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Bridging Gaps was ideated in 2010 with the vision of transforming the way family owned businesses sell.
About the Program
Startups embody the entrepreneurial spirit, brimming with ideas and energy, yet often face the challenge of lacking precise direction and a roadmap for their journey. The Sales Excellence workshop offers a distinctive blend of easily graspable and experiential learning, meticulously crafted for businesses in their initial three years of operation.
The Sales Excellence SME Program caters to startups and solopreneurs, presenting a comprehensive 12-month initiative that combines consulting and coaching. This program focuses on goal setting and creating a lasting legacy for business owners. Covering 12 intensive topics, it provides weekly follow-ups to ensure the implementation of the program. The ultimate objective of the program is to transform the dynamic from actively selling to the customer to having the customer willingly come and make purchases from your business.
What you will learn

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What our participants have to say
My takeaway to delegate *It should leave me time to be constructive *I have to be able to put a structure to it n be clear in my ask. *Put a system for review.
Hi Mentors Manisha & Salil The concept of knowing the kind of buyer I am dealing with is amazing as it's helping me to recognise their priorities which in turn helps me for better conversions. Especially the task of making the list of best clients is helping me to analyse my data in a very different & progressive way. Thank you so much for explaining it so deeply with so simple examples. I always look forward to your mentorship 🥳
It’s the completion of our study and it was a wonderful one! When I look at the growth everyone has had, it’s visual .. it’s right there in the numbers and I have never shared my growth through the numbers Because maybe it wasn’t in there that way needed but there been so so much background growth and that wouldn’t have been possible without the study and discussions. I am taking my first visible step today with an Instagram live and @Salil Arekar, thank you so much for the conversation the other day of Just Jump Into It! @Manisha Rastogi, thank you for being patient with me and understanding where I was coming from which was mostly I don’t feel it, but now I do and I see the Goal, though not in numbers yet but in creation. And each one of you, I truly mean this.. I have got so much, simply through presence and observation, each one of you have so much to give and share. Have loved the spirit of the group. So, thank you so much! Do join the live if you’ll can, it’s called Divine Insight.
I have been hearing a lot about using the education imparted during leadership trainings to our respective business, BUT somehow never came around to it. Until Today. The session on *Excel & Analysis* taught me to corelate my data against my numbers to tell me where I need to invest my time and where I need to invest my resources. We keep telling stories to ourselves but when the numbers are aligned , they tell the reality. Thankyou for teaching us to look at ourselves in the mirror today @Salil Arekar and @Manisha Rastogi 🙏🏽❤️
Thank you Salil for the Brilliant Session on how to use Pivot Tables and Vlookup functions in Excel.. Its really gonna help me in my operations.. In fact it took me 3 days to generate a qty summary of various repetitive items for an order with possibility of human errors. I could have done it in a matter of minutes with the above two functions.. Amazing.. Thank you once again.. 😀👍
@Manisha Rastogi @Salil Arekar 2.0 will always hold a special place in my heart. It's the questions you threwb across us during the course that made me really work on where I want to go, come out of my 'lost phase' and finally find my footing in a helping profession. Sales Excellence 2.0 really made way for Vinisha 2.0 and this year is going to be all showing that face to the world. 😎
I think every session is an excellent learning experience very insightful ,self realisation what I'm loving the most❤️ , POD is the foundation of any business which everyone needs to work on.. Real life examples help u to correlate the content taught and becomes easier for us to apply in our businesses Thank you so @Manisha Rastogi and Salil sir for such productive sessions..
Big thanks to @Salil Arekar & @Manisha Rastogi for guiding all of us throughout the year-long sales management course! Your support and expertise made a huge difference in my learning journey. Forever grateful! 🙏🏻 Also thanks to all the batch mates who made the learning experience so much fun! Wishing each one of you the best in your future endeavors. Let's stay connected & keep rocking the sales world together! 🌟
Thank u @Manisha Rastogi and @Salil Arekar for this amazing one year on sales and growth .It has given me and my venture an edge to thrive for more in a structured way .. I am looking forward for more such learning from u guys in future . Hope we all keep in touch . Thank you 😊
Dear Manisha & Salil, Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and insights on implementation of sales techniques into professional growth, how it impacts and various methods of looking at Sales in a different perspective. One year of togetherness was full of learnings and results driven, will continue to re-visit, utilise, implement the same and may reconnect with you if any inputs required. It was mindful interaction with each member of Batch 14 SE, wishing very best to everyone and hope to staying in touch, see you soon in near future 😊
Thank you @ Manisha & @ Salil. If this wasn't there I would have not laid this blue print too. I am much clear now and doubly confident to achieve goals. Thank you for all your guidance, motivation, & those tools which will be useful through out our enterprenurial journey. You both have got best out of us ! Thank you
Meet The Team

Manisha Rastogi
A visionary and motivator, Manisha first brings to the table a positive air of belief in the business goals. This, coupled with her assertiveness and proactive nature, sets the wheels moving. A meticulous planner, she works out every detail. A weird mix of persistence and impatience keeps her restless until your targets are reality.
With an MMS in Marketing, Manisha spent 10 years at Matsushita Electric Works and Sify, where she gained experience in creating a distribution network, managing franchisees, increasing retail sales, handling new product/service launches, and conceptualizing innovative BTL activities. In 2010, she created Bridging Gaps with the aim of transforming the way businesses sell.
Accolades:
Speaker at Unplugged by Tedx gateway on Art of Execution in 2019
Core team member of the Indian Womens Business Club since 2019
State Vice Chairperson , Maharashtra : Womens Empowerment & Entrepreneurship -Confederation of Indian Micro Small & Medium Enterprise since 2020

Salil Arekar
Equipped with an analytical mind and clear, task-driven thinking, Salil simplifies things, making everything complex and easy to implement. He sets high standards for efficiency and consistency; at the same time, he is practical enough to acknowledge the caveats facing any execution and is a great team player.
Professional journey: Salil’s career began in the dynamic sales field at Standard Chartered Bank. He then transitioned to HDFC Ltd., where he honed his skills in customer service and credit assessment. His career turned towards analytics and risk management when he joined Vodafone and Reliance, where he excelled in operations management, team leadership, and process management.
After eight years in this industry, his true calling beckoned. It was time to channel the learning from so many years of experience into a single focused element: IMPLEMENTATION.
Accolades:
Member of Business Networking International – BNI from 2014-2023

Course Duration: 12 Months
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