A founder lost ₹50 lakhs of invested capital early on, then convinced his father to buy a machine called Shima. Over years of managing debt, he grew from 3 machines to 30-60, crediting persistence and what he calls God's grace.
The first year we did a turnover of ₹30 lakhs, in which we have invested another ₹50 lakhs for the company that year, because that was totally lost. It must have been like a huge risk. Was that not like a crazy moment for you? Yeah, of course it is. I was like thinking, thinking, thinking, and I was like eating. I was looking at a plate and on the table, looking at the table, I was eating. He was like, hello, what happened? Dad, I want to get another machine. Another machine? For what? For Shima. Okay. How do you think you can manage? You can help me out, I can manage. I can manage to pay the debts. He was like laughing at me and saying, "Okay, try, not a problem. Go buy machines." God's grace, and after third year, we started growing. We bought two new machines. From there, we bought another one. From 3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 9, and 11. And from there, it is like 30, 40, 60 now. Luckily, God's grace, we are like growing every year, every year, year and year, year, we are growing.
