Personal milestone: 1Cr in rev as a bootstrapper

I am addressing folks who have progressed in their careers enough to earn at least 30 LPA. If you are earning this much in India, you are already in the creamy layer of lifestyle. You can afford a decent house, a decent car and probably save up some assets for children's education (A lot of people bring up the expensive school fees). If you get a salary hike from 30LPA to 40LPA, there is a high chance that your lifestyle will not change that much. Your savings will go up, but still it will take years to retire early in either case. It's quite apparent that if you want to improve your lifestyle at this stage (highest-end middle class), you will require an income source capable of providing leverage and exponential growth. Barring a few folks I know, everyone else is busy grinding leetcode, mugging up system design for their next job switch or even worse, kissing ass for the next promotion. Why don't enough people start learning about business on the side and slowly start investing their free time in learning everything they can about it ? I am sure it will be a much better time investment if you play your cards correctly for a long enough time (I am pretty sure this is still a quicker path to riches as compared to 30 years of SIP investments). Note: I completely understand that many people have monthly payment obligations like EMIs. And that's why my question is about 'aspirations'. I am not asking 'Why are people not leaving their jobs to pursue entrepreneurship?'. I am rather asking 'Why are people not even thinking about anything else apart from the next (disappointing) hike?'

Share your progress - the journey. - Where did you begin and where are you now? - What motivated you to go the extra mile? - Where do you see yourself in the next few years? - What did you do differently then the rest of the pack? This can serve as a motivation to those of us who wants to improve and as a appreciation for some of us who made themselves a stellar career. Eager to hear your stories. 🔥

By what age did you achieve this? And how did you manage to do it? Did life change for you post that?

What is your opinion on a successful startup, is it raising million dollars, is it valuation, is it making profitable. My startup could make 1 lakh per month profit, revenue is around 1.5 lakhs, At this point, I do not understand what to achieve now. I did not raise single rupee. This question raised when I am about to raise 10 lakhs for 20%, This happened very randomly, I’m unsure about my company future. After working on this, the plans when I thought initially faded

Hi All, I am thinking of starting up in a space that in very passionate about and feel I have a unique insight. I also have a cofounder who I know from a long time from college when we studied comp science What are some common pitfalls to avoid at the early stage of an startup?

What's the biggest crisis your startup or a startup you work at faced? How did you solve it?

Hey, I've started a fleet management company I.e we take cars from owners give them out for rent and make a good chuck of margin out of it. We are going the Franchise route to expand faster. At this stage we need a little bit of investment to get to market aggressively. Our revenue for 23 - 24 is 35 Lakhs, we are projected to hit 55 - 60 lakhs this financial year. Apart form the investment looking for a good team cause it has only been me since the beginning.

I understand if someone is asking this question, the person isn't ready. But would like to know from founders, what was your motivation ? What pushed you over from a 9-5? Is it just taking a bet on yourself and working towards solving the problem?

Have u ever resigned without any offer in hand? If yes what was the reason and how things went ahead??