The Birth of a Lazy Entrepreneur
They say dreams die when you keep hitting the snooze button. I’m here to prove them wrong. I’m Prince Pratap, Founder of
Bharatcabs – a ride-hailing startup from Jharkhand, but registered in Uttar Pradesh.
Read to Know!!
- How, at 19, living in a tier-3 city, I convinced someone to fund 40% of my startup expenses
How we pulled 1,000+ app downloads in one day—with zero promotions.
How we got into incubators before even registering the company
Why we’re making money offline with no investment, but burning cash online with nothing in return
And why, even after one whole year, the startup is still not fully launched
All in the upcoming episodes of The Lazy Entrepreneur.
Pura desi setup hai – jaise “janam Jharkhand mein hua ho, par birth certificate Uttar Pradesh ka ho.”
Waise hi hai jaise “asli date of birth kuch aur ho, aur school ke records mein kuch aur likha ho.”
It all started back in 2019, right after my 10th board results. Destiny had a funny way of showing up—I missed the science stream by just one mark. I had two options: switch schools and get into science, or stay where I was and take commerce, shaping my entire career path from that decision.
Of course, my parents wanted me to switch. In India, science stream toh sab kuch jeet jaata hai na? Classic pressure.
My dad, who was in the Army at the time, tried pulling some strings to get me science in the same school. He reached out to one of his officers for help—and I’ll never forget what that officer said.
“Aap kaun se bhagwan ko maante ho?”
My dad replied, “Ram ko.”
The officer smiled and said, “Toh Ram ji ne jo socha hai, uspe bharosa rakho.”
Back then, I didn’t understand it. But today? I think I’m finally starting to get what Ram ji had in mind for me.
First day in Commerce — I still remember it like yesterday. That giant moti kitab of Accounts landed on my desk, full of balance sheets and confusing terms. Everyone was talking about debits, credits, and profit & loss… but my mind got stuck on just one thing:
“Yeh HR kya hota hai?”
We didn’t have ChatGPT back then, but Google was there to rescue me. So I searched: HR in business meaning.
Turns out, HR is a job, not khaane ke saath khaya jaane wala achaar.
My world shifted a little that day.
In those two years, I realized something big. Not from textbooks, not from classroom lectures—but from experiences.
Science, Commerce, Arts… koi bhi stream ho, important yeh nahi hai.
Jo sach mein matter karta hai—wo hai aapke andar ka “Lazy You.”
The one that dreams big, even while lying on the bed. The one that thinks differently, even if it moves slowly.
Two years passed like the slow, rhythmic pedaling of a cycle—nothing too fast, but steady.
And then came Corona – honestly, it felt like a gift.
A chance to stay home, reflect, and unknowingly, prepare for something bigger.
The pandemic taught me one solid life lesson:
For the real world, it’s always about roti, kapda, makan and dukan.
Not Mr. Tiwari’s Profit & Loss Account,
Not Inverse Trigonometric Functions,
And definitely not “Who killed Babar?”
Y’all remember, right? During the lockdown, schools and colleges were shut tight… but offices were still running, startups were working from home, and business never stopped.
Middle-class families were struggling to make ends meet. But business owners? They were still making money—even in a global crisis.
Selling cosmetics, delivering groceries in 5 minutes, or running online payments—
none of these are real businesses or startups unless you’re doing it at scale.
Imagine if Deepinder Goyal, the founder of Zomato, was just delivering food from one single restaurant within a 5 km radius.
Or if Nykaa was selling lipsticks only from one offline store.
Would they ever become what they are today?
Exactly. They wouldn’t.
That’s where the truth hits:
The difference between a business and a startup is not what you do… it’s how big you do it.
A sudden pandemic, a government policy shift, or even a local protest can shut down a single shop overnight.
But if you’re building at scale—digitally, operationally, and mentally—
you become unstoppable.
“Corona positive for Startup” that’s where my life changed.
A 12th-pass guy stepped into the startup world—not with a plan, but with purpose
📖 Read my next blog – Day 2 of The Lazy Entrepreneur
Learn how I ended up joining India’s largest Unicorn company—without a degree, without experience, and with just one thing: belief.
👉 Read here (Next Blog Page)