Tried to do this while working full time and very soon realised it is not scalable to do both. Finally let go of my job, I'm serving my notice period to be able to concentrate on the startup.

Social Media Lead

Please give me suggestions/advice for people like us who want to know the problems,. struggles and all

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Apart from job anyone started Business as a part-time

Apart from job anyone started Business as a part-time- Grapevine

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Need help from you guys. I earn a decent amount of money without having to spend much time.
Now I wish to spend my spare time (say 6 to 8 hrs in a day) to do something fruitful and also earn an extra income. I want to know what is the recent trend, Affiliate marketing, Streaming, ChapGPT, Stock markets. I don't mind spending 2-3 years without any income, but I want to build something that is scalable.
PS - I am from a finance background and work in the stock markets. So publishing research reports on companies is something that comes natural to me. What is the TAM for this. Would you be willing to pay Rs. 5000 for an annual subscription if I publish a report on 12 or 24 small / mid caps in a year. Or maybe IPO research.

Trying to build a business

Finance Consultant

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A friend has asked me for advice, crowd sourcing solutions for him

He is 38, is a 12th pass, left BBA midway to start his own business. Ran it for 15yrs, sold it after severe loss, sold family house too

Currently working in a BPO but wants to do better. 

Is willing to learn/ start afresh but needs to work too. For last 2yrs, wife is taking care of everything including his parents

What can he study/upskill? Non technical background person but also willing to learn other things 

Please suggest

Advice needed

Content Strategist

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How do I start 
1. To check if it's viable
2. It's in B2C space and can be extended to B2B also ( but lots of competition in B2B but not B2C due to independent small firms)
3. I am from tech background so I can handle that but the idea need operations and few domain experts
4. I will have to leave my current job since I am working in a startup, all 6 days 10+ hours. How much run away should I be sure of, before jumping full time into it.

Suggestions! I have a startup idea

Software Engineer

Hi, I am currently working as an SDE in India. I want to start a small business (online consultancy) with a friend which will require some legal stuff like GST and partnership firm/company registration in India. 

For the initial days of the business, we will be working full time as well and will work on our business in our free time. If this scales well, we'll probably leave our jobs and work on the business full time.

Now, I have a few questions regarding this
- is it a case of moonlighting? 
- What will happen if my employer gets to know this in the future? 
- What are the legal implications in India for this?
- What are the workarounds for this? 

I've seen many people selling some courses or having a restaurant or some small business along with full time employment. How do they manage to do so?

Start a business alongside fulltime corporate slavery

Founder

I've 3 yoe, currently working in a very small startup as full-stack dev. Company's revenue is declining from Q4 last year.

Every month layoffs are happening in each team. Last week, a dev was laid off from my team.

No hike till now, working here from last 1.5 years. Although, got performance bonus twice.

I want to work on a few ideas, tried to work on weekends but it led to burn out and started affecting my health, suffered from mental fatigue.

Please suggest.

Work on own startup vs switch to another startup

Hi everyone,

Has anyone been to Canton fair, China? If yes, is it worth going if you have plans to source products from China and sell in India. 

Anyone doing this, please advise how to proceed, what are the challenges and other info..

Need advise on starting a business

Project Manager

howdy!!


Folks I need your inputs please. I am a single parent to two kids and have a full time job which is basically the only financial source and now WFH is ending and my problem is:

1. With the role n responsibilities i am fully booked for office work and not able to take care of the kids or house like i want to

2. Even if i hire someone like nanny i still thinking of their safety and activities they r doing bcoz i want to engage them is teaching or making them learn spend time with them as they grow be there for them ( bcoz i know how lonely it is to have working parents) so i don’t want them left with nanny bcoz i believe money can be made again but their childhood will not return 

3. Even if i get a WFH role, my time, energy and thinking capabilities will be taken up by the job only again leaving me less energetic, time to care for my kids

4 Everyone is against me leaving the job bcoz that’s the only financial source I have but i want to shift my stream maybe join as a school admin or start a food business that i can handle without much of mental stress but the pay will be way less

So I am looking for something which gives me the time and mental peace to spend and raise my kids with a decent money to meet the needs. 

What can i do???  please tell me any other way out or a guaranteed income source along with being with my kids

Your thoughts plz

Hey everyone, I’m a software developer with 3.5 years of experience across different tech stacks. Lately, I’ve been thinking about starting something on my own, possibly in fintech or healthcare (primarily India stack).

I’m excited to jump into the entrepreneurial world, but I’ve seen friends go through this journey, and I know the income can dry up for a while. My family’s doing fine financially, but I don’t want to put any extra pressure on them.

So here’s where I’m stuck: Should I take on part-time/contract work to keep some cash flow going, or should I go all-in on the startup idea and avoid distractions?

Would love to hear from anyone who’s been in the same boat. How did you manage it? Any tips or advice are welcome. Let’s chat!

Thanks in advance!

Need Some Advice: Balancing Startup Dreams and Financial Stability

Software Developer

Is working on your own startup while in MNC a moonlight case, will it lead to serious blow from your company. Wanted to know the opinion what happens when your manager finds out that you also run a startup.

What are the possibile things you can do to avoid this  ? Any recommendations by anyone . Or any things to be aware of ?

Side Hustle

I want a start a restaurant business like wow momos, but in the dessert domain, I have a capital of 5 Lakhs, can you guys give me some advice and tips, as to what to do or start, I am based out of Mumbai

Business tips

Analyst

I thought to clear family financials by taking up a job but got stuck

Anyone stuck at full time jobs but with entrepreneur dreams??

Product Designer

Welcome to Ask Grapeviners's Private Community

Please suggest some alternative income source which i can build. I have a 30L loan for 15yrs which i need to pay asap. My current income doesn't allow me to do so and I have recently changed my job.

Alternate income source

Me and my friend are desperate to start a business. We’ve got no experience, no previous background though. We have a ton of ideas, constant thought ( to the level that it sometimes causes anxiety) about quitting our jobs and starting on our own.

We don’t even have a company registered yet.

Both of us earn handsomely as of now and work in MNCs. 

The liabilities are very minimal for either right now.

We plan to start a consulting business and then branch out from there towards a product, because profitability is important for us.

Should we take the leap of faith?

Should I quit my job to start a company ?

Hey Guys ! Startup pmo here I have interviews lined up with few big tech companies , I have a small doubt do companies allow me where I can have a side hustle or take up parents business on the side 

Asking for myself any suggestions

Can I have a side hustle or freelance

Data Analyst

I’ve been wanting to build something on my own, I have built and hosted a few apps. But I couldn’t scale as much as I would have liked. I have contemplated on running a startup but I don’t have any trusted team member to support me.

Building software apps is my passion. I want take benefit of my passion to make money. Is freelancing a good option to do so?

Share your experiences, if any. Would love to hear ideas on how I can convert my passion of building apps (both web app & mobile app) to make money.

PS: I am at a full time job and I’m looking for a side hustle.

Is freelancing an option to make money?

Software Architect

I'm 22 and want to start life on my own terms by leaving family business and want to do something on my own. 
I don't know how can I begin a new journey for my life. 
Any suggestions??

How to begin life on our own

Hii guys! 
I'm working in one of the MNC, But the salary is not sufficient now, I need to have one more source of income so suggest me & give any idea 💡to get money!!

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