The Story of Ritesh Agarwal and OYO The story of Ritesh Agarwal and OYO is one of India’s most well-known startup journeys. What started with a young entrepreneur trying to solve a problem in India’s budget accommodation market eventually became a global hospitality business. But the journey wasn’t a straight road to success. OYO went […]
How Manam Chocolate started India has a long history of sweets, but the premium chocolate market has traditionally been dominated by international brands. Chaitanya Muppala saw an opportunity in something much closer to home: Indian cacao. Chaitanya, a Hyderabad-based entrepreneur and the founder of Manam Chocolate, wanted to prove that cacao grown in India could
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How Mamaearth Started Mamaearth began with a problem that many new businesses are built around: the founders couldn’t find a product they actually wanted to buy. In 2016, Ghazal Alagh and Varun Alagh became parents to their first child. They were looking for safe and toxin-free baby-care products but found that the Indian market did
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The story of Sagar Joshi, founder of Law Prep Tutorial, began very differently. In the early 2000s, when law was still not considered a mainstream career choice by many Indian families, Joshi started teaching law aspirants in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Law Prep Tutorial states that it began in 2001, while other profiles place Joshi’s initial teaching
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Introduction Many entrepreneurs start with an idea. Dr. A. Velumani started with almost nothing. He came from a poor farming family in Tamil Nadu, struggled to find work, moved to Mumbai with very little money, and eventually built Thyrocare Technologies, one of India’s most successful diagnostic healthcare companies. His journey is not just a motivational
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Starting a footwear brand sounds exciting until you begin searching for a shoe manufacturer. Most new entrepreneurs quickly discover a common problem: factories often demand high minimum order quantities (MOQs), making it difficult for startups to enter the market. For many founders, investing in large inventory before testing a product is simply not practical. This
In India’s booming direct-to-consumer (D2C) startup ecosystem, some of the most successful businesses are born from personal problems rather than grand business plans. One such inspiring example is Twisty Locks, a kids’ jewellery and accessories brand founded by Isha Agarwal, a former finance professional who left her corporate career to build a business focused on
In India’s startup ecosystem, companies are often associated with billion-dollar funding rounds, aggressive advertising and rapid expansion. Zerodha is different. Founded by brothers Nithin Kamath and Nikhil Kamath in 2010, Zerodha built one of India’s largest stockbroking businesses without following the traditional venture-capital playbook. The company started with a simple idea: make trading cheaper, simpler
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India’s space industry has entered a new era, and Skyroot Aerospace is leading the transformation. Founded by two former ISRO scientists, the Hyderabad-based startup has achieved what once seemed impossible by developing and launching India’s first privately built orbital rocket. Who Founded Skyroot Aerospace? Skyroot Aerospace was founded in 2018 by Pawan Kumar Chandana and
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In an era where consumers are becoming increasingly conscious about what they eat, one Indian startup has managed to stand out by embracing a simple yet powerful principle: complete transparency. The Whole Truth, a clean-label food brand founded by Shashank Mehta, has grown from a small startup into one of India’s most recognized health food
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