About The Indian Dream


The Indian Dream is a project started by Sahil Khandwala & Siddharth Betala. Click here to read Siddharth's personal journey on why he started 'The Indian Dream'.

One phone call in June 2020 led to a discussion on how the current business media coverage was either focused on the large conglomerates (TATA, Reliance, Adani etc.) or on the VC backed hyper-funded startups.

We both grew up in SME business families and realized that there was a fat middle of profitable, bootstrapped entrepreneurship that no one was talking about. And it was this kind of entrepreneurship (Dhanda!) that most interested us and where we had the desire to build.

That's when we began with the idea of starting a podcast around the stories of entrepreneurs who've built profitable businesses. We had both met so many such entrepreneurs across the country who had fascinating stories of grit, resilience and strategic brilliance. We wanted to share these stories with the world would inspire younger generations along the way.

The Indian Dream are now focused on four things:

  1. Founder Journeys - showcasing profitable & bootstrapped entrepreneurial journeys.
  2. Trends - highlighting the path that future entrepreneurs can take.
  3. Business Munchies - discussing & validating business ideas that entrepreneurs can implement.
  4. Community - building a community of knowldge seekers and finding ways to build interesting businesses.

Frequently Asked Questions

Got a question? We've got answers. If you have some other questions, contact us using email.

We love telling stories about entrepreneurship and connecting people who want to learn more.

We're a community of 500+ founders who are constantly looking for new ideas. We're still trying to figure out how we can bring more benefits to our community - let us know if you have any ideas!

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Yes, we do. It's quite small at the moment since most of our community is on WhatsApp but we're trying to grow it. Join us and say hi!