Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal News

Two IIT graduates launched a failed startup called Fashnear, but didn’t give up. They used the lessons from that failure to build Meesho—a platform once mocked online, now worth Rs 32,370 crore to Rs 33,200 crore (approx). By focusing on small-town sellers and keeping their platform commission-free, they turned memes into momentum and built a business that’s now challenging Amazon and Flipkart.