Today I went to a laptop store I am 17 old boy I want to buy asus tuf a15 on emi my monthly salary is 10k I said them I said them to buy a laptop on my father document they said come with your father and when I show them the exact specs I needed he took my phone and check when he was returning my phone he flip my phone and she my phone model and then his expression all changes his tone the way he sees coustomer all the things changes

It hurts hurts my whole ego

Hey everyone,

I'm a 20-year-old guy who's always dreamed of starting a business instead of following the traditional career path.

Let's say you had around ₹25 lakhs in funding to work with. What kind of business would you start today, and why?

If you were in my shoes, what would you do? I'm open to ideas across any industry—online, offline, services, manufacturing, tech, or anything else.

I'd really appreciate your advice and would love to hear about businesses that you think have strong long-term potential.

Hi all,I work in IT and Out of passion I also do own a Innova Crysta Taxi and I run a Travel Company Called Magizhunthu Mobility(Can be verified on Google) Where just not this single vehicle but I also act as an aggregator and cater everyone’s vehicle needs,no matter what I do and whatever the premium service I offer in reasonable price (specifically if they book my Crysta)to some extent only I can get leads and it is getting difficult for me to get leads.Out of all my customers I always feel that NRIs and People who visit Chennai occasionally prefer my service as they prioritise quality over anything.Help me with ideas to improvise my reach.

I'm 24 and just started my wholesale business ( Surgical and hospital supplies). The problem isn't the work, it's the market. Most competitors here have been around for 30–40 years. They have deep pockets, long-term relationships, and can cut prices to levels where a newcomer simply can't survive.

It feels like every move I make is something they can outspend or undercut. With limited capital, I don't have the luxury of surviving months or years of losses.

For those who have actually built a business in a market dominated by established players, what worked? How do you compete without getting dragged into a price war you can't afford? What would you do differently if you had to start from scratch today?

I'd really appreciate advice from people who've been through this.

Hi everyone,

I'm a recent engineering graduate from India, and instead of starting another SaaS or AI business, I'm interested in building a "boring" business—something in manufacturing, industrial products, B2B supply, or essential goods.

I'm not looking for a business that relies on being exceptionally skilled at a craft. Instead, I'm more interested in businesses where success comes from good decision-making, operations, sales, supplier management, and long-term thinking.

Examples that interest me include:

• Packaging materials
• Industrial consumables
• Medical disposables
• Chemicals
• Construction materials
• Plastic or rubber products
• Electrical components
• Other B2B manufacturing

I have a few questions for people already in manufacturing:

1. If you were starting from scratch today, which manufacturing sectors would you seriously consider and why?
2. What are the biggest challenges that outsiders underestimate?
3. How difficult is it to compete with established manufacturers?
4. Is it better to start with trading and then move into manufacturing?
5. Which industries have stable, long-term demand but relatively less competition?
6. If you had ₹20 lakh to invest, what would you build today?

I'm looking for businesses that can eventually scale, have repeat customers, and are not dependent on trends or social media marketing.

Been noticing something talking to resort owners around Coorg and Chikmagalur.
They’re spending thousands on Instagram ads to get leads and then losing those leads because they couldn’t reply to a WhatsApp message fast enough.
50-100 enquiries a day. Same questions every time. Price? Availability? Pool? Pet friendly? Owner is either glued to his phone or the customer just books somewhere else.
Existing solutions are either expensive third party tools or require you to deal with API integrations yourself which nobody has time for.
So I’m building something to fix this. Simple AI that lives on your WhatsApp, replies instantly, answers FAQs, collects lead info and passes serious customers to you.
Still building it but wanted to talk to real business owners first before I go too deep.
If your main leads come through WhatsApp and slow replies are actually a problem for you — would love to hop on a quick 15 min call just to understand your situation better.
Not selling anything yet. Just want to learn.
Drop a comment or DM me 👇

Thankyouuuu!

Selling my 4 years old Ecommerce store in the Polo T-Shirt Niche.

Sales are around 1500 to 4000 rs every month. Sales are happening mainly through organic customers from google, as I did good SEO work for the past 4 years. Products are sourced from thirupur in bulk.

Let me know for more details or DM me.

I cannot stress this enough: if you are running a traditional manufacturing or trading business like me, please get AI and automation integrated into your workflow. It is no longer optional.

I am a manufacturer and trader. Last year, I made a massive investment to scale up our manufacturing capacity, fully expecting to cater to a flood of new customer queries. But as soon as the volume of enquiring  went up, we hit a massive, frustrating bottleneck.

Our sales team was simply not fast enough to respond to IndiaMart, Justdial, and website queries. If a lead came in after 7 PM or on Saturday evening (we work 5d/week)  it wouldn't get touched until Monday morning.

