Got some real insights, a spark which I think could be much bigger. Great talk with the owner(Jaimin bhai).
Lesson:- If you are building something, just create a MVP and go out and showcase to people who have already tried similar concept which u are building.
People often ask why our Prime Minister is the true Startup PM. For me, the answer goes back to January 2016.
At the Startup India launch, Hon’ble Prime Minister @narendramodi ji quipped, “Why didn’t a chaiwala think of starting a hotel chain?” That single line was not just a remark, it was a mindset shift. It told millions of young Indians that ideas matter more than background.
Over the next decade, that belief was backed by action. Startup India simplified regulations, enabled access to capital, and created confidence across the ecosystem. Someone in the USA joined a startup. Someone in Asia invested.
Someone else chose to guide founders as a board member. It did not matter whether it was ours or hundreds of others. Those hundreds became lakhs of startups and millions of jobs.
Within this ecosystem, PRISM grew into a global hospitality network across 35 plus countries. For me, coming from a small town in Odisha with nothing but a big dream, this journey has truly come full circle.
Now in 2026, I feel the same wonder and responsibility I felt in 2016. The Prime Minister’s ability to remember people and stories, like recalling Suchi from Limeroad years later, is a reminder of genuine engagement.
As we mark 10 years of Startup India, this is not just PRISM’s success. It is India’s. And the journey has only just begun.
@mygovindia@startupindia
One of those low days of entrepreneurship where I feel in hindsight, stepping into my dads shoes, living a comfortable life and riding an expensive e-cycle making a lifestyle statement and showing the world that I ‘care’ for environment would have been better than being naive and thinking that I should sacrifice my prime years to save our cities from becoming unliveable.
The world is far too complex for an individual to think that they can change it for the better.