Ankush Grover أُعيد تغريده
I spent 10 years investing in 200+ startups.
Then I sat down with 100 of India's best founders and asked them one question:
What do you wish someone had told you before you started?
Their answers became a book.
The Founder Manual is out now with @PenguinIndia.
@1kunalbahl wrote the foreword. He called entrepreneurship "irrational, brave, and lonely." Hard to argue.
Inside, you'll find war stories from founders who've collectively built billions in value:
@lkeshre (@_groww) on why customer obsession beats everything else.
@awaisahmedna on starting @PixxelSpace while still in college and convincing ISRO to care.
@itsgauravkhatri on going from pilot training to building @gonoise into India's largest wearables brand.
@smtgpt and @neerajKh_ on building @CoinDCX when the RBI literally banned crypto.
@ankushgr8 on why innovation mode is always on at @RebelFoodsHQ.
@TweetShah on what @Pepperfry learned about partnerships the hard way.
@amit_lakhotia on building @parkplus_io during COVID when parking lots were empty.
@RevantB on making supplements indulgent at Mosaic Wellness.
Matt Chitharanjan on @BlueTokaiCoffee's journey to making specialty coffee mainstream.
Arjun Vaidya on turning emotion and conviction into a modern Ayurveda brand with Dr. Vaidya's.
@sparshgupta of VWO scaled Wingify without raising a single rupee. Why that was both the smartest and scariest decision.
Plus insights from the founders of Shiprocket, CarDekho, HomeLane, Smartworks, LogiNext, Decentro, Bizongo, Hevo Data, TBO Tek, Awfis, OLX India, Kiddopia, TrulyMadly, GoBoult and more.
This isn't a theory book. No frameworks. No 2x2 matrices.
Just founders telling you what actually happened. The parts they don't put in pitch decks or mention on podcasts.
The mess. The pivots. The 3 AM decisions that changed everything.
If you're building something in India right now, this book was written for you.
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