Sumit Karanji

Founder, Curlin Professional

Transforming Salons into Curl-friendly destinations 🌀| Crafting India's Coolest Professional Range for textured hair | Founder, Curlin | Beauty Personal Care |

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Who Am I ✅

A 2X founder having spent a decade into ecommerce, retail and disruptive strategy and innovation.

Currently building India's 1st professional range for curly and wavy (textured) hair across premium salons and using our digital expertise, we are connecting customers directly for services at salons and buying products from where they want - thereby being an omni-channel company at our core.

About me personally: 🙋🏽

I believe that your vibe attracts your tribe and what you feel and think becomes true.
The life that we live is a sum-product of what we think all the time.

Hence, I strive to be positive, enthusiastic and have a strong deterrence towards negative talks/people. 🚫

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