Every business has a story. These are the ones worth telling.
Starting with one stall and a borrowed recipe, Ramesh Patel turned a corner chai stop into a brand that now serves 2,000 cups a day across five locations.
Between rising rents, delivery app competition, and GST compliance, small kirana store owners share what it really takes to keep the shutters open.
Priya Sharma started building custom furniture in her father's garage. Today, she runs a 40-person workshop exporting to three countries.
In cities like Lucknow, Coimbatore, and Bhopal, neighborhood bakeries are thriving while national chains struggle to find footing.
After three failed monsoons, Sunil Jadhav built a soil-monitoring system from spare parts and a Raspberry Pi. Now 200 farmers in his district use it.
Meena Gupta delivers 500 meals a day with a team of 12 women. No app, no investors — just WhatsApp and word of mouth.
What started as helping three neighborhood kids with math grew into a 200-student coaching center that rivals franchise brands.
Mohammad Arif learned shoe-making from his grandfather. An Instagram page later, he's shipping handmade leather shoes to 15 states.