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Starting a Company in India Can Eat You Alive — Even if You’re Broke Tag your CA friends, they’ll cry too. Started an OPC thinking it's "just a formality"? Even if you made ₹0, the govt wants an audit like you're Infosys. Statutory Audit = Manda

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Hey I am on Medial • 20d

I love how brutally honest this is. Everyone romanticizes “starting up” without talking about how paperwork > product in early days. If you're experimenting, just stay a freelancer or sole prop until you know your idea has legs. Keep it lean. Keep it local.

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