There is a popular saying that “Don’t mix your personal life with professional life.” Well, this statement has been proved wrong by many of the successful startups in the modern era. Starting a company with friends looks like an amazing idea and it really is if you do everything in the discipline. Here are some of the companies which are founded by friends.
1. Flipkart: Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal
No, they are not brothers or cousins but they were very good friends when they thought about starting Flipkart. Both come from the beautiful city of Chandigarh and studied in IIT-Delhi. Even after that, they ended up in the same team at Amazon, after which they planned to start something on their own.
2. RedBus: Phanindra Sama, Sudhakar Pasupunuri and Charan Padmaraju
This successful trio studied together at BITS-Pilani and even shared the same apartment in Bangaluru. Before starting redBus, Padmaraju was working for Honeywell, Pasupunuri for IBM and Sama for Texas Instruments.
3. Snapdeal: Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal
These two were friends from the childhood and went to school together. After the engineering entrance exams, these two got separated from each other as Rohit cracked the entrance exam and studied in India whereas, Bahl went to the US to get the engineering degree. They had a childhood dream of doing business together which they fulfilled with huge success.
4. Zomato: Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah
Foodiebay which is now known as Zomato was founded in 2008 by Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah. Both did their graduation from IIT Delhi but became good friends when they worked together at Bain & Co.
5. The Papier Project: Ayesha and Sanaa
Ayesha and Sanaa first met in a company both joined to work-Heel&Buckle. Ayesha used to handle e-commerce while Sanaa handled PR and marketing. Both enjoyed working together and soon became best friends which led them to start a firm on their own.
These successful startups give us friendship goals and also tells us the value of good relationships that can lead us to earn big profits. If you know more such companies which have founded by friends do share them in comments.
