Jaipur: Enterprising – Entrepreneurship – Ravi Khandelwal
and Vandana Gupta ; Founder of YUFTA have successfully made in-roads in to the
business of Feminine Ethnic Wear and are now well accepted and apricated for
their design – creation exclusivities in ready to wear clothesline.
Heading
from a small town in Rajasthan, Mr. Ravi Khandelwal had dreams larger than life
and the zest to fulfill them too. Being a qualified Chartered Accountant, he
has a rich experience of decade in the corporate world of India as well as
overseas and has headed some leading positions in renowned MNCs.
Beside(and
not behind) every successful man is a woman, same has been the case with Ravi
who is partnered in real life as well as in Yufta with his beloved Vandana, co-founder and
heading the creative team. They have an energy-powerhouse as their son, Daksh,
keeping their enthusiasm at peaks.
Yufta
was a brainchild of two friends and their spouses who found Jaipur to be the
perfect strategic place of women-ethnic wear and with e - commerce bustling,
YUFTA entered the scenario.
While
the partners hustled to keep no stone unturned, Yufta within a short span of
four years, achieved a GMV more than Rs 75 crores and was awarded with various
BEST STARTUP/ Business honors.
When
one starts their business their only horizon is to make it successful and to do
so the team has to be 100% invested as businesses are synonymous to challenges.
The co-founders, with their exquisite corporate experience and market knowledge,
took some bold decisions which hit the Bull’s eye.
One
of the biggest challenge is raising the requisite funds for the business, Ravi
acknowledges and is immensely grateful to Investor cum Partner Mr. Vivek Lodha who not only participated financially but
bought in the network and the know-how to reach such a dynamic market in a
short-span.
Challenges
go hand in hand with new businesses, YUFTA
was no different. There were hurdles and many road bumps, but what kept them
going was their passion and they knew there was no turning back.
The
biggest factor, after you have sorted your finances, is to curate the perfect
personnel who can envision the same goal you are running the Company with. We
have been bestowed with some extremely talented artisans and team managers who
take that extra care to watch every piece that leaves our workstation to the
Client’s door so that happiness is truly delivered with every order.
Leaving
the security of a well-paying job and starting from scratch has probably been
the hardest decision, but I had a lovely life-partner who made it easy for me
and has been my rock-solid supporter and cheerleader throughout.
With
a team of 100+ employees, the Company has been divided by teams but united by
same spirit and goal of YUFTA. All decisions are finessed by Co-Founder and CEO
of Yufta, Ravi along with Vandana Gupta, Co-founder and Creative head.
The
audience we are catering to is ruled by Women and the husbands who are looking
out for a thoughtful-quality- rich gifts for their better-half. The home-maker,
college-goer, office leader, women wear many hats in a lifetime, so we are
dedicatedly contributing towards them making excellent dressing choices when it
comes to ethnic wear.
·
What
motivates you?
The
biggest motivator is to reach the heights that have been imagined for the
Brand, so we keep striving to fulfill all the goals.
·
Do
you believe there is some sort of pattern or formula to becoming a successful
entrepreneur?
There
is no tried and tested formula to become successful, what I truly believe is a
good team, the bold decision taking power and enormous amount of hardwork can
successfully contribute in you becoming the entrepreneur who will take their
Company to the desired results.
·
What
piece of advice would you give to college graduates who want to become
entrepreneurs?
Be
ready to give it all to have it all and don’t fall prey to the herd call!
·
Who
has been your greatest inspiration?
My
greatest inspiration is my wife who has kept my passion for entrepreneurship
alive and given me that extra-push to reach the targets I have been setting for
myself and Everything which
happening around inspire me to do best every day. I read lot of books and
sometimes a single line can give you great inspiration.
·
Anything
else that you would like to share with us regarding your / startup journey.
Be
Bold and miracles will happen only when backed by your Hardwork.
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Website: https://yufta.com/
