r/IndiaBusiness

I’ve been working in corporate/customer support for almost 3 years now and honestly I feel mentally exhausted. Long hours, office politics, travelling, pressure, working under managers constantly… I feel done with this life.

I’m 25 and lately I’ve been seriously thinking about starting something of my own instead of spending the next 10-15 years working under someone else.

The business idea is not some big startup or fancy cafe. I’m thinking small and practical.

Plan is:

• Egg shop in Ulwe
• Retail + bulk egg supply
• Supply to small cafes/stalls/restaurants
• Home delivery nearby through WhatsApp
• Target gym customers too
• Keep some fast moving items like onion, potato, bread, milk, cheese, cold drinks etc
• Small stationery section also because my father already has experience in stationery items

At night after 9 PM I want to start selling:

• Anda bhurji
• Anda pav
• Omelette
• Basic egg food items

Financially:

• Around ₹2.5L savings
• ₹1L loan
• Emergency backup through credit card if things go bad

I’m not expecting huge profit quickly. My main goal honestly is:

• survive
• build something stable
• stop depending fully on jobs
• have control over my own future

I know business is difficult too and I’m not romanticizing it. I know I may have to work even harder than corporate initially.

But I genuinely want to know from people who have done food/grocery/small business:

• Is this business model practical?
• Are egg margins too low?
• Is cooked food where real profit comes from?
• What mistakes usually kill businesses like this?
• Would you leave corporate in my situation?

Would appreciate genuine advice, even harsh truth.

same as above.​

I was scrolling yesterday.

Melody toffee was everywhere.

Memes, reels, tweets — honestly, I laughed too.

But somewhere between the laughing —

a thought hit me quietly.

22 lakh students gave NEET this year.

Not 22 thousand. 22 lakh.

Kids who woke up at 5am for years.

Who said no to weddings, trips, late nights.

Who told their parents — "bas ek baar ho jaaye."

And the paper leaked.

Yes, re-NEET will happen.

And maybe that's the right step.

But can we re-give them those 2 years?

The confidence they had walking into that exam hall?

The trust they had in the system?

Some things a re-test can fix.

Some things — it just can't.

I'm not here to blame anyone.

I'm just a college student who knows what exam pressure feels like.

And I keep thinking —

We gave a ₹1 toffee more emotional energy than we gave these students.

Not because we're bad people.

Just because the internet moved on.

And we moved with it.

Re-NEET is happening.

That's something.

But those students deserve more than just another exam date.

They deserve to know that people actually saw them.

Did we?

Still figuring things out, one thought at a time.

#NEET2024 #ReNEET #StudentLife #IndiaEducation #YouthVoice #RealTalk #CollegeStudent #NEETStudents #ThoughtOfTheDay

Hey guys,

Long story short I am 24M. Worked at Accenture customer service for 3 years, but now I am absolutely done. Frustrated AF working under people, mental health ki waat lag gayi hai. So, I am taking a leap of faith and starting my own raw chicken shop in Ulwe.

A lot of people around me think I’m making a mistake leaving a corporate brand name for a "chicken shop", but honestly, dhanda dhanda hota hai.

I have mapped out my finances tightly and wanted to get some reviews from folks who live in Navi Mumbai / Ulwe, or understand business. Here is the breakdown:

• Total Capital: 3.5 Lakhs (2.5L savings + 1L loan).
• Shop Setup: Fixed ₹80k deposit + 4 months rent buffer (₹25k/month = ₹1L). So shop security is sorted for 4 months.
• Equipment & Cash Flow: Spending around ₹1.2 Lakh on equipment (Deep freezer, SS cutting counters, cages, tiling, FSSAI license). Planning to put around ₹50k of this on my Axis Credit Card EMI to save hard cash.
• In Hand Cash: Will have around ₹90k-95k liquid cash left for daily sourcing from Vashi APMC.
• Monthly Survival Costs: Home ration (10k) + Scooter EMI (3.5k) + Self (3k) + Staff Cutter Salary (15k) + Electricity (5k) = Approx ₹41,500 fixed cost every month.

My Strategy to beat local standard shops: I don't want it to be a typical smelly, dirty shop. I'm installing a glass partition between the cutting area and customers, using lemongrass sprays, and keeping it premium hygienic so families/women feel comfortable visiting. Also planning a solid WhatsApp delivery network for high-rises in Sector 19/9/20, and keeping ready-to-cook marinated items (Tikka/Tandoori) for the working crowd.

I need your help with a few things:

1. Is Ulwe a good market for this? Which sectors should I target for maximum footfall?
2. How risky is supplying to local cafes/hotels? Someone told me restaurants block your money in a credit trap.
3. Am I missing any hidden costs (like local bodies, extra electricity, or high wastage)?

Please be as brutal as possible. I am putting my life savings into this. Thanks!

Spoke to a founder last week. Spent ₹30 lakhs of his savings building a skincare product.

98% efficacy on Indian skin. Dermatologically tested. Real formulation work. The kind of product that takes months to get right.

Zero sales after a month. Listed on Amazon. Website live. Nothing.

The product isn't the problem. Nobody can find it.

His website launched with no meta descriptions. Product pages with titles like "Moisturizer 50ml" that nobody searches for. No blog. No content. Google had no idea what he was selling.

Someone right now is searching "best moisturizer for Indian skin" or "dermatologically tested face cream India." They have money. They're ready to buy.

He's not showing up.

This isn't rare. Most founders I talk to have poured everything into the product — which is right, the product has to work. But the digital foundation gets treated as an afterthought.

