The Canada-India Business Bridge is the Canada and India leg of My Most Trusted, hosted by Preethi Balasubramanian. A warm introduction is the only way to meet someone here. No bots, no spam, no cold outreach.
chai pe charcha. Hindi for a conversation over tea, the unhurried talk where much Indian business actually begins.
In India a lot of business starts over a cup of chai, not across a boardroom table. Someone you trust says you should meet, you share tea, and the work follows the trust. Canada knows the same habit over a coffee. What neither side can do is share a cup with a stranger half a world away. An introduction from someone who knows you both puts the cup on the table.
Every club has an idea like this one, and it belongs to the place rather than to us. It is not a slogan we handed out.
I'm a business consultant, fractional executive, author, speaker, and creative entrepreneur. Across these roles, my work has one common thread: helping people move from having too much on their plate to having the clarity, structure, and support to move forward with intention. Through Wonder EA, I work with solopreneurs and small business founders as a business consultant, operations strategist, and fractional executive. I step into the business where support is needed, whether that means thinking through a strategic decision, strengthening operations, building systems, improving the client experience, supporting people and teams, or helping a founder step out of the weeds and into a more effective leadership role. With 15+ years of experience across executive support, HR, operations, and systems, I've seen what happens when a growing business is held together by one person doing everything. My approach combines strategic thinking with practical implementation. I don't believe founders need more complicated tools or another productivity system. They need the right structure, the right support, and room to lead. That thinking sits at the heart of my work and my book, The Ease Equation: Systems + Support = Sustainable Success. I believe ease isn't about doing less for the sake of doing less. It's about building a business that doesn't depend on constant personal sacrifice to keep moving. I'm also an author beyond the business world. As a children's author, I bring Indian mythology, stories, and values to younger readers, creating books that make cultural wisdom accessible and meaningful for children and families. Writing these books has become an important part of my creative work and my connection to culture, storytelling, and the next generation. I'm also the curator of Voices Across Borders, a multimedia anthology and storytelling platform that brings together voices and experiences from different backgrounds, communities, and parts of the world. The project extends beyond a book through conversations, podcasts, and shared stories, creating space for people to be heard and connected. So, depending on where you meet me, you might know me as a business consultant, fractional executive, coach, author, speaker, children's storyteller, or anthology curator. But underneath all of it is the same belief: People do better work when they have the clarity, structure, support, and space to do it well. That's the work I care about: helping founders build sustainable businesses, helping people share their stories, and creating work that leaves something meaningful behind.
Preethi Balasubramanian is a real person in Toronto, not a logo. That is the point. Somebody has to know both people for an introduction to be worth anything.