Believe in yourself - your startup fix for the week

Daily Capsule | 30th September Hello “A man’s doubts and fears are his worst enemies. He can go ahead and do anything as long as he believed in himself,” said William Wrigley Jr., Founder of Wrigley Company. Founded in 1891, it is now the largest manufacturer and marketer of chewing gum in the world. Embodying this spirit, college dropout Arshi Khan started her online career counselling platform with Rs 25k and made Rs 30 lakh in 3 months. [Bhopal-based CollegeKhabri is an online, end-to-end college and career counselling platform for students from Tier II and III India.]( VAEOBUoESBBGD0NNR1ZfVQdYBURYDV1TIQUMBQpYGwZfD0UVF1BAQxZQDldXXlwVC1pbDiYCXQJRCBpbWlVN&ml=UAQIAEoFSFwNUgRF&sl=I0h6S2NmSDd5MkxVW1wcWQUaGFxEERYRDhAYSgBbWBkA&pp=0&) The startup claims to have counselled 1,700 students within three months. Here’s to more successes for the coming years. For more inspiration, we have a bouquet of startup stories for you this Monday. Cheers, Team YourStory Startup stories to kickstart your week [Backed by Flipkart founders, Inkers to deliver large scale AI solutions]( VAEOBUoESBBGD0NNR1ZfVQdYBURYDV1TIQUMBQpYGwZfD0UVF1BAQxZQDldXXlwVC1pbDiYCXQJRCBpbWlVN&ml=UAQIAEoFSFwNUgVF&sl=I0h6S2NmSDd5MkxVW1wcWQUaGFxEERYRDhAYSgBbWBkA&pp=0&) Started by IIT Kharagpur alumni Rohan Shravan and Manish Giri, the Bengaluru-based AI startup works on Intelligent Video Analytics applications such as face recognition, object detection, tracking, and visual workflow automation. [Born out of NASA and Stanford, Space Foundry makes plasma-based printers]( VAEOBUoESBBGD0NNR1ZfVQdYBURYDV1TIQUMBQpYGwZfD0UVF1BAQxZQDldXXlwVC1pbDiYCXQJRCBpbWlVN&ml=UAQIAEoFSFwNUgZF&sl=I0h6S2NmSDd5MkxVW1wcWQUaGFxEERYRDhAYSgBbWBkA&pp=0&) [Space Foundry invents plasma-based printers for industrial applications]( VAEOBUoESBBGD0NNR1ZfVQdYBURYDV1TIQUMBQpYGwZfD0UVF1BAQxZQDldXXlwVC1pbDiYCXQJRCBpbWlVN&ml=UAQIAEoFSFwNUgdF&sl=I0h6S2NmSDd5MkxVW1wcWQUaGFxEERYRDhAYSgBbWBkA&pp=0&) [Former Freecharge exec’s startup provides faster B2B payment gateway]( VAEOBUoESBBGD0NNR1ZfVQdYBURYDV1TIQUMBQpYGwZfD0UVF1BAQxZQDldXXlwVC1pbDiYCXQJRCBpbWlVN&ml=UAQIAEoFSFwNUghF&sl=I0h6S2NmSDd5MkxVW1wcWQUaGFxEERYRDhAYSgBbWBkA&pp=0&) Founded by ex-Freecharge and ZipDial product manager Naman Sarawagi and tech consultant to multiple startups Mohit Jain, Refrens offers free invoicing software for business service providers and helps collect payments faster from clients. [These entrepreneurs turned their weekend project into IoTfy]( VAEOBUoESBBGD0NNR1ZfVQdYBURYDV1TIQUMBQpYGwZfD0UVF1BAQxZQDldXXlwVC1pbDiYCXQJRCBpbWlVN&ml=UAQIAEoFSFwNUglF&sl=I0h6S2NmSDd5MkxVW1wcWQUaGFxEERYRDhAYSgBbWBkA&pp=0&) VAEOBUoESBBGD0NNR1ZfVQdYBURYDV1TIQUMBQpYGwZfD0UVF1BAQxZQDldXXlwVC1pbDiYCXQJRCBpbWlVN&ml=UAQIAEoFSFwNUglF&sl=I0h6S2NmSDd5MkxVW1wcWQUaGFxEERYRDhAYSgBbWBkA&pp=0& [Shell Foundation-backed Inficold preserves India’s fruits, vegetables, milk]( VAEOBUoESBBGD0NNR1ZfVQdYBURYDV1TIQUMBQpYGwZfD0UVF1BAQxZQDldXXlwVC1pbDiYCXQJRCBpbWlVN&ml=UAQIAEoFSFwNUwBF&sl=I0h6S2NmSDd5MkxVW1wcWQUaGFxEERYRDhAYSgBbWBkA&pp=0&) From building cooling technologies for Intel to working on eco-friendly cooling solutions with state governments, startup Inficold is solving the challenge of food wastage due to lack of low-cost cooling tech. [myNK is India’s first blockchain-powered OTT platform]( VAEOBUoESBBGD0NNR1ZfVQdYBURYDV1TIQUMBQpYGwZfD0UVF1BAQxZQDldXXlwVC1pbDiYCXQJRCBpbWlVN&ml=UAQIAEoFSFwNUwFF&sl=I0h6S2NmSDd5MkxVW1wcWQUaGFxEERYRDhAYSgBbWBkA&pp=0&) VAEOBUoESBBGD0NNR1ZfVQdYBURYDV1TIQUMBQpYGwZfD0UVF1BAQxZQDldXXlwVC1pbDiYCXQJRCBpbWlVN&ml=UAQIAEoFSFwNUwFF&sl=I0h6S2NmSDd5MkxVW1wcWQUaGFxEERYRDhAYSgBbWBkA&pp=0& [This entrepreneur’s journey to the ‘Unicorn Factory’ of the world]( VAEOBUoESBBGD0NNR1ZfVQdYBURYDV1TIQUMBQpYGwZfD0UVF1BAQxZQDldXXlwVC1pbDiYCXQJRCBpbWlVN&ml=UAQIAEoFSFwNUwJF&sl=I0h6S2NmSDd5MkxVW1wcWQUaGFxEERYRDhAYSgBbWBkA&pp=0&) When entrepreneur Sanjeev Sharma moved to Sweden, known for its focus on innovation and sustainability, he knew just what to do. In 2018, the Indian entrepreneur launched his startup ExcelDots, which is at present using AI and ML to curb groundwater contamination. 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