Avalon Labs founder Varun Mayya says your passion and others’ belief will keep you going in the entrepreneurship journey #WeBelieveYouCan
Summary
Varun Mayya’s first official tryst with entrepreneurship was in college when he and his friends started up a t-shirt manufacturing business called SIZR. Quoting Sun Tzu, from the Art of War: “When your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it clear to everybody that you have no hankering after home”, he says uncertainty doesn’t scare him because all his life, he’s known nothing else. “I know it might seem unwise to take advice from a cartoon character, but I remember watching a Dragon Ball movie where Goku is down and out but stands up for what seems like the 10th time after being beaten and exclaims, "If I dont, who will?" He took that to heart, started dialling every single person he knew who could buy their services and ended up closing two deals in the last 10 days of December which, as most B2B entrepreneurs selling to the US will tell you, is near impossible. Nicotex, a brand committed to helping people give up smoking is partnering with YourStory to bring a series of such inspiring articles.