Serial entrepreneur and personal branding consultant, Ahmedabad
Bhavik Sarkhedi
I help your personal brand appear everywhere online. Yes, that means in Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT too.
I've had three bootstrapped exits: Dad of Ad, Write Right and Blushush. Today I run Solo Not Small, where I help solopreneurs and small business owners set up a one-person business system and run it with AI.
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Who is Bhavik Sarkhedi?
Bhavik Sarkhedi is an Indian author, serial entrepreneur and personal branding consultant.
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Exits
Three bootstrapped exits.
- 2021
Dad of Ad
My advertising agency. Sold in 2021.
- 2023
Write Right
My content writing company. Exited in 2023.
- 2026
Blushush
A London studio for brands and Webflow websites. Exited in October 2026.
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Featured in The New York Times (twice), Forbes (2025), Fast Company, HuffPost and Entrepreneur. Over twelve years: 21+ books, 45+ publications, 2,000+ articles and 1,200+ clients.
Watch
Hear it from me.
One line from each video, in my own words. Tap any of them and it plays right here.
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“If everyone is rich, then nobody is rich.”
More AI, more value in being human, 1:51 -
“Google should have one centre point where it can see all the information, and nothing other than a personal website can do this.”
The Knowledge Panel, 10:24 -
“Not with just one platform, because it will kill your personal identity later.”
Personal branding in a nutshell, 2:36 -
“I cannot teach you how to live, but I can hand you back the hours and the focus.”
Solo Not Small in two minutes, 2:01 -
“Learn AI, but also live.”
Built to Explore, the film, 4:33 -
“You decide the menu and let AI do the chopping.”
AI works on your draft, 0:58 -
“The fix is almost never more posting.”
Found on Google and ChatGPT, 0:28 -
“Posting every day on LinkedIn is not a strategy. It's a treadmill.”
Not a strategy, 0:14 -
“When the facts don't match, they don't know which one to repeat.”
One line, everywhere, 0:38 -
“Stop introducing yourself to AI every morning.”
One Claude Project per job, 0:27 -
“A clear site live this weekend beats a perfect one still sitting in your notes.”
Words before walls, 0:41 -
“The story is mine. AI just edits it.”
Likes don't pay rent, 0:39 -
“Your next 10 posts are already in your WhatsApp.”
10 posts in your WhatsApp, 0:34 -
“Make the song good, then buy the loudspeaker.”
Ads can't fix a bad Reel, 0:40 -
“I'm not handing the thinking to a machine. I'm handing it the repetition.”
The words are mine, 0:28 -
“Your way of doing one job, written down once, so AI follows your steps every time.”
Write it once, 0:22 -
“Editing should be kept with AI. Research should be kept with AI. But the first draft should be written by you.”
The first draft stays human, 2:59
What I do
Three things I help you do.
Everything I build, write and teach comes back to these three.
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Appear everywhere online
I help your personal brand appear everywhere online. Yes, that means in Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT too. Your website, your profiles, the articles about you and the answers AI gives should all say the same true thing about you. I call that person engine optimization.
How person engine optimization works - 02
Set up a one-person business system
I help you set up a one-person business system. That is Solo Not Small: the AI systems, prompts and routines that let one person do the work of a full team.
Go to solonotsmall.com - 03
Run your business with AI
I show you how to run your business with AI and become a successful entrepreneur. I've done it myself, with three exits, and I've helped countless solopreneurs and small business owners do it too.
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Now
What I run now.
Solo Not Small
My company for solopreneurs and small business owners. I help you set up a one-person business system and run it with AI, so you can work alone and still run like a full company.
Go to solonotsmall.com What Solo Not Small coversOhh My Brand
My personal branding firm for founders and executives.
I've also written 21+ books and been published twice in The New York Times.
Read next
More from me.
- The people I have built for
- What clients say about working with me
- Every place I have been featured
- Every quote, with its source
- AI personal branding
- LinkedIn personal branding for founders
- A LinkedIn profile audit, line by line
- Why I started Solo Not Small
- My exit from Blushush
- Fifteen working systems from my client work
FAQ
Questions people ask me.
Who is Bhavik Sarkhedi?
I'm Bhavik Sarkhedi, a serial entrepreneur and personal branding consultant based in Ahmedabad, India. I founded Solo Not Small (for one-person businesses) and Ohh My Brand (personal branding). I've had three bootstrapped exits: Dad of Ad, Write Right and Blushush. I've written 21+ books and been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, HuffPost and Entrepreneur.
What does Bhavik Sarkhedi do?
I help personal brands appear everywhere online, including Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT. I call it person engine optimization. Through Solo Not Small I help solopreneurs and small business owners set up a one-person business system and run it with AI.
Which companies has Bhavik Sarkhedi exited?
Three: Dad of Ad, my advertising agency, in 2021; Write Right, my content writing company, in 2023; and Blushush, a London studio for brands and Webflow websites, in October 2026.
Where has Bhavik Sarkhedi been featured?
The New York Times (twice), Forbes (2025), Fast Company, HuffPost and Entrepreneur, among 45+ publications.
Where is Bhavik Sarkhedi based?
Ahmedabad, India.
How do I contact Bhavik Sarkhedi?
Use the Contact me button on this page. It opens an email to me. For Solo Not Small, start at solonotsmall.com.