In 2015, coder Hussain Saify worked with his father in his shoe store and earned ₹5,000 as first salary. With this amount, he launched his software startup HackerKernel at 18. Now, the startup clocks revenue of ₹1 crore and have clients all over the world.
How a coder launched a startup with ₹5000
Published by: Team GI Youth
Published on 18, Jul 2022
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