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FROM RICKSHAW TO RICHES

Picture this

A dusty workshop in Coimbatore. Sparks fly from a single welding machine. The owner, a school dropout, juggles orders on a battered Nokia phone. Fast-forward 15 years. That same guy runs a factory exporting auto parts to BMW and Ford. Turnover? ₹500 crore.

 

Sounds like a Bollywoo...

27.02.26 03:05 AM - Comment(s)
DITCH THE NOTES, IGNITE GROWTH

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It's 3 PM in your bustling chemical factory in Ankleshwar. The operator yells for petty cash to grab chai and cigarettes. Your accountant fumbles for crumpled ₹500 notes, delaying the next shift. Suddenly, a supplier truck rolls in—unannounced, demanding spot payment for urgent raw mate...

20.02.26 03:28 AM - Comment(s)
RATE VENDORS RUTHLESSLY

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Rajesh, a bootstrapped manufacturer in Coimbatore running a small sheet metal shop, wakes up to a nightmare. His biggest vendor delivers a batch of subpar steel rods—riddled with defects. Production halts. Orders delay. Furious clients threaten to walk. Rajesh eats the ₹5 lakh loss, sc...

13.02.26 04:07 AM - Comment(s)
ECO HACKS FOR INDIAN MSMES

Your Packaging Just Got Slammed by a Street Vendor

Picture this: You're at a bustling Mumbai market, grabbing a fresh coconut water. The vendor slices it open, hands it over in its natural shell, and tosses in a steel straw. Zero plastic. Zero waste. You sip, smile, and walk away without a second ...

06.02.26 03:05 AM - Comment(s)
FUNDING YOUR FUTURE

₹50 lakh loan rejection? It didn't have to.

Picture this: Rajesh, a 42-year-old owner of a small auto parts manufacturing unit in Pune. He's grinding 14-hour days, churning out gearbox components for two-wheelers. Orders are piling up—thanks to India's EV boom—but his workshop's maxed out.

 

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30.01.26 08:57 AM - Comment(s)
WHATSAPP PLAYBOOK

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It's 7 PM in your Surat factory. The production line grinds to a halt because a critical dye supplier in Coimbatore is 12 hours late on delivery. Phones ring off the hook. Workers idle. You're burning ₹50,000 an hour in lost output. Sound familiar?

 

Now imagine fixing it with one...

23.01.26 03:43 AM - Comment(s)
VENDOR CHAOS IS KILLING PROFITS

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It's 2 AM in your Andheri factory. The phone rings. Your steel vendor just bailed – shipment delayed by a week because of some vague "supply issue." Your production line grinds to a halt. Workers idle, salaries burn holes in your pocket, and that big order for the auto giant...

23.01.26 03:38 AM - Comment(s)
FROM SMALL SHOP TO POWERHOUSE

The new manufacturing moment

If you run a small factory in India today, you’re sitting on the biggest opportunity of your career — but also the biggest risk. India’s next wave of industrial growth is here, and MSMEs will either ride it like a rocket… or get quietly written out of the story.

 

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23.01.26 03:30 AM - Comment(s)
SMALL FACTORY, BIG FUTURE

Laying the Groundwork for Growth

Atul ran a small fabrication unit in Pune. Orders were flowing in, machines were humming, and the team barely had time to breathe. But within six months, the cracks began to show — delays, rework, cash crunches, and suppliers missing deadlines. When his biggest clie...

23.01.26 03:25 AM - Comment(s)
STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT

The Secret Weapon Indian MSME’s forget to sharpen

Imagine this. Your sales team lands a big new order. The factory hums with energy. Production plans are drawn up.

 

And then, quietly, procurement makes one phone call. Prices have gone up. The supplier’s lead time has doubled. That single phon...

23.01.26 03:20 AM - Comment(s)