How Reading Helped this Young Entrepreneur Develop the Right Business Aptitude A huge follower of Jack Ma, Bahukhandi is also a travel enthusiast and a serial blogger.

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Ashish Bahukhandi, CEO and Founder of AppsDiscover Technologies, is a young and dynamic entrepreneur with an excellent aptitude for product development, consulting and operations across various verticals of IT, digital marketing and advertising. A huge follower of Jack Ma, Bahukhandi is also a travel enthusiast and a serial blogger.

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