Ridham Patel

Design | Realty | Architect | Startups | Product Enthusiast| AEC |

[Sagar Awatade @SagarAwatade]

I don't know who else to tell this to, so I am going to tell my story here.

Every day is a struggle for a young business, but the last few months have been harder than usual.

We are a small Indian company. For more than ten years we have been building a homegrown brand in a product category dominated by big foreign players.

There are almost no Indian names in this space. We set out to be one.

We started in 2014. Over the years we began making parts in India instead of just importing, and we started selling in the US, Dubai, Nepal, Malaysia and South Africa.

We showed up at global trade fairs to represent an Indian brand on the world stage.

In 2023 we changed the import code we use for our product. We did not do this quietly. Every shipment was declared. Nothing was hidden. We didn't invent our approach.

We followed written professional advice and the way this product is treated in markets around the world.

And now we are facing a government demand running into tens of crores in duty recovery and penalties, plus personal penalties on the founders and even on an employee.

For a company our size, this is not a fine we can pay and move on from. This ends us.

We have not run from any of this. I am not built like that. It is not how I was raised. We have written to the authorities, met officials in person, and we have now filed a writ in the High Court.

All we are asking for is a fair treatment.

I set out to build in India and sell to the world. I am asking only that the system back honest founders trying to compete globally, instead of breaking them.

The process is the process, and it exists for a reason. But process should not feel like punishment.

From where I am standing today, it does.
I am not giving up. I have worked too hard for this. If you have read this far, please share it. If you know someone who can help, point them my way. Help me get the word out.

[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

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[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

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[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

The underlining goal of product discovery is not essentially to ship features. Rather, it’s to promote an ecosystem of learning that will help to improve the product incrementally and consistently.

[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

As a no-code developer/ non-tech entrepreneur, the biggest mistake one makes is jumping to build without thoroughly investigating the problem. Lower the barrier, higher the temptation to jump-in and more painful is the fall

[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

“How to best discover problems worth solving — and the most promising solutions to those problems — is highly dependent on your industry, the type of product you’re working on, and your product’s stage.” — Sophia Höfling https://t.co/cQ3M4MUGLf

[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

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No-Code does not mean No-Design.
I am convinced that MVPs being shipped fast do actually break, fast.

Take a look a at a recent request from a client below:

[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

I just subscribed to Lenny's Newsletter https://t.co/PHpIe7Ks7C

[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

Look what came up in my mail today 🤩

Super excited to announce I’ll be joining the Insurjo’22 cohort with @TheProductfolks 🚀

Join me as we upskill our PM career 🙌

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#iamteaminsurjo

[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

D-Day is finally here! 🥳

Super stoked to join @TheProductfolks and #insurjo22 community at Kickoff on the 10th of September with @lennysan 🔥

Let's onboard this rocket ship 🚀

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[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

@PrashantAbbi @airtable @bubble Interesting, any particular reason for this combination?

[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

@mneary0 @whimsical I found it very intuitive for basic flow diagrams,site architecture and mind maps.But for low fidelity wireframe find myself using hand sketch and moving directly to bubble. Responsive engine has made wireframing in bubble so much fun.

[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

@0xAlbert_S3 @bubble #nocode and @bubble seems more of a culture and a mindset for digital transformation/ adaptation rather than just a tool. Specially non-tech centric startups and legacy SMEs adopting #nocode wil have tangible adv.

[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

@0xAlbert_S3 @bubble Optimism stems from humble submission that use cases are very apparent. Different tools for CRM, sales, project management etc,after a certain point are unsustainable. There are several points of friction-data integration, excalating per capita cost for saas, customisation etc.

[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

@NocodeTalks @bubble @theadityapati @vinaytadahal @yashjaing @lowcodekrish Thanks Ankur. I have reached out to bubble support, but the problem has been not been resolved yet. Good to know that eventually it does work.

[Ridham Patel @Digiweb3]

Fellow @bubble users in India, what mode of payment are you using for subscribing to bubble paid personal plan?W.r.t new RBI guideline, bubble just won't accept my cc.Any suggestions?@theadityapati @NocodeTalks @vinaytadahal @yashjaing @lowcodekrish