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Ram Pavan

Building TravelTech ...ย โ€ขย 20d

๐Ÿšจ What the heck is Funding-Market Fit? I learned it the hard way. When I started building my travel-tech idea, I got pulled into โ€œstartup paperwork modeโ€: ๐Ÿ‘‰ Should we register as Pvt Ltd or LLP? ๐Ÿ‘‰ What about compliance costs? ๐Ÿ‘‰ Do we need a CA on day one? It felt like progressโ€ฆ but really, I was just paying for a very expensive hobby. Thatโ€™s when it hit me: ๐Ÿ‘‰ Validate your idea with cash, not compliments. Because: Compliments donโ€™t pay your server bills. Compliments donโ€™t prove demand. Compliments donโ€™t save you when things get hard. Cash does. Thatโ€™s why I started thinking in terms of Funding-Market Fit: โœ… Product-Market Fit gets you users. Funding-Market Fit gets you survival. โœ… Itโ€™s proof your product deserves capital โ€” not just code. โœ… Until you hit it, your โ€œcompanyโ€ is just paperwork. Hereโ€™s what it looks like in practice: 1๏ธโƒฃ Build an MVP. 2๏ธโƒฃ Market it before launch (Twitter, Reddit, LinkedIn are free). 3๏ธโƒฃ Get paying users โ€” even if itโ€™s โ‚น100, even if itโ€™s ugly. 4๏ธโƒฃ Only then, register the company or think about raising. Because at the end of the day: Compliments are free. Cash isnโ€™t. Thatโ€™s Funding-Market Fit. ๐Ÿ‘‰ So if youโ€™re building, donโ€™t just chase users. Validate your idea with cash, not claps. Because Product-Market Fit gets you traction. Funding-Market Fit gets you survival. ๐Ÿ’ญ Now tell me โ€” did you register your startup before your first rupee of revenue? Worth it, or just expensive paperwork flex?

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