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Business clarity
He asks what is actually happening before asking what software should be bought, built or changed.
Business × Technology × People
He makes complex things simpler.
Mayank Kariya is a business and technology thinker, founder, director and author. His strength is understanding what is really happening inside a business, finding what is missing, and connecting people, process and technology to make it work better.
Business systems · People · Technology · Teams · Product thinking
Director · Founder · Author
Mayank Kariya
Mayank Kariya
01 / Who is Mayank?
Not an expert in everything.
A person who knows how to connect the right things.
A person who knows how to connect the right things.
Mayank's career has never been one straight line. Commerce, CA, photography, a family business, finance, banking, project finance, technology, CRM, entrepreneurship and leadership have each added another lens to the way he sees a business.
That range became a strength. He learned to look at a problem from the owner's side, the employee's side, the finance side, the process side and the technology side.
Today, his value is often in the space between those perspectives — understanding a business problem, structuring it, knowing what technology can realistically solve, understanding the people involved, and finding the expertise required when something falls outside his own knowledge.
The full storyBusinessUnderstand the reality
PeopleUnderstand the behaviour
TechnologyUnderstand the possibility
StructureConnect it all
02 / What he brings
The value is inthe connection.
Mayank is strongest when the problem sits between functions and nobody owns the complete picture.
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Process clarity
He breaks messy work into people, decisions, approvals, information and outcomes that can be understood.
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Technology clarity
He translates business needs into technology language and understands where automation helps — and where it doesn't.
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People clarity
He considers adoption, habits, fear, motivation and the psychology behind why a system succeeds or fails.
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Team clarity
He can identify missing capability, help define the role and help find the right person to bring it into the business.
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Execution clarity
He turns an unclear idea into a structure people can discuss, build, test, improve and operate.
03 / His method
Before the solution,understand the problem.
His natural way of working can be reduced to a simple sequence.
STEP 01Understand
What is really happening?
STEP 02Simplify
What is actually important?
STEP 03Structure
How should the pieces connect?
STEP 04Connect
Who and what is missing?
STEP 05Build
What should become real?
STEP 06Improve
How can it work better?
04 / How Mayank sees things
The same problem.A different lens.
Seven everyday assumptions — and the question Mayank asks instead.
General POV
“The business needs a better system.”
BusinessMayank's POV
“Before changing the system, understand why the business is struggling. The problem may not be technology at all.”
05 / For founders
When a founderneeds another brain.
Mayank can be useful when the business needs someone who can sit between functions and strengthen whatever is currently missing.
The quiet co-founder idea
He doesn't need to know everything.
He needs to know what is missing.
Sometimes the missing piece is technology. Sometimes it is a process. Sometimes it is a leader, a specialist, a better hire, a clearer requirement or simply another person who can think through the problem with the founder.
Business structure
Operations
Technology
Hiring
Team building
Efficiency
Systems
Decision making
Finding specialists
Execution
Sometimes: advisor
A focused engagement to understand the business, identify the gap and create a practical direction.
Sometimes: operating partner
Closer involvement when the founder needs another experienced person inside the problem, not outside it.
Sometimes: co-founder
For the right business, Mayank can consider a deeper commitment of time, effort and potentially equity — when the opportunity and people are right.
06 / How he leads
Build people whodon't need you forever.
The goal of leadership is not permanent dependence. It is growth.
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Respect
People should be treated with respect even when expectations are high.
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Ownership
A good system creates ownership instead of making every decision travel upward.
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Growth
The people around a company should have a path to become stronger than they were yesterday.
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Relationships
Long-term trust matters more than short-term transactions.
07 / The experiences behind the thinking
A career builtthrough pivots.
Each chapter added another perspective. None of it was wasted.
Foundation
Commerce → CA
Commerce education and CA articleship created the early foundation in finance, discipline and business. The CA path changed, but the learning remained.
Exploration
Photography → family business
Early work outside a conventional path brought direct exposure to customers, responsibility, uncertainty and running something of his own.
Finance
Credit → banking → project finance
Working across credit, banking and project finance taught him how businesses make decisions around money, documentation, growth and risk.
Technology
Zoho → business systems
The shift into CRM and technology revealed a natural strength: understanding business requirements and turning them into practical systems and processes.
Leadership
Director, Reformiqo
Leading software implementation and ERP work — where business reality, people and technology have to meet every single day.
Entrepreneurship
The Tiny Apps Company
Product building became another way to turn recurring problems into focused tools, without losing sight of the business behind the software. Today that includes SpacePartner for coworking spaces and ERPBlueprint for ERP requirements.
Today
Director → founder → author
Mayank now works across business technology, leadership, product building and writing — still learning, still building, still asking questions.
08 / Today
The companies are chapters.Mayank is the story.
Where his way of thinking is being applied right now.
Director
Reformiqo Business Services
Mayank works around business technology, ERP/CRM, implementation, process improvement, people and growth. His role gives him a place to apply his ability to connect business reality with technology.
reformiqo.comFounder
The Tiny Apps Company
A product-building venture focused on small, useful applications and practical technology.
Explore the venturesNew website & writing launched
A new home for my thinking on business, technology, people — and the life the work is for.
Building ERPBlueprint
Clear BRDs for ERPNext implementations — before the first consultant meeting.
Building SpacePartner
The operating system for coworking — bookings, billing, access and community in one place.
