Founders Circuit
Founder interviews and stories

Don’t talk about wanting to do something. Start doing it.

-Arpit Kothari

Medd​

If I had to diagnose the key problems with education today, it would be: Access, Affordability, Quality and Relevance.

-Phalgun Kompalli

UpGrad

Tea is something which is in the blood of Indians. Most of us drink it 2-3 times in a day. But ghar ki chai was lacking hugely outside homes in our country.

-Jiten Rao

TeaHalt

"My advice to anyone who wants to build, create or break things - is to have perseverance, a clear vision and an ability to reinvent."

-Vinita Joshi

The Modiste

"The indian mentality of QSR is associated with junk and processed food. It has taken some time and energy to change that mentality."

-Gulshan Iyer

Gullu's Kitchen

An entrepreneur’s life is full of decision points. He shouldn’t be afraid of taking wrong decisions.

-Abhinav Prateek

Metamorf

I am happy that we were able to create an online tool that helps people customise their furniture on a real-time basis.

-Ajit Shegaonkar

Stitchwood

The most challenging part of being an entrepreneur is to be constantly thinking about how to make your product perfect, even when you are asleep.

-Priya Wagh

Mavenchic

Before focusing on traction, expansion, branding and marketing, focus on business model, customer satisfaction, and analysis of the problem you are trying to solve.

-Shubham Jha

Laundrize

Now one can argue - how to spot a billion dollar idea? One has to keep their eyes open for that. Keep looking around for simple problems faced and innovative solutions for them.

-Pravesh Dudani

iDreamCareer

Our mission is to make high quality healthcare accessible worldwide.

-Devashish Sharma

TripMD

Stay “crazy,” hungry, creative and prepared.

-Mr. Larry Bock

Nanosys

Don't tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have traveled

-Nitin Agrawal

Funstay

The dream is to be the reason for happiness for savings for a billion dollars.

-Prashant Singh

BuyHatke

As an advise, I would just want people who are starting up to focus on building sustainable business. Raising VC money is not a validation for the business . so would strongly recommend them to build a business rather than...

-Lalit Bhise

Bizom