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Romita Mazumdar: The Investor-Turned- Founder Building Foxtale, India's Efficacy-First Skincare Brand
Meet Romita Mazumdar, the powerhouse founder and CEO behind Foxtale, one of India's most talked-about D2C skincare brands.
 • Akshay Datt
Shankar Prasad (Plum Goodness): Why Bootstrapping Built a Better Beauty Brand
The Indian startup ecosystem is buzzing.
From Accidental Entrepreneur to Fitness Icon: Jitendra Chouksey's Fittr Revolution
Discover how Jitendra Chouksey bootstrapped Fittr from a WhatsApp group to a global fitness community of 5M+, raising ~$17M. The journey of an IT pro…
 • Akshay Datt
Zero to Unicorn: The Unfiltered Story of Ashneer Grover & BharatPe
The definitive dossier on Ashneer Grover. His IIT/IIM journey, the strategy behind BharatPe's $2.85B valuation, the controversies, and his next chapter.
 • Akshay Datt
The Nature of Markets: How Apurv Agrawal Built SquadStack by Learning Not to Fight the Wind
From a side project nobody cared about to ₹200 crore ARR - the story of respecting forces you cannot control
 • Akshay Datt
Jaydeep Barman: The McKinsey Consultant Who Built Rebel Foods - $1.4 Billion Cloud Kitchen Empire
The untold story of how a Bengali Math professor's son revolutionized restaurants by decoupling brands from real estate
 • Akshay Datt
Decoding Vinod Kumar Meena & Kuku FM: From Rural Rajasthan to India's Audio Powerhouse
Meet Vinod Kumar Meena, IIT grad & Forbes 30U30 Co-founder/COO of Kuku FM. Explore his journey, Kuku FM's $75M ARR, $72M funding & vision for Bharat's…
 • Akshay Datt
How Utham Gowda Built Captain Fresh Into a $1 Billion Seafood Empire While Competitors Collapsed
The investment banker turned CEO spent $6 million on market research, traveled 1.8 million kilometers, and acquired 10 companies to become the last man…
 • Akshay Datt
The Phoenix Card: How Anil Goteti Built Scapia By Returning $9M to Investors
The former Flipkart SVP shut down his first startup, gave back investor capital, and used that credibility to raise $72M for India's fastest-growing…
 • Akshay Datt
Arjun Vaidya's ~₹144 Crore Exit: Revitalizing a 150-Year Legacy into a D2C Powerhouse
How Arjun Vaidya turned his family's 150-year Ayurvedic heritage and ₹1 lakh savings into India's largest online Ayurveda brand, Dr. Vaidya's.
 • Akshay Datt
The Reshamandi Dossier: Rise and Spectacular Fall of a $70M AgriTech Dream
He raised over $70M to digitize India's ancient silk industry. This is the definitive story of Reshamandi's meteoric rise and its cautionary collapse.
 • Akshay Datt
The monk who sold his Santro | Pankaj Bansal @ PeopleStrong
The visiting card that would change everything was still in Pankaj Bansal's pocket as he walked into that posh school in South Delhi, seeking admission…
 • Akshay Datt
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