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Everyone Utham Gowda trusted told him that leaving investment banking in Mumbai for a fish company in Vizag was the stupidest move of his career. He went anyway, and had done so much homework that it barely felt like a risk. Utham is the founder of Captain Fresh, a global seafood company doing half a billion dollars each in the US and EU, built from a sector nobody glamorous wanted to touch. In this episode, Avnish and Utham get into the questions founders actually ask:
1. "Before the plunge, how do we realistically stress test our own abilities and ideas?"
2. "When you were in your growth and expansion stage, what were some of the hurdles that you faced?"
3. "How does a founder ensure that they are true to their mission and not just serving their ego?"
4. "When do you decide to go public or stay private?"
The takeaway: do the homework until you have clarity, then go all in. If you're building something that hasn't been built before, listen to your selfbelief, more than what others say.
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