How to Build a Start Up in Your Home Country with Dinesh Agarwal
Dinesh Agarwal is the founder of Pro Start Me. In 2011, he was helping a friend with his startup and realized the larger problem that entrepreneurs with great ideas faced. The technical talent needed to execute an idea was either not good or too expensive. Long term interests were always missing in contract based work and hence trust was an issue. Dinesh decided to solve this problem.
The day he graduated with his Ph.D. in Computer Science, he moved back to India right away to start Pro Start Me. His goal was to help bootstrapped entrepreneurs with great ideas realize those ideas into successful products. He gathered a team of brilliantly talented designers and developers to build great products. So far, Pro Start Me has created over 15 products. In this episode, you will also learn:
Why Dinesh came to the US in the first place
What caused him to return to India to start his business
The issues he had with this first company for trading get books
The events that caused him to move back to India the day he graduated
What he learned from climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro
The first steps he took to get his start up off the ground
What factored into his decision about where to physically locate his company
How his start up made its first revenue
The challenges he faces with an India based company
Some of the challenges he faced with Flippiness
How he has become great at killing ideas
How his failures have helped him
Where his revenue comes from
Dinesh also shares a funny story about a mistake with his reservation on his honeymoon! Don’t miss it! Resources Mentioned: textfreeapp.org
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