It was amazing to connect with so many startup founders and investors . I shared my journey as the Founder & CEO of FOX Academy KK, Japan, and a Hokkaido Government-Startup Visa Holder, along with tips on:
✨ How to enter the Japanese market ✨ Building a strong presence in one of the world’s toughest markets ✨ My experience getting both the Startup Visa and Business Manager Visa
Thank you to everyone who joined and made these events special. Let’s keep building strong connections and exploring new opportunities between India and Japan!
so this happened yesterday, one of the big camera accessory brand came to visit us and asked for whole India distributionship of 58Miles camera bags.
While we are in the journey of building 58Miles, and going very slow initially on every mile, this happened suddenly. Ofcourse we are not ready for this mentally and operationally as well, but this gave us a good happy day. We discussed some numbers and other B2B aspects , and concluded with planning to look in to this in future, and they left.
But then I asked my team for celebration, and they were surprised that deal didn't go through to fir party kaahe ki , I said "Bhai koi itna bada offer le ke aaya apne liye, wo bhi to badi baat hai".
Why I am sharing this story here, because we all hear stories of all successful startups , funding rounds, awards and recognition and that's the time people say thank you. What if we don't make it, what if we fail, what if we can't make it large, kya pata "Kal ho na ho" ! what if we miss the chance to thank everyone because the contribution of people is still there , the efforts are still there , the support from friends and family is still there and that shall be recognized, they shall be thanked. So 58Miles goes million of miles or not, Here I like to thank everybody who have been great support, help and guidance.
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