First book completed
“From Losing a Father to Becoming a Father — My Life, My Insight.”
09 / The Tiny Apps Company
Small tools.Real problems.
Each product starts from a business problem Mayank has seen again and again — and solves it with focus.
spacepartner.io
SpacePartner
The operating system for coworking
An India-native, all-in-one platform for coworking operators. Bookings, billing, access control, member management and community in one system — built on Frappe/ERPNext with GST compliance built in.
- Member app: bookings, gate access, wallet & community
- Staff console with live occupancy, tickets & visitors
- Automated invoicing with GST compliance
erpblueprint.io
ERPBlueprint
From vision to execution
Generates a clear Business Requirements Document (BRD) for ERPNext implementations. Business owners answer plain questions about how they work; ERPBlueprint classifies every requirement as Standard, Configuration or Customisation — before a single consultant meeting.
- BRD in plain language, without weeks of meetings
- Pre-filled questions for each business type
- Standard / Configuration / Customisation for every need
10 / What he believes
Simple principles.Long-term thinking.
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Make it simpler
Complexity is often a signal that something has not been understood deeply enough.
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People first
A system only works when the people using it understand and accept it.
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Know what you don't know
You don't have to know everything. You need to know how to find the right expertise.
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Keep your word
Trust is built through consistency, responsibility and relationships.
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Keep learning
Every role, failure and transition can become another lens on life.
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Everything is temporary
Whatever you are feeling today is your present, not necessarily your future.
11 / Writing
Notes from betweenbusiness and technology.
Practical thinking on ERP, systems, founders, people and life. All writing
Why every business needs a translator between business and technology
Most technology projects don't fail because of technology. They fail because nobody translated the business problem into something technology could solve — and back again.
Read the post →Before you buy an ERP, write down how your business actually works
An ERP project succeeds or fails on its requirements. Write a clear Business Requirements Document first, and sort every need into Standard, Configuration or Customisation before you talk to vendors.
Read the post →A career built through pivots: what commerce, CA, banking and CRM taught me
My career never ran in a straight line — commerce, CA, photography, a family business, banking, project finance, CRM and entrepreneurship. Each pivot added a lens, and together they became my biggest strength.
Read the post →12 / The book
If you want to understandwhere the perspective comes from.
The professional story is only one layer. The book is the deeper human layer.
My Life, My Insight
From Losing a Father
to Becoming a Father
Mayank's first book is a memoir about childhood loss, education, failure, career changes, relationships, work, entrepreneurship and fatherhood. It is not a formula for success. It is one person's journey — the choices, mistakes, relationships, questions and insights that shaped him.
“My life. My journey. My insight.”
13 / Questions
Quick answersabout Mayank.
Who is Mayank Kariya?
Mayank Kariya is an Indian business and technology thinker, Director at Reformiqo Business Services, founder of The Tiny Apps Company (the company behind SpacePartner and ERPBlueprint) and author of the memoir “From Losing a Father to Becoming a Father”. He is known for understanding what is really happening inside a business and connecting people, process and technology to make it work better.
What does Mayank Kariya do?
He helps founders and business owners understand a business problem, structure it, decide what technology can realistically solve, and find the right people or expertise for what is missing. His work spans ERP and CRM implementation, process improvement, product building, hiring and leadership.
What is The Tiny Apps Company?
The Tiny Apps Company is Mayank Kariya's product-building venture focused on small, useful applications. Its products include SpacePartner (spacepartner.io), an operating system for coworking spaces, and ERPBlueprint (erpblueprint.io), which generates Business Requirements Documents for ERPNext implementations.
Where is Mayank Kariya based?
Mayank Kariya is based in Surat, Gujarat, India, and works with businesses and founders across India.
What is Mayank Kariya's background?
His path ran through commerce and CA articleship, photography and a family business, then credit, banking and project finance, and then CRM (Zoho) and business systems. Today he is Director at Reformiqo Business Services, founder of The Tiny Apps Company and an author.
What kind of problems does Mayank help with?
Problems that sit between functions: unclear processes, ERP or CRM projects that aren't working, technology decisions, missing roles or expertise in a team, and founders who need another experienced person to think through structure, hiring and execution.
Is Mayank Kariya a developer?
No. Mayank's strength is understanding the business, translating requirements into technology language, and bringing in the right technical experts — so business owners don't have to learn technology to explain a business problem.
Can Mayank work with my business as an advisor or co-founder?
Yes, depending on the fit. Mayank works as an advisor for focused engagements, as an operating partner when a founder needs someone inside the problem, and — for the right business and people — can consider a co-founder role with a deeper commitment of time, effort and potentially equity.
What is Mayank Kariya's book about?
“From Losing a Father to Becoming a Father — My Life, My Insight” is a memoir about childhood loss, education, failure, career changes, relationships, work, entrepreneurship and fatherhood. It is not a formula for success; it is one life told honestly.
How can I contact Mayank Kariya?
Email Connect@mayankkariya.com or message him on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/mayankkariya). The first step is always a conversation.
14 / A final thought
Keep learning. Keep understanding people. Keep your emotions with you. Keep enjoying life. Don't miss it while you're building it.
15 / Connect
Have a complex
problem?
Maybe Mayank can help. Maybe he can help you find who can. Either way, the first step is a conversation.