I'm from Varanasi. No connections, no capital. I started building in Class 10, made $40k revenue from a PG room, and took two startups to the Shark Tank India audition finals. I'm still building, and I'm not done.
Six startups since 2018, each failure the syllabus for the next. I call myself The Failed Entrepreneur. My closest collaborator calls me the one who has already won at the bigger game of life. Both are true.
I've led teams of 50+, mentored 10,000+ students, spoken at 100+ sessions, and closed startups myself. I looked people in the eye, told them it was over, and woke up the next day to build again.
Fail faster. Stay delusional. Never leave zidd.
From a scholarship idea in Varanasi to software that thinks for companies. Every shutdown left one lesson.
Quizzes that awarded scholarships to students. Shut down before launch when the money ran out.
The lessonNever rely on a single source.
Hyper-local delivery in Varanasi. Closed at the prototype stage.
The lessonExecution matters more than the idea.
Peer-to-peer rentals, launched in Covid. The same year I went from 90 kg to 65 kg and read hundreds of books.
The lessonTiming can kill a good idea.
A bad PG meal became $40k revenue, 100+ jobs and 50+ house moms earning with dignity. Zero funding.
The lessonKindness is attention paid to the right people.
An AI mentor for students, rebuilt version after version. 10,000+ mentored and a Shark Tank India S4 audition final.
The lessonThe scoreboard only counts if you stop playing.
Software that thinks for your company, after 500+ conversations with executives. Launch film out in 2026.
The lessonEverything before this was the syllabus.
These do not change. Not for investors. Not for trends. Not for anyone.
Zidd is what remains when every reason to continue has been taken from you, and you continue anyway. It cannot be copied, funded, or faked.
5 AM. God first, then the work. Discipline with responsibility is the only path to success.
The entrepreneur who fails in 3 months learns what the cautious one learns in 3 years.
Ideas are free. The world does not reward the best plan. It rewards the first proof.
Every sane person told me to get a job. They were right, and I built anyway.
I know what it means to have no network, no mentor, no map. That's why I became all three for others.
Companies I founded, and communities I helped grow.
Software that thinks for your company. Founders, Inc., NSRCEL, IIITD, NVIDIA Inception, Microsoft for Startups.
AI mentor for students. 10,000+ mentored, 100,000+ reached, Shark Tank India S4 audition finalist.
Home food from a PG room problem. $40k revenue, 100+ jobs, 50+ house moms earning $200 a month.
AI career accelerator with training and mentorship. 3,000+ community members, 15+ events.
A referral-based network of top AI professionals for learning, building and investing.
Vaultex, Clickites and early-stage startups. Advised 50+ entrepreneurs on business models, product and strategy.
Mentored for free before reaching the top 1%. Mentees now at BlackRock, AMD, PayPal, Google, EY and Cvent.
1,000+ aspiring founders mentored, 5,000+ youths reached, a 2,500+ member community.
Built from scratch. 30+ events, 20,000+ students, and training for MBA, BBA and BTech students.
Build Live Products and AI Product Management: two build-first field guides from six years of product work, for aspiring PMs, founders and executives.
None of this was worked out at a desk. It came from stages, classrooms, pitch rooms and a lot of conversations.