7 Bootstrapping Lessons From Indian Founders
The most useful bootstrapping lessons from Indian founders are simple to say and hard to practise: sell something people will pay for, grow only as fast…
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The most useful bootstrapping lessons from Indian founders are simple to say and hard to practise: sell something people will pay for, grow only as fast…
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From zero to one
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Nobody would fund us, so we had to be profitable from the first month. That constraint became our biggest strength.
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Breaking barriers
Sairee Chahal SHEROES founder success story: from Fleximoms to a women-only community and Mahila Money, with milestones, leadership lessons and…
Fresh off the desk
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