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🚨 India’s Startup Shock 2025

Over 11,000 startups shut down this year - a 30% jump from 2024.

And yet, most founders I know aren’t surprised.

Because the real problems were never about ideas - they were about survival.

Let’s talk honestly 👇

What’s the biggest hassle founders face today?

1️⃣ Funding: Unless you have an offline store or inventory, cash flow is dead. Online-first startups? Good luck convincing VCs in this market.

2️⃣ Laws & Rules: Every state, every portal, every compliance - designed to kill speed.

3️⃣ Talent: The right team either costs a bomb or leaves in 6 months.

4️⃣ Meta & Google Monopoly: 80% of ad spend, zero accountability.

5️⃣ Competition: Everyone selling the same product, same ads, same influencer reels.

6️⃣ Pricing War: Big “unicorns” selling at losses just to kill small brands.

The question is not why startups are shutting down -

the question is who will survive this correction and how.

What’s your biggest daily struggle as a founder?

Comment below 👇

Let’s make this discussion real, not filtered.