How Lalit Agarwal built V-Mart into a ₹3000+ Crore retail empire

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India’s retail market is often associated with big cities like Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore. Most large brands compete aggressively in these metro hubs, chasing urban consumers. However, one entrepreneur saw a completely different opportunity—small-town India. Lalit Agarwal, the founder of V-Mart Retail, built a powerful retail empire by focusing on Tier 2, Tier 3, and […]

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How these 3 Friends left their high paying jobs and built a ₹40 Crore protein snack Brand

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Despite rising fitness awareness, most Indian diets remain protein deficient. At the same time, the “healthy snack” aisle is crowded with products that either taste like cardboard or hide behind misleading labels. In 2022, three friends decided to fix that. This is the story of Stroom, a fast-growing Indian protein snack brand that went from

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How Shaily Mehrotra built a ₹1,500 Crore skincare brand from scratch

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India’s skincare market is crowded with influencer-led brands, celebrity endorsements, and viral marketing gimmicks. Yet one company quietly scaled to an estimated ₹1,500 crore valuation by doing the opposite. That company is Fixderma. And the founder behind it is Shaily Mehrotra. In 2025, she joined the panel of Shark Tank India Season 5, marking a

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From Bankruptcy to ₹300 Crore: Shubham Gupta’s Bonkers Corner Story

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In India’s startup ecosystem, degrees often get more attention than determination. But Shubham Gupta’s journey proves something different. The founder of Bonkers Corner turned personal crisis into a fast-growing fashion empire — without an MBA, without venture funding in the early days, and without shortcuts. This is not a “get rich quick” story. It is

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How WAFE ANDY® Built a ₹1 Crore Comfort Footwear Brand in just One year without discounts

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In a market crowded with fast fashion, deep discounts, and aggressive advertising, building a profitable consumer brand is harder than ever. Yet, between October 2024 and October 2025, WAFE ANDY®, a young Indian comfort footwear brand, quietly crossed ₹1 Crore in revenue — powered entirely by organic growth and a hybrid Online + B2B business

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How 17 Failed Startup Ideas Built a ₹40,000 Crore Indian Social Media Platform

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India’s digital revolution did not begin in English. It unfolded in dozens of languages, shaped by culture, humor, and everyday conversations from small towns and cities. While global social media platforms focused on urban, English-speaking users, one Indian startup quietly built for the rest of the country. That startup was ShareChat. ShareChat’s journey is not

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How a 19‑Year‑Old from Mumbai built an AI startup solving Long‑term memory

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Introduction In the fast‑moving world of artificial intelligence, one problem keeps coming back: AI systems forget. They struggle to retain context across conversations, documents, and workflows. Solving this problem is exactly what Dhravya Shah, a young entrepreneur from Mumbai, set out to do with his startup Supermemory. At just 19, Dhravya built an AI company

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From one Bhujia recipe to a global food empire: the story of India’s biggest FMCG brand

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When people talk about India’s biggest FMCG success stories, they often credit heavy advertising, celebrity endorsements, or deep-pocketed investors. Haldiram’s quietly breaks all those assumptions. What started in 1937 as a small bhujia shop in Bikaner has grown into one of India’s most trusted food brands, with a presence in over 80 countries and revenues

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How Gaurav Taneja turned Flying Beast into a ₹100+ Crore empire

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In India’s digital creator economy, very few names have successfully crossed the bridge from influence to entrepreneurship. One of the most prominent examples is Gaurav Taneja, widely known as Flying Beast. His journey from a commercial airline pilot to the founder of a high-revenue fitness brand is a case study in personal branding, audience trust,

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From rejection to building a ₹100+ Crore empire : The inspiring journey of Srikant Bolla

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Srikanth Bolla’s life story is a powerful reminder that limitations are often created by systems, not by individuals. Born visually impaired in a small village in Andhra Pradesh, he went on to become an MIT graduate, a successful entrepreneur, and a global advocate for inclusive and sustainable business. Today, he is best known as the

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