My entrepreneurial journey starts by addressing those who need it most: the vulnerable and those who look after them. I worked for over a decade in UK care homes, and I can clearly see the need for it.
I see the need for change, and I believe it will only come through innovation.
My first startup. Made every mistake in the book
A survival game during COVID. Had some success
Market research. A real eye-opener for the sector
An over-ambitious project. Tried to be a true wizard
Bringing everything under one roof. Creating a care ecosystem
Not what I planned to be, but here I am
Turning lived experience into innovation
Not seasoned. Writes about what I love
Being a nurse was never my ambition. I wanted to be a journalist or a film director. But maybe I did not have the courage or passion to pursue it. The society around me often spoke negatively about those choices, saying things like low pay, no stability, or hard to settle in life. Like many teens, I was confused and looked for an easier way out. Even though I was not passionate about nursing, I chose it because it gave me a chance to go abroad and settle. That was the main reason. But looking back now, I see I fell in love with the profession. I feel like I did not choose nursing. Nursing chose me. I learned a lot. I met real life. I have been in life-saving situations. I have been in moments that no one ever wants to find themselves in. In 2009, I came to the UK and started working in a care home. It changed my life. It changed how I see the future.
Since I started working in care homes, my ambition was to buy or operate one, and to run it the way I believed it should be. But getting into the care home ladder was not easy. I could not afford the upfront cost, and I could not find the right partners. In 2017, I started my first startup. I did it out of frustration more than vision. But once I stepped in, I gave it everything I had. I genuinely tried to build something good. When I look back, I can see that my early thinking as a founder was shaped by motivational talks and books I found online, mostly on YouTube. More than vision, it was a drive to do something with life. Between 2017 and 2025, I have been evolving. I have learned how startups work, how people work, and how progress really happens. I have met some amazing people. I have come to know the care sector not just from the outside, but from the inside. At this point, I do not really see myself as a founder. I see myself more as a facilitator, or a coordinator. I am not building anything alone. But I am leading it. I am leading a group of talented people, working with a vision that others may not yet fully see. But I do.
What makes someone a writer? I do not know. I think we all write something at some point in our lives. I do not believe I write more than most people. Maybe the only difference is that I do it intentionally. Not for SEO or fundraising, but because I like documenting life. From a young age, I was into reading and writing. I wrote short stories in Malayalam, and my mother loved them. Writing in English was not easy. I struggled with spelling, sounding, and grammar from the beginning. A clinician once told me I likely have mild dyslexia. When I was growing up in India, there was not much awareness about that. I remember being ridiculed in class for my spelling. It felt like a trauma I carried with me. Still, I worked hard. In 2011, I passed the IELTS exam with a writing score of 7.5 and over 7 in all areas. That was a big moment. I knew how much effort it took. Writing used to drain me. But when Grammarly came along, it helped take some of the pressure off. I started writing more in English. AI helped me even further. But writing is not just about tools. It is about what matters. I do not write just to write. I write when something feels worth putting down.
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