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Ashish Limaye

Ashish Limaye

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Ashish Limaye

Entrepreneur · Speaker · Author

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CREATIVITY. BUSINESS. A LITTLE CURIOSITY.

A career in content.
A life in discovery.

I’m Ashish Limaye. Entrepreneur by accident, a student by choice. I build content businesses, speak about what’s changing, and write about what experience teaches us.

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Based in Mumbai

Over three decades in media & content

Ashish Limaye

Always learning. Always building.

EXPERIENCE SHAPED AT

The Times of India

Starcom

Lintas

Dun & Bradstreet

Happy Finish

The Times of India

Starcom

Lintas

Dun & Bradstreet

Happy Finish

THE FORTHCOMING BOOK · OCTOBER 2026

Foundations before freedom.

Why most people rush entrepreneurship — and how not to.

BY ASHISH LIMAYE

Entrepreneur. Speaker. A student of experience.

Before you take the leap, build something to stand on.

Entrepreneurship promises independence. Experience teaches you what it takes to sustain it. In 22 short chapters, I explore the financial, professional and emotional foundations that make freedom possible.
Stories from a career of building, stumbling and starting again. Each chapter closes with one hard-won lesson: a Foundation Stone.
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Register your interest on the book page. This is not a pre-order.
01 / ABOUT

Built through experience.

Driven by curiosity.

I’ve spent over three decades exploring how ideas become communication — and how communication becomes a business.

My journey has taken me from The Times of India through integrated marketing, media and creative production. Along the way, I led Happy Finish’s APAC practice before becoming an entrepreneur through a management buyout of its India business.
Today, my work brings together content, creativity and emerging technology. As co-founder and CEO of Craving Digital & XCAI Tech, I’m interested in what we can make possible — and what it takes to make it work.
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BEYOND THE DAY JOB

Curiosity doesn’t stay at the office.

It has taken me to Everest Base Camp, onto a bicycle from Manali to Leh, and out of a plane over Australia’s Gold Coast.
I seek out unfamiliar ground to test my limits, learn something new, and return with a little more perspective.

Communication student. Traveller.

Still a work in progress.
02 / SPEAKING & ADVISORY

Real experience.

Useful conversations.

The best conversations connect a new idea to a real challenge.

I bring the perspective of someone who has sold, led, built and learned across the media and content business. My talks combine practical examples with an open, interactive approach.
For conferences, leadership teams and brands looking at what comes next.
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01

Creativity & artificial intelligence

How emerging technology is reshaping content, creative work and the decisions brands make.

02

Content that earns attention

From an idea to production and distribution: connecting communication strategy with practical execution.

03

Media, marketing & change

A perspective on shifting platforms, audiences and formats, grounded in nearly three decades of experience.

04

Building a business

The lessons behind the leap: leadership, entrepreneurship and the foundations that support both.

Keynotes · Fireside chats · Panels · Advisory

03 / THE JOURNEY

Every chapter

adds a layer.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Craving Digital & XCAI Tech

Co-founder & CEO

Building a content business at the intersection of creativity and technology, following the management buyout of Happy Finish India.

CREATIVE PRODUCTION

Happy Finish

CEO, APAC

Built the India practice and led work across production, post-production and interactive experiences.
MEDIA & COMMUNICATION

Lintas & Starcom

Business leadership & integrated marketing

Developed branded-content initiatives and integrated communication across media, sports and out-of-home.

THE FOUNDATIONS

Dun & Bradstreet · The Times of India

Sales, operations & advertising

Learned to understand business needs, connect brands with audiences, and turn insight into action.
04 / WRITING

Notes along the way.

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05 / LINKEDIN

Perspectives in practice.

06 / YOUTUBE

Discussions on video.

07 / GET IN TOUCH

A stage, a challenge,

or an idea?

hello@ashishlimaye.in

For speaking, advisory and content collaborations.
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