Because of our delayed replies, smaller traders with far inferior products were bagging deals that should have been ours, simply because they picked up the phone or replied first.

What I tried first (and why it failed)

My immediate reaction was to hire more sales guys. It didn't work. The  payroll costs shot up drastically, but the problem persisted because they were still not prompt enough to reply. On top of that, the new hires weren't technically qualified to understand our specialized manufacturing product. They couldn't explain the specs properly to high-intent buyers, and we lost even more deals due to poor communication.

Frustrated, I started asking around my business network. An acquaintance connected me with a sharp tech guy who an IIT alumnus who specializes in business automation.

We had a few calls where I laid out the mess. I don't understand the complex coding behind it, but he built a seamless system that fundamentally changed how we operate.

Here is exactly how the flow works now:

The moment an enquiry lands on IndiaMart the automation triggers an instant introductory message to the customer's WhatsApp. Along with the greeting, it automatically drops our digital product catalogue and a Google Maps location link to our facility.

The AI Layer: Later, I had him build a custom AI chatbot trained specifically on our catalogue and business FAQs. Now, when a lead clicks the link, they could actually chat with the AI to ask basic technical questions about our products in real-time.

The Results
Instead of chasing cold leads hours or days later, the dynamic completely shifted. Customers get immediate gratification. This system even made us appear bigger than we actually  are to the customer .We've even had a few clients walk straight into our manufacturing facility using the automated maps link without a single phone call being made.

The system also allows me to personally review the AI chat logs, see exactly what the customer needs, and jump in only on the highly relevant, high-value leads. The massive back-and-forth time is entirely gone.

The best part? I was able to scale down the salary overhead. I now have just one solid sales person managing the entire pipeline because the tech  does the heavy lifting of lead engagement.

Looking for suggestions
Now that I’ve seen what basic AI and automation can do for lead response, I want to take this further.

For those who have integrated tech into traditional businesses: Where else in this pipeline can I plug in AI? And what other operational bottlenecks (inventory, vendor follow-ups, invoicing) have you successfully solved using tech? Would love to hear your experiences.

The consumption economy was driven by middle-income earners working in IT and Tech sector. These sectors have started laying off employees and hiring activity is also on a steep decline. All companies are talking about replacing humans with AI.

But what they don't see is that humans are multi-tasker through growth but AI is not. It requires configurations and a lot of testing. Humans can eat,walk,drive,evaluate products and use them. AI cannot do any of these.

Humans spend, but AI doesn't.

In every discussion with friends and colleagues, they brainstorm about starting a side business in the category of tea/snacks cart/Airbnb etc.

My challenge is if everyone is going to start a tea stall with only few buyers, then prices will only crash. Secondary and tertiary businesses will fail faster.

My question is if AI is replacing the spenders, how will secondary and tertiary businesses succeed?

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I'm from patna bihar.

As the topic says, i want some suggestions for business. Which has potential to grow big. I think to invest 10lakh of my own and rest with bank loan(as how can i show all that money 😅). But the thing is i want to start an business as its my 1st business for the base so want it to have potential for success.

If you any gap in any sector which can be fullfill then please suggest me. OR be my partner i will invest my money.

Or fir starting any franchise which can run in patna well good.

Any manufacturing factory business , i can also do that.

Any digital business like any type of app or ANYTHING..

I too have my own ideas but those i can do when i have my base.

If my base is good and I'm financially stable then i will grow my business as hell.

I have 100+ clients who wants to Import from China,

We need a China sourcing Agent who can give us end to end services from finding right suppliers to freight customs and delivering to clients place.

Needed an experienced sourcing agent also if he can source from Vietnam and Thailand it will be great.

Hi, I'm not sure if this is allowed but im gonna shoot my shot. I am really good at setting up and fixing operational problems when it comes to the food business. I have a hotel management degree and an MBA and also have work experience where i was the ops manager for 4 restaurants as well as a consultant for one restaurant. I also founded a popular cloud kitchen

So if you guys want to solve any problem, feel free to ask

Thank you all :)

Would Theme-Based Airbnbs Work in India, or Is This a Terrible Idea?

A friend and I have been discussing a business idea for a while and would love some honest feedback.

Instead of regular Airbnb apartments, we're thinking about creating unique, theme-based stays in Indian cities—gaming rooms, Japanese-inspired spaces, royal heritage themes, movie-themed apartments, etc. The goal is to offer an experience, not just a place to sleep.

We believe younger travelers, couples, and content creators might be willing to pay a premium for something memorable, but we're curious about the ground reality.

Would you book something like this? What are the biggest challenges you see? Has anyone here tried something similar?

Brutally honest opinions are welcome.

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