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My flair tells people I was flashy analyst who whizzed his way through excel files and numbers for a living. While that's... eh... partially true... it does end up hiding what it took me to get there.

I have been fluctuating between introversion and extroversion (read: ambivert) for a while. When in college, I decided to pick up some internships that would look good on my resume, while also assuming they'd solve for my 'corporate exposure'. Every quarter or 2, I'd be working for some firm on the other. My college timings were early morning, which allowed me to pickup work post college hours, usually by mid afternoon around.

By the end of 2nd year, I had worked with a few firms of great reputation in my industry, much to my parent's approval. While I was contemplating on my next move, I came across a Linkedin post from my school senior who was looking for a young kid who could work in his startup. "Oh, I know him. He is familiar. He will definitely interview me due to our shared alumni." and I hit "Apply" without thinking. Afterall, which recruiter ever opens LinkedIn EasyApply.

Only this time, someone accidently decided to.

I had an interview, where I pitched myself and what I could bring to the table. Somewhat convinced with our conversation, they decided to give me a shot and sent me an offer letter.

"Dad, I got an internship offer. It's from a startup my school senior is working on. They want to sell some edible consumables, and I felt this is new and refreshing. They'll pay ₹2500/month + conveyances + sales commissions"

"What? No, this is career suicide. You've been working at great firms, which paid you more. This is nothing compared to that. It will look bad on your CV, don't do it."

'C'mon, those were boring desk jobs. You've had interns in your firm, you know what it's like. I've been working on meaningless excels, and warming chairs. You can't give me real work because I'm not an employee, and too inexperienced otherwise. This is at least something different."

"I don't approve of it."

"I know you won't, that's what makes it even better. I'll do it irrespectively. I'm young and I want to explore, I can restart a career anytime I want."

Yup, it is fun to rebel. Don't recommend it always though.

So, I decided to get to work. A part of my work included generating new clients for the business, for which I had to go to places and pitch the product.

Luckily, I remember how there was a food district near my ex-employer's office. I decided to hit all relevant restaurants, cafes, bars there to generate business. Instead of calling them like a sane human, I decided to knock their doors, quite literally. I went to every single HoReCa (Hotel, Restaurant, Cafe - a term used by hospitality for such establishments), went to the most important looking person in the place, and asked "Can I meet the manager? I have something for them."

Some gave in, most called me crazy. Few shoo-ed me off like a stray dog (lovely).

In some much more upscaled ones, I went first as a potential guest, had a look at the menu, saw a gap they can fulfil, and then pitched that exactly to the manager. "my product can give you xyz, which is missing from your menu" or "[your competing brand from across the street] said they were keen and were negotiating commercials and quantities with us already" and eventually my business card pile started to line up.

Even in places I didn't make a deal, I got the manager's number, and in the good books of some. To the point, where my colleague in last employer remarked "How the f* do you know the managers for so many places?" ah, what to tell you...

One day, when I was looking on Google Maps for my next prey, I stumbled upon the headquarters of a food giant. It was a walkable distance from where I stood, in a swanky corporate office building.

To this day, I don't know what occurred to me, but I decided to hit them. Was it "I have nothing to loose, I'm just a kid" or my rebellious teen spirit getting a hold of me, or my fascination for non-haunted uncharted territories, I have absolutely no clue why, but I just went for it.

I reached the corporate office, where the decoy security guard asked my purpose of visit.

After a suspiciously 5 second long "uhhh..." I said "job interview".

I expected them to ask whom, and I was wondering if I should frantically search LinkedIn for a name on the pretext of checking my em-

"Okay, just sign up and you can go"

Phew. Heavy sigh of relief, while my heart was pumping a river of blood per second.

I kept a poker face till I reached the reception, where the REAL guard asked me my purpose of visit.

Too scared of the theatrics I did a few floors below, I blurted out the real reason.

"That's not how it works. You can't just meet someone like this. Do you even know their name?"

"No but they can actually benefit from my products-"

After a few rounds of tussle, the guard was ready to evict me.

However, one curious employee, hearing the commotion outside came to ask me what I'm doing.

I pitched it to them, with all my might and strength, and hacks and tactics, with everything I got. After 200 long seconds, he says:

"Wait here."

This is it. This is how I go to jail. This is how I end. My dad was right. I'm an idiot. I am done. I am finished. I really am a fai-

"Our head will meet you in 5 mins at the meeting room down the aisle."

No way. No f* way. I pinched myself 3 times. The guard was partially baffled, and made a despiteful grunt, much to my cheer.

I made frantic calls to my founder, whom I didn't even inform that I was planning this because I thought it was impossible.

After a dozen missed calls, he screamed

"Dude it's lun-"

"I am meeting the head of [food giant] in the next 5 mins, I'll send you the G Meet link, please join."

"Wait, what, how did you-"

"I'll share all that later, just get ready for the call."

We did finally pitch him the product, and discussed commercials and everything. After the meeting, the head shared his number with me to discuss the details later.

Once we were done, I walked out of the office, the building, and in peak summer heat, I sat outside the gates on the pavement, just trying to make sense of what just happened.

For reasons unknown to me, the deal didn't go through. But I absolutely loved what I did.

Lot of GenZs my age do not want to get engaged in door-to-door sales at all. And I understand how pressurising it can be. I am grateful to my founders who gave me ample room to fail and let me live in peace with a poor conversion rate. I know that not a lot of people have good experiences with sales.

But I highly recommend young GenZs to try (healthy) door to door sales, especially with someone who is comfortable for you to fail.

I think that experience alone made me more comfortable to make mistakes, to take risks.

Forever grateful 🙏🏼

Disclaimer: This is a personal story, not a how-to guide. I do not endorse trespassing, misleading security or reception staff, impersonation, harassment, or unauthorized solicitation. The approach described could have resulted in removal, disciplinary action, civil liability, or criminal consequences. If you work in sales, get permission, be truthful about who you are and why you’re visiting, respect refusals, follow venue rules, and comply with all applicable laws. Names and identifying details have been changed or omitted.

TLDR: Sold some edibles for an upcoming startup, ended up not-so-legally knocking doors of a food giant. Almost got a deal, but it shook away the fear of selling from me)

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Great allusions, and beautiful storytelling. This is not dogmatic, but analytical and truly philosophical.

Although they are a bit loose with spoilers, but actually good storytelling.

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Here you go, top performing ESG fund btw.

Well done real life Nayak, Tukaram

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I'm glad we are making genuine impact, I'm glad we are being trusted by people to share. And it was not easy. Countless times we have been requested or threatened by employers to delete posts. But we don't back down. Because we value a real story over anything.

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Year of manufacture is March 2022

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