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Munaf Kapdia is best known as founder of a food start-up, The Bohri Kitchen.[1][2][3] He worked at Google India as a marketing executive before starting his eatery chain in Mumbai.[4][better source needed] Munaf won a TV reality series, Grilled, and received INR 1.5 crore investment for The Bohri Kitchen.[5][6] His start-up is now valued over INR 4 crore.[7] He was a 2017 finalist of Forbes 30 Under 30 India list,[8][9]

Writer

Kapdia's book, How I Quit Google to Sell Samosas, published in April 2021, is a true account of the author's journey of quitting his job at Google India and turning a weekend food pop-up into a start-up with an INR 4-core turnover.[10][11][12][13]

Works

  • How I Quit Google to Sell Samosas[14]

References

  1. "He Quit Google to Sell Samosas. Today, His Fans Include Movie Stars!". 30 June 2020.
  2. "'I Quit Google and Launched a Business with my Mum'". 9 October 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
  3. "This Man Quit His Job at Google to Sell Samosas and Has a Turnover of More Than $75,000". The Express Tribune. 17 July 2017.
  4. "Munaf Kapadia: A Google Exec Who Became a Samosa Seller". Arab News. 18 August 2017.
  5. "'Grilled' Winner Gets Rs 1.5 cr Investment for Food Start-up". 12 December 2017.
  6. Srinivasan, Supraja. "Venture Catalysts invests in Munaf Kapadia's Bohri Kitchen" – via The Economic Times.
  7. Leader, The Weekend. "For this MBA graduate mom's cooking skills helped build a Rs 4 crore turnover eatery chain leaving a cushy job". www.theweekendleader.com.
  8. "Forbes India 30 Under 30 2017 list | Forbes India | Page 21". Forbes India.
  9. "30 Under 30: Munaf Kapadia Has Turned His Mum's Cooking Into A Brand". Forbes India.
  10. "Bookrack for the Week – (April 11 to April 17)". Deccan Herald. 11 April 2021.
  11. "Munaf Kapadia: From Selling Ads at Google to Selling Samosas at the Bohri Kitchen". The Week.
  12. Team, ThePrint (6 April 2021). "Munaf Kapadia Details His Extraordinary Journey from Google to Bohra Food in New Book".
  13. Team, ThePrint (6 April 2021). "Munaf Kapadia details his extraordinary journey from Google to Bohra food in new book".
  14. How I Quit Google to Sell Samosas; Kapadia, Munaf; HarperCollins; India; (April 2021); pp. 232; isbn: 978-9354222573