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Rs 35 to Rs 111 crore: Udupi boy who washed utensils in Mumbai at 13, now owns 15 restaurants- UPSC Success Stories: He cracked AIIMS at 16, cleared UPSC at 22, and left IAS at 24 to build a nearly ₹2,000 crore startup
- His father chose $5 tooth extraction over a $50 root canal. Today, being a billionaire he still refuses to fix it. How childhood poverty affects adulthood
- Mark Cuban shared rent with 5 roommates at 24, survived on canned food before becoming a billionaire; here's how he managed his expensesCuban recalled that his credit cards were taken away during that period and his food expenses were extremely limited. He even survived on c...04 Nov, 2026, 01.40 AM IST
- Before Palantir's CEO Alex Karp made a $17 billion fortune, he and his mother once relied on landlord's kindness; the billionaire ended up returning the favourAlex Karp, CEO of Palantir, fondly remembers how landlord Mrs. Schneider assisted his family after his parents divorced. Struggling with fi...02 Nov, 2026, 10.33 PM IST
- At 19, Udaipur teen builds Rs 1 crore chocolate brand. How his business sells 2 tonnes of chocolate made from fruits and spicesAt just 19, Digvijay Singh from Udaipur turned his chocolate-making passion into a successful brand named Saraam during the challenges of t...02 Nov, 2026, 03.45 PM IST
- Rs 2 crore revenue in 10 months: How Bengaluru couple bounced back from a Rs 4 lakh loss to build a successful food truck businessBengaluru couple Kushal Reddy and Chahak Jain started a food business after initially suffering a Rs 4 lakh financial setback with their cl...02 Nov, 2026, 01.58 PM IST
- Meet Jamie Siminoff, who spent his last $20,000 on a Shark Tank pitch but got rejected; how he went on to sell Ring to Amazon for $1 billion; know his career journeySiminoff appeared on reality show Shark Tank in 2013 to seek funding for Doorbot. He asked investors for $700,000 in exchange for a 10% sta...30 Oct, 2026, 07.19 PM IST
- Meet John Furner, who joined Walmart as a part-time garden-centre associate; now he leads the retail giant with 2.1 million employees; know his education and career journeyJohn Furner started as a part-time hourly associate at a Walmart Supercenter in Bentonville, Arkansas, the company's hometown. His first ro...29 Oct, 2026, 11.31 PM IST
- Meet Lukas Biewald, who lost his CEO role at his first startup; how an unpaid internship at OpenAI helped him build an AI company behind a karate studio that sold for $1.7 billionAfter reportedly leaving the CEO role, Lukas Biewald felt that he needed to strengthen his technical knowledge as deep learning advanced. H...29 Oct, 2026, 08.09 PM IST
- Aravind Srinivas looked up to Google CEO Sundar Pichai before building Perplexity AI; how an unexpected detail stayed with himAravind Srinivas co-founded Perplexity AI in 2022 with Andy Konwinski, Denis Yarats and Johnny Ho. They initially experimented with tools t...29 Oct, 2026, 12.57 AM IST
- Mosu: A South Korean Michelin star success storyMosu, a renowned restaurant led by chef Sung Anh, specialises in sophisticated Korean cuisine using seasonal ingredients. The restaurant re...29 Oct, 2026, 12.25 AM IST
- Meet Joe Demin and Rachel Connors, a couple who started selling hammocks in 2011; here's how their side hustle crossed $30 million in salesJoe Demin was travelling to Thailand in 2011 when they came across a soft, handwoven hammock. It was different from the rough products they...28 Oct, 2026, 11.12 PM IST
- Meet Casey Ferrand McGee, former reporter who spent five hours a week on a side hustle that nearly matched her $60,000 salary; how she built a business after 14 years in TV newsCasey Ferrand McGee is the founder of CFM Media. It is a media coaching, public relations and communications consultancy based in New Orlea...27 Oct, 2026, 09.09 PM IST
- Meet Doug McMillon, who unloaded Walmart trucks as a teenager in 1984; 30 years later, he became CEO of the retail giantMcMillon graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He returned to Walmart in 1...26 Oct, 2026, 09.42 PM IST
- Meet Ryan Deiss, who started an online business with just $500 in 1999; how he built DigitalMarketer and grew his digital marketing empireRyan Deiss was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Texas at Austin in 1999. He started building basic websites for clients who wer...26 Oct, 2026, 07.11 PM IST
- Meet Phil Knight, Nike co-founder who sold shoes from his car trunk in 1964, 61 years later, he and his wife pledged $2 billion to a cancer institutePhil Knight was a runner at the University of Oregon and later studied at Stanford Graduate School of Business. While studying there, he lo...26 Oct, 2026, 06.00 PM IST
- Meet Mahmoud Felfel and Hammad Syed, two Egyptian founders who built a text-to-speech tool; their voice AI startup was later acquired by MetaMahmoud Felfel and Hammad Syed are the founders of PlayAI. Both of them Egyptian entrepreneurs who had previously worked at Dubai-based cla...24 Oct, 2026, 05.58 PM IST
- In 2016, AJ launched Carrd with just $500; by 2024, his one-page website builder was estimated to generate $1.5 million a yearAJ defines Carrd as a platform which allows people to create simple and single-page websites. Notably, people do not need to have coding sk...23 Oct, 2026, 09.06 PM IST
- Meet Hannah Pollack, a former marine who spent $20 on an ice cream sandwich side hustle in 2016; 10 years later, her business was making $3 million a monthPollack and Xavier worked on the business. They started making ice cream sandwiches for just $20. Usually, this is not a very big investmen...22 Oct, 2026, 11.17 PM IST
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