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“𝐋𝐨𝐠 𝐊𝐲𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞?” One lesson I’ve learned on my entrepreneurial journey—and trust me, I’ve learned it the hard way—is how often we let the fear of "Log kya kahenge?" (What will people say?) hold us back. For years, I stayed in a high-paying, traditional career. It was safe, predictable, and exactly what everyone thought I should be proud of. But deep down, I had a different dream. I was buzzing with startup ideas, each one a spark I was too afraid to fan into a flame—because, what would people say? Breaking free from that mindset wasn't easy. Here’s what happened when I finally chose to pursue my passion for entrepreneurship: 👉Facing Fears: I had to confront my fear of judgment head-on. It was daunting to step away from a career that everyone else admired. 👉Taking the Leap: The day I resigned, my heart was pounding, but my resolve was clear. It was now or never. 👉Embracing the Unknown: Starting my own business was challenging, but every day brought new learning and growth opportunities. And here’s what I realized: "𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐡 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭." 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 '𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲?' 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 '𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨.' Each step forward in my startup journey reaffirmed that the only opinions that truly matter are the ones that help you grow. 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝: Behind every unconventional choice that leads to success is a person who decided that their own dreams were worth more than anyone else's opinions. 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘺 "𝘓𝘰𝘨 𝘬𝘺𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦?" 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘐'𝘮 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴! #startupindia #startupjourney #entrepreneurialjourney #womenentrepreneurs

Unicorns : We have valuation of $1 Billion Bootstrapped Zerodha: Bro, we just clocked revenues of $1 Billion with profit margins of 57 percent FY24- Revenue- 8320 crores Net Profit- 4700 crores FY23- Revenue- 6875 crores Net Profit- 2907 crores A true inspiration! Zerodha's journey is one to admire. In a market heavily regulated & controlled by Govt. authorities, dominated by traditional giants, and where other businesses relied on loads of funding & investments, the Kamath brothers took a different path. With a very traditional #dhanda mindset, they carved out an incredible niche—proving that success doesn’t always require outside funding. There’s so much to learn from Zerodha as a #casestudy: 1. 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗧𝗚: They captured the right audience by focusing on high-volume traders. 2. 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴: Zerodha may seem like an overnight success, but their journey began in 2010, right alongside the rise of Indian capital markets (esp. post COVID). 3. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺: A dedicated team that has stuck with the founders since the beginning, growing with the company every step of the way. Their story teaches us that a different mindset and approach can lead to extraordinary success. It’s inspiring to see how they’ve redefined the space. Lot to learn and Lot to acheive.. #Entrepreneurship #Inspiration

ॐ शिवाय नमः 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒂 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚. #BPTechSolutions #HappyShivratri #OmNamahShivaya #LordShiva #HarHarMahadev #DigitalMarketing #Delhi [Business Startup, Blessings, Shivratri, Spirituality, Mahadev, Digital Marketing Services]

Ondřej Holzman and Luboš Kreč called me a veteran. 😅 It's funny because it's true. I am no longer the youngest person in the meeting room. This perspective reminded me of times when startups weren't yet called that, and people built them without external funding. I also discussed the classic mistake of refining a product without an MVP and aspiring to launch it in the US. While you might receive a lot of positive feedback there, sometimes it's just false positives, which ultimately won't benefit your business! Cut. When I first heard about DODO, it was losing about 20K€ a month. That's not exactly a good start. But I was intrigued by the team, technology, and business opportunity. We eventually became profitable, but we also noticed the growing competition in the European market. We were worried we might miss the train and started negotiating external investments. I won't reveal more details as you can listen for yourself. I am grateful to Ondra and Lubos for asking quality questions that allowed us to delve deeper into the history of my projects, from Mailforce to Slevin, Paylo, and DODO. We also touched on topics such as building a brand in Germany or some externalities we can't influence, especially in the future. I am also glad I could share some not-so-great moments of entrepreneurship, such as closing a company or not having funds for payroll. Because that's part of business too... Hope you’ll have fun and please let me know your thoughts. #dodo #startups #entrepreneurship #podcast #czechcrunch

**The Weekend Word* Life is about learning and growing. Reflecting on the past decade, I had numerous ideas that never saw the light of day due to my belief that I lacked the financial resources to launch them. Some of those ideas have now become big names, with one even becoming a unicorn. One of the ideas I had in 2018, was launched as The Goodfellows by Shantanu Naidu (he obviously did not copy it from me. LOL) Despite the setbacks, in 2024, I embarked on my most ambitious project yet. Initially alone, I now have two dedicated co-founders and two founding employees who share my vision and passion for the project. We are diligently working on laying a strong foundation for our venture, focusing on product improvement weekly while simultaneously engaging with potential investors. Our team embodies positivity, humility, and efficiency, gearing up to launch on LinkedIn soon. Stay tuned for updates as we continue our journey of creating something impactful, both economically and socially. #StayTuned #StartupJourney #Entrepreneurship #TeamWork #AmbitiousProject #ComingSoon