Three things that would have changed this before launch:

1. Write product page titles the way buyers search, not the way you describe your product internally
2. Get Google to index your pages before you start spending on ads — check Search Console the day you launch
3. Your product description should answer "why this over Amazon" not just "what this is"

The product is genuinely good. That's the painful part.

Anyone else seen this pattern with early stage brands?

Need some genuine advice here because this situation is messing with my head.

A friend of mine was struggling badly in business when I met him. Very old school guy… no knowledge of computers, software, systems, lead generation, nothing like that. Financially also he was stuck badly. Around 80k debt became almost 8 lakhs because of loans and interest and all that mess. Business was making maybe 50k/month max.

To be fair, he is good at operations and getting work done once work comes in… but sales? marketing? growth? follow ups? completely weak there.

Past 3 years he jumped around 4 companies and got sacked from all of them. Even used fake salary hike stories while switching jobs.

Meanwhile for the last 3 months I’ve been building lead lists, finding clients, creating opportunities, learning systems, trying to scale things properly. I literally found a way where this business can potentially make 50k/day if executed correctly.

Now here comes the problem.

Instead of treating me like a partner, he registered a company and made me an “employee”.

Still I ignored it because I thought maybe once money starts coming he’ll do things properly.

First deal comes in…

I brought the client.
I helped close the deal.
I even invested my own money into it.

Total profit was around 68k.

He gave me only 8k.

Rest he kept.

When I asked him about it he suddenly started emotional talks like:
“bro you come from settled family”
“I’m in debt”
“I have problems”
etc etc.

But the thing is… I also have bills to pay. I can’t work for free or for charity. Feels like he expects me to work at minimum value while he benefits from the opportunities I bring.

At the same time he keeps saying:
“don’t come into this business”
“there’s no money here”
“this field is difficult”

But ironically I’m the one bringing leads and sales while he acts very lethargic about growth. He talks like even spending 50k/month is huge.

Right now I have around 350 leads which I have NOT disclosed to him yet because honestly I feel like I became the sales engine of the business while he only handles operations.

Another weird thing…
his brother is also in the same line and has almost the exact same mentality and attitude.

Now I seriously don’t know what to do.

Do I continue?
Do I demand proper partnership before sharing anything further?
Do I separate and build independently?
How do I recover the money I already invested?
And ethically/legal-wise… are the clients and leads mine since I generated them personally?

I genuinely helped this guy when he was struggling but now I feel like I’m being used.

(Used AI only for proofreading because my English typing gets messy sometimes.)

Hi, I run a D2C brand for the past 6 years. We are profitable from day one and do around 12Cr annually. I am looking for buyers who are interested in buying my company. If anyone wants to discuss more, dm me.

Hello guys hope everyone is doing well so now I need some help regarding some business ideas I can invest upto 35 lakhs total capital to be invested and mai kisi business family se nhi aata so I don't know where to start what to do how to do can anyone tell me some business which can give me a monthly profit about 80 to 90k zaruri nhi monthly ho but if be divide total profit in a year it should be around 9 to 10 lakhs

I don't want some startup ideas or things like that to boast around I need genuine business which works ie tried and tested ho and please koi retail store ka mt bolna as I am from tier 3 city in up and have good amount of land so koi factory and mill mai prblm nhi hogi .

Will appreciate your efforts.

Hi!

So, SBI has blocked my father's current account due to 2 transactions done by some unauthorised person.

The transaction amount is ₹1128 (two transactions of ₹564). The account has been blocked for 4 days now. No withdrawals allowed.

We are a small business, people from all walks of life come and pay via UPI, how as a business we should be able to know who is doing what kind of fraud.

The account balance is ~4 lakhs which is blocked for a mere amount of ₹1128.

I told the bank to block ₹1128 amount until it is solved but they are not judging.

Bank says go to the local police, police says go to cyber cell, cyber cell says go to State capital cyber cell.

Why are we being harassed for no mistake of ours. Business is getting impacted.

Has anyone faced this? Is there a genuine solution. Please help.

Guys i recently purchased a hotel (accomodation) with a partner for 82lakhs. Remodelled with additional 5.6 lakh. This buildung is right opposite to the temple popular for lord ventakeshwara. We do get customers but its kinda stagnant. There is a function hall on last floor but only 1 wedding per month is held. Not running on loss but stagnant business. I am a 24yr f new to business, zero knowledge. Please suggest me with ideas ans ways to improve my business😭.

I want to generate income from this and est my own project from this so any help is appreciated🗿

Hi everyone,

I’m based in Rohini, Delhi, and I’m trying to figure out what kind of business would make the most sense in India right now if someone has around ₹1.5–2 crore available to invest.

My main goal is relatively stable monthly income of at least around ₹1.5 lakh/month, preferably something that can grow over time and isn’t insanely risky. I’m open to both service-based and product-based businesses.

A few things:

Preferably something legal or illegal, scalable, and sustainable long term

Open to Delhi/NCR-based ideas or even semi-passive models

Can be online, offline, franchise, manufacturing, healthcare, food, rentals, etc.

I don’t necessarily need “startup unicorn” type growth — steady cash flow matters more

Would also appreciate ideas that work well specifically in Delhi/NCR demographics

Would love to hear:

What business you would personally start with this budget

Expected monthly profit realistically

Approx timeline to break even

Biggest risks/problems in that business

Whether it needs full-time involvement or can be managed with staff

Would appreciate honest and practical suggestions from people with real experience.