Creating a successful MSME startup at age of 15
Problem leading to the idea of the startup.
There were times when I craved for any food item of any particular restaurant and couldn’t go there to buy it. It always struck me that we have a lot of e-commerce platforms in big cities in India but not in smaller cities. Also, here in UP, there wasn’t any proper platform to provide facilities like home delivery of food items or grocery items at an economical price. There were some platforms which provided delivery of grocery items but it took a lot of time for the items to get delivered. Also, the price was high plus delivery charges were also high. Thus came an idea to me for a startup to provide these facilities in UP (Bahjoi, Chandausi, Moradabad).
And we laid the foundation of our startup, Ezeecart Online Food & Grocery Delivery System (a unit of Morrifour India OPC Pvt Ltd), an e-commerce platform to provide facilities like ordering of food items at restaurants and grocery items and getting the delivery within 1 hour for food items and 24 hours for grocery items in UP. The delivery charges are also minimal in Ezeecart. Being a student of 10th, it was quite challenging for me to begin with. I didn’t want to compromise with my studies. At the same time, I felt the urge to start this platform. I faced a lot of difficulties like funding, searching for office boys, delivery boys, etc.
Then I faced problems in registering the company at a young age, paperwork and learning about trademarks. I didn't have pan card and I was not able to register the company on my name as I was of 15 at that time. But sooner, I overcame these difficulties through my hard work and determination. I have a passion for solving these kinds of problems which became the ultimate reason for my startup.
Recognitions and success of the startup.
I have also received an award that is Youngest MSME Startup Award from Mr Giriraj Singh, Commerce Cabinet Minister. So, I can say that hard work pays off and age doesn't matter if you are determined. I won’t say that I don’t face problems at present in my startup. But that is what I love to deal with, it gives me immense pleasure.
And the result of this is that we have crossed over 2500 orders. So, if you have a passion for something, go for it and you will achieve success. If you have any queries, do ask me through the platform of CareerNaksha. You will get ideas of courses and jobs related to your interest and capabilities. Don’t forget to book an appointment at CareerNaksha to grow your career graph exponentially.