My ex-husband told me I'd never be able to support myself. That I needed him. That a woman with two kids and no tech background had no business starting a company.
I built TiffinTrack, a meal subscription management tool for tiffin services in India, while my kids slept. From 9pm to 1am every night for 5 months. I learned to code from YouTube. I designed the UI myself. I tested it with my neighbor who runs a tiffin service.
Yesterday my 10th customer signed up. They're all small tiffin businesses run by women. Each one pays 500 rupees a month. That's $60 a month in revenue.
It's not a lot. But it's mine. I earned it. No one can take it.
To every woman who's been told she can't: you absolutely can. And your kids are watching.
The barrier that was broken
Get my first 10 paying customers
Have 10 unique paying customers for my SaaS product
Business
The Bannister Effect
2 more people broke through in Business after priya_bang.
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