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The Grit Stories — Curated by SaaSBoomi
GRIT STORIES is about entrepreneurs who get up every time they fall down; about the ones who fail but dare to try again and again; and the breed who valiantly fight mental demons. That’s why they are gritty, and end up scripting a GRITTY STORY.
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Streaming Now: Gut, Nut & But
Streaming Now: Gut, Nut & But
The 25-year journey of Baskar, Vidhya, and Srini can be summed up in one word: OTT. They are ‘opposites,’ have an exciting ‘today,’ and a…
Avinash Raghava
Apr 24
Three Idiots & Hyderabadi Biryani
Three Idiots & Hyderabadi Biryani
The novices had two options: dance with the devil or swim with the sharks. The non-swimmers — Jayant, Chaitanya and Rohit — decided to…
Avinash Raghava
Apr 11
Snakes, Ladders & Varun Shoor
Snakes, Ladders & Varun Shoor
An early headstart, a thrilling beginning, a promising future, and a tough journey. The bootstrapped founder from Jalandhar battled heavy…
Avinash Raghava
Apr 4
Captain Cool, Walk the Talk, & Gupshup
Captain Cool, Walk the Talk, & Gupshup
Topped JEE? Medal winner from IIT? Went to MIT? Wow! So, you are going to make it big with your startup as well. Right? Wrong. Beerud Sheth…
Avinash Raghava
Mar 15
Guts, Gumption & Grit: The Four Musketeers
Guts, Gumption & Grit: The Four Musketeers
A tech geek, a beauty nonconformist, a sales expert and a product wonk join hands to disrupt a fossilized office space. Well, the four…
Avinash Raghava
Jan 18
Hand of God, Act of Man & Kovaigiri
Hand of God, Act of Man & Kovaigiri
Meet the bootstrapped monk from a small town who drives Lamborghini, Porsche, Bentley, and is remarkably lucid in his entrepreneurial…
Avinash Raghava
Dec 14, 2023
Clear ‘Why,’ Sharp ‘How’ & WebEngage
Clear ‘Why,’ Sharp ‘How’ & WebEngage
Avlesh Singh and Ankit Utreja weaved strong strands of ‘WHY’ into their entrepreneurial DNA. While the former looks for ‘WHY’ in every…
Avinash Raghava
Oct 27, 2023
Trail, Trial & Magic
Trail, Trial & Magic
For Hari Ganapathy, the transition from ‘Thor’ to ‘Morpheus’ was nothing less than a trial by fire. Though a rugged journey for over a…
Avinash Raghava
Sep 21, 2023
Mrs & Mr Khiladi!
Mrs & Mr Khiladi!
Who says engineers are wired differently? Who says they lack emotional appetite? Who says they can master science but don’t understand the…
Avinash Raghava
Aug 18, 2023
Smile please, you’re an entrepreneur!
Smile please, you’re an entrepreneur!
He-Man, Spiderman, Batman…none of the superheroes ever had any currency with Harish Bahl. Interestingly, the software engineer wanted to…
Avinash Raghava
Jul 13, 2023
From Jugaad to Algorithmic Jugaad: Mobisy’s untold Story!
From Jugaad to Algorithmic Jugaad: Mobisy’s untold Story!
Lalit’s entrepreneurial journey started by coding, Shree’s accidental journey as a founder started by decoding, and Mobisy got a buyer even…
Avinash Raghava
Jun 5, 2023
A short story, a tall order & Vijay Rayapati
A short story, a tall order & Vijay Rayapati
Life handed him the short end of the stick since childhood. The intrepid boy, though, converted it into a long hockey stick, dribbled past…
Avinash Raghava
May 18, 2023
Two peas in a pod: Software, Nightmare & a Bootstrapped Affair
Two peas in a pod: Software, Nightmare & a Bootstrapped Affair
Suhasini and Ankit Dudhwewala always had the option of plucking the lowest-hanging fruit. And there were many in the journey. The spirited…
Avinash Raghava
Apr 20, 2023
Leather shoes, foreign stint & office timings: iMocha & its strong SaaSy brew
Leather shoes, foreign stint & office timings: iMocha & its strong SaaSy brew
In 2012, two mavericks from Pune dared to question why interviews couldn’t be quantified. Over the next decade, Amit Mishra and Sujit Karpe…
Avinash Raghava
Mar 30, 2023
Bag, Baggage & Room at the top: Aditya Sanghi & Hotelogix
Bag, Baggage & Room at the top: Aditya Sanghi & Hotelogix
A sedate growth, a well-planned merger, an ill-fated demerger, an unforeseen pandemic, and an improbable win…Aditya Sanghi has endured…
Avinash Raghava
Mar 23, 2023
Sun, Star & a Pale Blue Dot: AdPushup’s Untold Story
Sun, Star & a Pale Blue Dot: AdPushup’s Untold Story
A curious child, an ambitious boy, a blustery adult and a tranquil man… Ankit Oberoi’s life has been dotted with umpteen emotions. But…
Avinash Raghava
Mar 9, 2023
Wingman and getting comfortable with discomfort
Wingman and getting comfortable with discomfort
In 2018, three startup newbies came together to build and pitch a conversation intelligence company. As the founders searched for customers…
Avinash Raghava
Feb 23, 2023
Captain Kirk, a Rugged Trek & Game of Inches
Captain Kirk, a Rugged Trek & Game of Inches
After over fifteen months of a heady journey, Captain Kirk’s maiden ship gets wrecked by treacherous rogue waves. Inch by inch, over the…
Avinash Raghava
Feb 16, 2023
Nix, Fix & Whatfix
Nix, Fix & Whatfix
In 2013, after three years of gruelling entrepreneurial journey, Khadim Batti and Vara Kumar found themselves in a big fix. The easy…
Avinash Raghava
Feb 9, 2023
How Hiver’s founders went from introverted engineers to high-quality PMF chasers
How Hiver’s founders went from introverted engineers to high-quality PMF chasers
After small and flexible beginnings, Niraj Ranjan and Nitesh Nandy knew their email management company needed to go big or go home
Avinash Raghava
Feb 6, 2023
Love, Passion & Obsession: The Wingify Story
Love, Passion & Obsession: The Wingify Story
A young boy falls in love. And like most love stories, he battles countless odds, fails multiple times but stays relentless in his pursuit…
Avinash Raghava
Feb 2, 2023
FieldAssist, the art of asking, and the wisdom of crowds
FieldAssist, the art of asking, and the wisdom of crowds
Paramdeep Singh and Divir Tiwari wanted to sell software that would help consumer goods companies automate their field operations. But…
Avinash Raghava
Jan 19, 2023
Meet the Hustlers: Plucky Tortoises stayed ahead, & in demand!
Meet the Hustlers: Plucky Tortoises stayed ahead, & in demand!
Milind Katti and Abhijit Gangoli braved gusty storms, fought doggedly and kept themselves in the equation. Two decades later, the spirited…
Avinash Raghava
Jan 4, 2023
Of the founder mindset, founder marriage, and MoEngage
Of the founder mindset, founder marriage, and MoEngage
When their first venture flopped because of poor retention, Raviteja Dodda and Yashwanth Kumar started up again to solve the churn problem…
Avinash Raghava
Dec 25, 2022
The three mistakes of Rushabh Mehta’s life
The three mistakes of Rushabh Mehta’s life
ERP systems are hard to build, open source ERPs are harder. One can only enter this business by mistake.
Avinash Raghava
Dec 13, 2022
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