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I predicted the death of Koo the day I first heard its name. In fact, I predict the death of any and all startups the moment they start. The doom-sayers are having a field day with the demise of Koo, pointing out the folly of investors, founders, market and what not. As a person of science, hundreds of upvotes on such posts look bizarre to me. For any new business, the default assumption is that it will die. It takes no skill at all to bet that the new business won't succeed. If I throw six coins at once, any idiot can bet that it won't be all heads, particularly if they gain or lose nothing on those bets. Ambitious founders are working against odds worse than that. Yet, they try. That attempt is worth cheering for. If anything, to reach the scale Koo did in a nearly impossible to crack market, is a feat in itself. Now, I should make it clear that as far as I know, it was a mostly right-wing hate-spreading platform. I can understand people celebrating its death for those reasons. In fact, I have never even used Koo and wouldn't have if it succeeded. But to shower kudos on yourself for predicting the death Koo or any other business, that's worse than lame. Koo's achievement was that it created a chance to live. Enroute, some stars didn't align its way, some wrong decisions were made, some wrong personnels were hired, etc etc. But it couldn't have reached the scale it did if it was doomed from the start. I do appreciate the fact that they did manage to build a global platform working from India and there are a ton of lessons we can learn from them.

This is Deepak Chhugani, the founder of Nuvocargo and master of the hard pivot. Back in December 2018, both Deepak and I were confronting the fact that our recruiting startups were not meeting the bar. Deepak fell short of his $60k MRR goal and decided to shoot the zombie and pivot. He realized he was still young hungry YC backed And after years of grinding it out at Merril Lynch for this shot at entrepreneurship. He wasn't ready to give up. He looked markets that were massive and yet not yet disrupted by technology. And he found one in crossborder trade. Because while Deepak was Indian, he grew up Ecuador and spoke fluent Spanish. And he had some familiarity with import/export from his Dad's Asia trade biz. An unfair advantage there for the taking. He recruited a new technical cofounder, acquired a small player in the space with what was left of his $1.2M seed round. And got to work. Nuvocargo now boasts 20k available trucks delivering to 300+ cities through their carrier network. And after closing a $36.4M Series B in Jan, the best is yet to come for Nuvocargo. Deepak's hard pivot is covered in more detail in The #PathtoPivot. Get the book to read deets on his and 12+ other pivot case studies. PS - LinkedIn told me that Saturday was Deepak's 🎂 Hope you got to celebrate! -- This is Day 7 of #30daysofpivoting for The Path to Pivot—my recently published playbook for founders looking to reboot their business and find exponential growth. You can grab the book here: https://lnkd.in/e8-qNnB6 I’m ⛄️ Jason Shen, the Outlier Coach I help founders and execs master hard pivots so they can put their dent in the universe.

Too many of us judge ourselves too harshly. Take questions, for example. A lot of us begin our questions with phrases like: 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬…... Lately, I've been attending a ton of workshops and conferences. And this is a common thing that I notice every time a Q&A round starts. This made me think we've internalized criticism so much that we constantly strive not to look ‘dumb.’ Arjun asked Lord Krishna how he could fight against his own family. A seemingly untimed question - because it was asked right when the war was about to start. There was no turning back. But this question gave us the Bhagavad Gita! So I ask whatever comes to my mind and do not label questions as dumb, stupid, or untimely. It took some practice, yes. But I feel so much more free from the shackles of my own judgment. #linkedin #startup #questions #growth #personalgrowth

While everyone is talking about their achievements on Linkedin. Here is my “little diary of failures” since starting up- 1. Got betrayed by my first business partner within 3 months. 2. Lost 10 lac rupees in a deal where we delivered the project on time but our client refused to pay us and the founder of that company genuinely went missing. 3. Lost a client to our competitor service, even though the competitor was reselling our API’s because they didn’t like our website. 4. First 3 business ideas failed. Took me 1 whole year to launch a product and make money. 5. Over trusted a few “credible names” in the startup space in India and took some of the biggest decisions of my life which turned out to be false claims made by them. Because of all this, I was in a state of severe anxiety last year as I wasn’t able spend time with my loved ones or attend any family events But whenever I fail, I try to fail fast and move on. Eventually you meet the right people, get the right clients and your family accepts that in the grander schemes of things, you’re the one who’s making their dreams come true. To all founders out there, it takes time. Hang in there! I am thankful to my family and friends, who have always supported me in my journey of ups and downs. What have been some of your biggest failures in life? Would love to know in comments #startup #entrepreneurship #failure