In 2015, Akshay Mehrotra and Ashish Goyal planned a heady brew with their 'cheaper than one beer' proposition. The VCs, however, didn't get intoxicated, and EarlySalary (rebranded as Fibe) had 127 rejections. Since then, the cofounders have turned things around
Jaipur, 2015.
(This story appears in the 17 May, 2024 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)