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Bootstrapping in Bharat: Lessons from 30 Years of No-VC Growth

B.C. Chechani
B.C. Chechani
May 18, 2025 • 5 min read
Bootstrapping in Bharat: Lessons from 30 Years of No-VC Growth

Building in Bhilwara taught me something Silicon Valley can't: Cash Flow is Oxygen.

We didn't have burn rates. We had savings. If we didn't sell, we didn't eat.

Building companies like Maksoft and Hazel Infotech without external capital forced a discipline that is rare today. We built products that customers paid for before they were finished.

In the current "Funding Winter," these old-school lessons of unit economics are suddenly fashionable again.

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