LLP: Laughter, Legacy, Paperwork

Turns out - quite a bit. Especially when it’s followed by a change in tax status and a whole new Excel sheet for compliance.

It started with the lone wolf phase.

Just me, a laptop, and a dream held together with duct tape and debugger logs. No team. No backup. Just vibes and version control.

Then came the sole proprietorship phase.

There was a team. Real people, and a WhatsApp group that pinged more memes than meeting notes. We were scrappy, sincere, and slightly sleep-deprived - but we showed up.

And now… we’ve officially become an LLP. Limited Liability Partnership - aka:

More structure Less panic And a lot more credibility (thank you, Ministry of Corporate Affairs).

But this evolution isn’t just paperwork. It’s personal.

Because my co-founder is someone I’ve known for over 30 years.

Calling him Krishnan in official meetings and correspondence feels weird - he’s always been Mani to me.

Back in the late ’90s, during an onion price surge in Mumbai, we had a brilliant (read: half-baked) idea to start an onion trading business.

Thankfully, we didn’t go through with it.

From those starry-eyed student days to working on real-world problems together - and now, signing cheques as designated partners.

Some journeys take time. Ours took three decades, a few grey hairs, and a very solid understanding of what not to do.

Here’s to what we’re building - and to the many more milestones, experiments, and misadventures ahead.

Let’s go, partner.