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You're early-stage and bootstrapped. Burn rate is rising. What’s burning your cash fastest?

Zepto toddlers are no where close to Dmart. Zepto babies are dreaming to kill dmart and it's impossible. What will happen when there will be no cash to burn? Simple math.

WTF is RUNRATE ? Run Rate A financial projection of your yearly revenue or expenses based on current performance. Example: If your startup earns ₹100,000 in one quarter, your annual run rate would be ₹400,000. Why it matters: Helps forecast growth

Raising millions won’t fix a broken business model. Plenty of startups burn through cash chasing growth, thinking more funding will solve their problems. But if the fundamentals aren’t strong - bad unit economics, no real demand, weak execution - VC

8 months ago, ⚡ Zepto was at $1B GOV (Gross Order Value). Now? 💰$4B. 📈 300% YoY growth 🔥 50% cut in EBITDA & OCF (Operating Cash Flow) burn ✅ Breakeven in sight From dark stores to IPO dreams— Can Zepto become India’s quick commerce success sto

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Flipkart Minutes plans to scale up its dark stores from 300 to 800 by 2025 to dominate the quick commerce race! → Competing with Blinkit, Zepto, Instamart and Big-Basket QC → AI-powered catalog & focus on Tier-1 speed → Over 1 million orders already

Key Strategies to Reduce Startup Burn Rate