Building a global brand from India. Today my guest is  Ritesh Arora, Co-Founder of TRU.BIKE, TRU.BIKE designs premium, lightweight and safe bicycles for children, and is now exporting e-bikes to Europe. In this episode he talks about why India, despite being the second-largest bicycle manufacturer, has no global brand, and how TRU.BIKE is changing that.Ritesh shares their journey from bootstrapping in year one to raising funds, achieving product–market fit, and growing fast. He talks about building a strong marketing engine.Being mentally prepared for the startup journey. Why your first hire should be a finance person. He talks about taking Indian products global that comes from a deep sense of patriotism and finally some great book recommendations and much more. In this episode he talk about <ul><li>Bootstrapping.</li><li>His Co-founders.</li><li>Competing in a crowded market (and why you shouldn’t overthink it)</li><li>The primitive nature of India’s domestic bicycle market.</li><li>Attending global bicycle exhibitions.</li><li>Maintaining quality standards and pricing correctly.</li><li>Opening retail stores.</li><li>Why bikes aren’t e-commerce friendly and how they overcame that!</li><li>What excites Ritesh most about the future.</li></ul>And much more Linkshttps://tru.bike/
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