Why Skillfyd exists

The Problem

“We hire and train salespeople on gut feel — then wonder why performance doesn't follow.”

Gut feel rewards confidence in a room. It doesn't reveal whether someone has the judgment to prioritise the right opportunities, the resilience to handle rejection, or the discipline to follow through. That gap shows up the same way whether you're deciding who to hire or figuring out what your current team actually needs.

The Founder

Sid Baliga

Bangalore, India

Sid has spent 15+ years working with sales teams across India — hiring them, training them, and coaching them through the gap between what a resume promises and what actually happens in front of a customer. Sales is the work. Skillfyd is what came out of doing that work long enough to see the same problem repeat everywhere.

He is the author of Always Be Closing and created the Art of Selling course on Unschool.in. He has been invited to speak at institutions including IIT Hyderabad, MS Ramaiah, AIMA, and IFIM, and has been featured in News9, Mid-Day, and Sales Management magazine — not as goals in themselves, but as a byproduct of doing the underlying work well.

Founder-led track record

Before Skillfyd existed as a platform, this approach was built and tested one engagement at a time — coaching and assessing sales and communication teams across India.