TwirlyPenguin
TwirlyPenguin

Have you tried entrepreneurship?

  • Tried in the past or not, are you pursuing it now?
  • Experience vs corporate job?
  • Recommendations for those who think of shifting from corporate to entrepreneurship in the future? - Startup / Family business points if any? - Side hustle views?
  • Anything else?
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FuzzySushi
FuzzySushi

I tried hands at my startup after quitting 5 years corporate life

  1. Please assess whether there is only gap in the market or market in that gap

  2. Watch all Ycombinator videos in startup school

  3. Do market research thoroughly

  4. Build a sustainable model rather then depend on external funds

JumpyHamster
JumpyHamster

Start with dhanda then think tech. Not easy to be tech company in India.

GoofyPenguin
GoofyPenguin

We did start a web development services company, while working fulltime. Reached our 3 months financial goal in just 30 days. There's a ton of money to be made. We ended up shutting it down primarily because of

  1. Time constraints, we shouldn't have been doing two things at once.
  2. Indian clients were assholes, they used to treat us as if we were their slaves. Everyone wanted VIP service when they wanted to pay as little as possible.
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Has anyone made the shift from entrepreneurship to corporate employee for the first time in their mid thirties. How was the shift ? How did you manage expectations and what helped change your mindset to keep up with the changes ?

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by SparklyBobaZepto

I'm Aadit Palicha, Co-Founder & CEO at Zepto. Ask me anything!

Hi folks,

I'm Aadit, Co-Founder & CEO at Zepto. We're one of India's fastest growing consumer internet companies and are today present across 10+ cities in the country.

I'd love to chat with you folks about my journey in building...

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I fear having my aspirations get changed with time...

I might be one of the youngest here, a B.Tech student from a Tier-3 college (I mention this for context).

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