What if scaling your business wasn’t about doing more, but choosing better? In this inspiring Founders’ Forum episode, host Marc Bernstein talks with Shikha Miglani, co-founder of Saarthee, a global strategy, analytics, and AI firm helping enterprises across telecom, media, retail, banking, and healthcare make smarter, fairer decisions with data.

From being the only woman engineer on India’s factory floor to leading a respected AI company, Shikha shares a journey that proves you can balance innovation with empathy, and scale without losing authenticity.

She opens up about how Saarthee’s mission was built on a timeless idea from the Mahabharata: choose the strategist over the army. For Shikha, that means focusing on better partners, better principles, and better impact, not just faster growth.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How to align analytics and AI with real business outcomes
• The power of duality—balancing hard metrics with soft empathy
• Why authenticity beats polish when leading through bias
• How to reduce bias in AI through inclusive, transparent data design
• Why “quality over quantity” is the foundation of lasting growth

About Shikha Miglani:

Shikha Miglani is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Saarthee, a strategy, analytics, technology, and AI company that empowers enterprises through transformative insights. With an engineering background and decades of consulting experience, she has led multimillion-dollar initiatives across industries, seamlessly bridging data analytics with business strategy.

A strong advocate for the power of mentorship, she serves as a passionate Board Member of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Shikha also leads Maithee, where she spearheads the collaborative development of AI-driven solutions.

Connect:

Website saarthee.ai
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/shikha-miglani-40a1ba5/

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