’s Level Up has served over 200 experts, who connect with thousands of learners. It has attracted venture funding from APX (rebranded to heartfelt) and notable UK angel investors and has expanded into the US market.

Varun and Let’s Level Up are focused on product innovation and revolutionising knowledge commerce to empowering creators.

Varun Balsara | Speaking Topics

Varun adapts his talks to the needs of the organisation and audience. These are popular topics and themes:

Overall topics

• – Sales, Growth, Fundraising and Marketing
• – Starting and scaling businesses
• – Iteration
  

Hard Skills

• – Fundraising, Sales, Marketing, and Growth Strategies
• – Embracing Iteration in Business
• – Hiring Challenges, Including Those Older Than Myself
• – Insights into the Trillion-Dollar Coaching Industry
  

Mental Health

• – Mental Health and Therapy’s Role in Entrepreneurship (Addressing my experiences with OCD)
• – Overcoming Loneliness as an Immigrant Founder (I moved here from India in 2018)
• – Navigating Imposter Syndrome and Fear of Failure as 25 year old entrepreneur
• – Religion, Spirituality and Business.

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Varun Balsara | TedX Warwick and Podcasts

Varun delivered a Tedx Warwick titled What Impact Do You Want to Have on the World?. Varun opened up about the panic attacks he experienced when thinking about internships, assessment centres, CVs and the uncertain world of what to do after university.

He shared how the pause provided by the pandemic gave him time to ask himself ‘what impact do I want to have on this world?’. This led to Varun’s understanding of the need to find work he was passionate about, work that he loved, as well as the realisation that careers are not linear.

Varun co-hosted The Human Entrepreneur podcast in 2021, releasing 50 episodes of conversations with expert guests, providing listeners with the skills, mindset and confidence to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions while also managing mental health. As well as co-hosting his own podcast, Varun has been interviewed on Milennial Investing – The Investor Podcast and Breaking Uneven podcast.

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