The problem
I didn't know how a product gets made
The situationClass 10 in Varanasi, with no mentor and no network.
How I solved itLearned prototyping and started sketching what I wanted to build.
Result2018my first startup
No budget, no team, weak English, and tech scared me. Every skill I have started as a problem I had to solve myself. I call it kabad se jugaad.
I wanted to build things. Every problem I hit taught me the next skill.
The situationClass 10 in Varanasi, with no mentor and no network.
How I solved itLearned prototyping and started sketching what I wanted to build.
The situationThe ideas felt good, but I had no way to check the numbers.
How I solved itTaught myself maths, unit economics and pricing.
The situationStarting from zero followers.
How I solved itLearned social media marketing and kept at it.
The situationI had attention, but no way to turn it into money.
How I solved itRan affiliate marketing and generated revenue.
The situationClass 12 exams were on, so I could barely work on it.
How I solved itLearned WordPress, wrote blogs and articles, and learned SEO and Google Analytics.
I was a kid who didn't know how anything worked. This is where I learned dhanda.
The situationBad food in my PG room, no capital, no idea how a business runs.
How I solved itWent house to house to connect with house moms. Spoke with grey-collar and blue-collar workers directly.
The situationMy early designs were very weird.
How I solved itPractised on Canva until I could do all the design work myself.
The situationI didn't know how to work social media or LinkedIn.
How I solved itHandled social media myself, then started working on my own LinkedIn.
No sales skills, weak English, and at one point no team.
The situationStill in college, with nobody to sell for us.
How I solved itMade cold calls every day and sold door to door. That is how I learned to talk to people.
The situationAt a college hackathon I had to shoot reels. My English fell short and I was ashamed.
How I solved itLearned English after that day, and kept improving it.
The situationNo designer, and we still needed designs and pitch decks.
How I solved itLearned Figma fully on my own and made them myself.
The situationI knew nothing about management, operations or entrepreneurship.
How I solved itRead MBA books in my first year of college: marketing, sales, PR, psychology.
The situationPsychology, power laws, how to think and plan.
How I solved itListened to an audiobook every day, and visualised and planned whatever I couldn't follow.
I couldn't handle people, teach them or get them placed. Then I had to do all three.
The situationI didn't know how to manage people or even talk to them properly.
How I solved itHired people and managed them myself.
The situationI couldn't give insights or explain things well.
How I solved itGuided people one to one until I could.
The situationThey had the effort, but not the polish or the presentation.
How I solved itBuilt proper training courses on how to improve, polish their work and present it.
The situationI used to think the idea was everything.
How I solved itLearned distribution and execution, and rebuilt the product again and again.
The things I once depended on others for, or was scared of, I now do every day.
The situationI used to run after them for every design.
How I solved itLearned product design and now do it myself.
The situationI couldn't build what I could see coming.
How I solved itLocked myself in a room for 3 months and learned AI, agents, automation and how they actually work.
The situationI wasn't talking to them enough.
How I solved itBecame obsessed with customer conversations: what they do, why, and how.
The situationCustomer conversations weren't going well.
How I solved itWorked on storytelling and copywriting: what to say, how much, and in how few words.
The situationI didn't know how to network.
How I solved itStarted meeting people, then bringing them together.
So I decided what the rejections would mean.
If failing is the method to improve, then I will fail faster and build faster.
Four kinds of management. Put together, they are what an executive role asks for.
6 startups, 500+ executives spoken to, 1,500+ Smart ATS users
50+ hired and managed, 60+ interns trained, 1,000+ guided
15K followers, $40k revenue with zero funding, 10x at Homians
Six startups, backed by Founders, Inc. and NSRCEL IIM Bangalore