KEYNOTE SPEAKER • PODCAST GUEST • FIRESIDE CONVERSATIONS
A VOICE SHAPED BY EXPERIENCE.
My journey has been defined by building businesses, creating opportunities, and leading with purpose. Drawing from over two decades of entrepreneurial experience across real estate, technology, and investments, I share practical insights that inspire leaders, founders, and organisations to think bigger, lead better, and create lasting impact.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
"Real growth isn't accidental - it's engineered."
WHY LEADERS INVITE HIM
I do not perform on stage. I build on stage. Every framework I share is drawn from companies I have founded, funded, or led. Every insight is tested in the market before it reaches the microphone.
I speak as a founder who started from a one-bedroom flat and now leads 1XL Holdings from one of the world’s most iconic addresses. My audiences leave with structure, not sentiment.
SPEAKING TOPICS
What I Talk About
I tailor each session to the audience and venue. Custom topics on request.
01 · The Lazy CEO
A working session on building a business that runs without burning the founder down with it. Drawn from my book of the same name and twenty years of scaling ventures across India, the Gulf, and Europe.
Key Takeaways:
- How to design systems that produce growth without your daily presence
- The four leverage points that separate scalable companies from busy ones
- Why most founders confuse activity with progress and how to stop
02 · The Growth Playbook
Smart, steady, and lasting growth in markets that punish speed. Built around the principles I published in The Growth Playbook, this talk dismantles the obsession with hypergrowth and replaces it with the patience required to compound.
Key Takeaways:
- The metrics that actually predict long-term enterprise value
- How to identify which growth lever to pull, in which order, at which stage
- The case for boring growth in a noisy market
03 · Guerrilla Marketing in Real Estate
Unconventional strategies that move inventory in crowded markets. Drawn from my PhD research and my granted patents in property technology, this session is built for real estate developers, brokers, and marketing leaders.
Key Takeaways:
- Why traditional real estate marketing has stopped working in the GCC
- Five low-cost strategies that outperform paid media for high-ticket inventory
- How to use technology and storytelling to create urgency without discounting
04 · Dubai as Karmabhumi
Why the UAE has become the world’s most serious address for builders. My first-person account of building 1XL Holdings from a small flat in India to the 141st floor of the Burj Khalifa.
Key Takeaways:
- What India-origin entrepreneurs misunderstand about doing business in the Gulf
- The cultural code of Dubai’s business community and how to enter it
- Why the next decade of wealth creation runs through this region
05 · The TGIS Framework
Trust. Growth. Integrity. Sustainability. The four operating principles that govern every venture I run under 1XL Holdings and a practical model for leaders building organisations meant to last beyond their founders.
Key Takeaways:
- Why most “values” exercises fail and how TGIS avoids the trap
- How to operationalise integrity into measurable systems
- The link between founder values and enterprise valuation
06 · The PPSS Balance
Personal. Professional. Social. Spiritual. A framework for founders who want to build serious companies without losing the rest of their lives to them drawn from my own discipline of running multiple ventures while staying present as a husband, father, and community contributor.
Key Takeaways:
- Why “work-life balance” is the wrong framing and what replaces it
- The structural choices that protect family, faith, and focus simultaneously
- How spiritual grounding becomes a business advantage, not a distraction
HOW I APPEAR
FORMATS AVAILABLE
KEYNOTE
My signature talks for conferences, summits, and leadership forums. Prepared for the room.
PANEL
A measured presence on industry panels across enterprise, investment, and real estate.
PODCAST GUEST
Long-form conversations for founder, finance, and business shows. Remote or in-studio
FIRESIDE CHAT
Intimate, unscripted discussions for private boardrooms and leadership circles.
KEYNOTE
Signature talks for conferences, summits, and leadership forums. Prepared for the room.
PANEL
A measured presence on industry panels across enterprise, investment, and real estate.
PODCAST GUEST
Long-form conversations for founder, finance, and business shows. Remote or in-studio.
FIRESIDE CHAT
Intimate, unscripted discussions for private boardrooms and leadership circles.
RECOGNITION & AUTHORITY
A TRACK RECORD YOU CAN VERIFY
I am the Founder and Chairman of 1XL Holdings, based on the 141st floor of the Burj Khalifa. I hold a PhD in Guerrilla Marketing for Real Estate, four granted patents and two pending in property and business technology, and I have authored four books. I am an active investor in SpaceX, Neurable, Nanotronics, Vieroots, Zeal, Falcons of Majlis, and Vista Corporate Group.
I have been recognised by The Economic Times, India Today Group, and Business Connect Magazine, and publicly saluted by Anand Mahindra for humanitarian leadership during the March 2026 UAE flight disruption coverage featured in Times of India, Khaleej Times, Gulf News, NDTV, CNN, News18, and The National News.
"The stage is not a microphone. It is a responsibility." — Dhiraj Jain
Engagement Terms
SPEAKING IS A PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT
I contract all engagements with a speaking honorarium, scaled to format, audience, and preparation required. I consider pro-bono appearances only for select educational, humanitarian, and community platforms, evaluated individually. Expedited responses and confirmed calendar holds are available for commercial engagements with agreed terms at the point of inquiry.
BOOKING REQUEST
INVITE Me TO Speak
I review every request personally. Confirmed commercial engagements receive priority response within 48 hours; all other inquiries within three business days
- Response within three business days
- I review personally, not by assistants
- Limited engagements each quarter
BOOKING REQUEST
INVITE DR. JAIN TO YOUR STAGE
Every request is reviewed personally. Confirmed commercial engagements receive priority response within 48 hours; all other inquiries within three business days.
- Response within three business days
- Reviewed personally, not by assistants
- Limited engagements each quarter