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𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: 𝟭𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀, 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙒𝙚 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙥𝙨? In the last few days, many people have been posting multiple times, stating that more than 11,000 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙥𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙪𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙨𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙣 2025 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨. 𝗡𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼-𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁. Additionally, an article recently caught my attention, comparing how founders face failure in India versus Silicon Valley. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚? 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚? “एक गलती तो सबको माफ होती है।”सबको? It reminded me of Chak De India, when, after seven years, Kabir returns and hears from his friend, “𝗘𝗸 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶 𝘁𝗼𝗵 𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗸𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗮𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗶 𝗵𝗮𝗶.” 𝗛𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗹𝘆, “𝗦𝗮𝗯𝗸𝗼?” 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱, “𝗦𝗮𝗯𝗸𝗼?” 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹. For Indian founders, failure isn’t just losing a business. It’s losing peace, identity, and sometimes, hope. While the U.S. says “Fail fast, learn faster,” India still whispers — “You failed.” 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘀 • 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 = 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 – 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴. • 𝘕𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘕𝘦𝘵 – 𝘕𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪-𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴; 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴. • 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 – 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. • 𝘌𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘰𝘭𝘭 – 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 60% 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. • 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 – 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺. 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 • 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. • 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. • 𝘈 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵—𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 "𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭" 𝘵𝘰 "𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱." 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀; 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝘄𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. #IndianStartups #FounderLife #StartupFailure #EntrepreneurMindset #ResilientFounders #FailForward #ChakDeIndiaMoment #BuildingInIndia #MentalHealthFounders