It all started off when I was 20 and was exploring engineering (I was pursuing Bachelor’s of Engineering back then). Ethical hacking, app development and networking amused me, loved the way packets and data flows!!

These things interested the true nerd in me and off I was to working with some corporate as a junior product developer of a junior software developer next year. Still unaware of what was to come, I often use to look at my dad as a role model but never was interested in working for myself. His story starts with working at the minimum pay grade then working his way up to be the biggest competitor for and then ultimately crushing the “evil boss”. Sounds pretty dramatic but in a nutshell, that was it! His story always inspired me and there was not a single occasion where I never mentioned it at any relevant event.

So back to me, exploring the knowledge that was online and how could I learn to be better, I stumbled across a statement on a hacking forum (which I will not mention) here.
— “ $100 to who can hack my friend’s blogger account!!”

This was more than enough for me to start exploring even further and I came to know only then that Blogger was owned by Google — The Search Engine Giant. This might dishearten the lot as an organization that big was sure short bound to have the best security possible ergo, it was not the “friend’s blog” that was to be hacked but Google instead. I cannot or rather will choose to not say about I did it or not or how I did it, If I did it but I will say I took up the challenge on my own to hack a random blogger account and cause no harm (I was an ethical hacker, if you remember). I thought, if I succeeded, I would pitch this to Google and grab a position as maybe the next Network Admin or Cyber Security Head maybe, who knows!

So I started off with first creating my blogger account and my blog — Android help and then tried to know the working of the overall functionality of the site and how it handles data, enables communication with other google products from within. This gave me ideas and I was working on them when one day, I messaged a friend of mine — Dustin D’Costa to do me a favor and try and trick AdSense, they are smart, I got blocked, no doubt there! By this I successfully finished the first step of setting up a startup — Fail First and then Improve. Later Dustin Introduced me to his friend Richard who was into Digital Marketing back then. Together we started off with a self hosted Wordpress Blog — How To Save Taxes. We received over 600 visits per day and 100+ members in our forum but it still ended up as a flop due to lack of continuous original content and the development time it took! The 6 months period then made me realize how difficult it is to set up a functioning, indexed and lead generating website and then market it altogether. Its a really cruel world out there for content marketers with no big initial contacts!

With that lesson learnt very well and the motivation to becoming an entrepreneur like my father, I set up on a mission to deliver these services to those who would rather not directly spend their own time on this. This was how and why I started with The Website Walas . The first 3 months were spent bunking college , skipping assignments and simply learning how to do this fast, quick and efficiently. I studied about all the google algorithms, CMSes in the market for websites, complimentary services and started off with the business itself after the first three months of market study and research.

Soon, I was introduced to my first client by my brother and then, Marketing Head at The Website Walas — Sanjay Yadav (Owner of Easy Riders Custom Motorcycles) who was coincidentally in need of a website when I first started. So there I was, working hard day in and day out to finally have this as the finished product —

The client was happy and so was I and then off I started working first on direct sales, then inbound marketing for Easy Riders Custom Motorcycles. This helped me grow more connections, carry leads, work on similar project for them and ultimately to writing this post today.

In conclusion, I will repeat what my father always says,

Being an Entrepreneur is not difficult, you just have to be patient and ready to devote time and hard work, rest works out just fine!