He Turned $500 Into $10M

In this episode I went into Karthik Shanadi's New York City apartment to get his story and strategies for building a $10M clothing empire. He's an absolute hustler and has built 4 ecommerce companies in the apparel industry, and he shares his advice on marketing, growing an online apparel company, and how to start a business today. Hope you guys enjoy!

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - All his businesses
3:10 - Finding the idea
4:20 - Building the business with a full time job
5:13 - How he stays motivated
6:35 - How he started the business (early days)
8:00 - Scariest moments
9:47 - Fulfillment and logistics
11:23 - How to build in saturated markets
12:11 - How to build a brand
13:17 - Marketing strategies
15:30 - 3 required skills for entrepreneurship
17:26 - How to start a business

[brandontsai]

this kid is the real deal. i like how humble he is even after all this success. great interview!

[mehiarsammar]

finally a guy that actually tells what businesses he owns

[ItsAuntieKaren]

Love how punchy your videos are. You tell a tight story. Skillful editing Concise, quick, no fluff and superfluous nonsense -- only the info I need.

[andreroberts]

You produce excellent value driven content. The fact that there is so many resources to get an online business started, with relatively very little capital is outstanding. Definitely will stay tuned for future content from you.

[CoastyCody]

Super relatable, hope to see bigger success like you

[TaraWeber-hx]

Pat you've built something so amazing, thanks for starting Starter Story! My fav

[toddnfinley]

Starter story just may be the best in the game when it comes to real entrepreneurs, giving tactical insight and uncovering real numbers. Keep doing your thing! I appreciate you

[jiramtwentytwo]

Binge watched all your videos, excited to see the channel grow!

[LammyGaming]

Karthik is really well spoken and gets his ideas across clearly and concisely ! great video !

[samxia]

Wow i am so inspired from his story and character. A true grounded entrepreneur with humility.

[jayeagans]

I ran a food trailer and worked full time at Amazon. I remember working for 24 hours straight... hard work pays off...

[agenda]

So happy you are finally on YT, one of the most insightful websites for business owners that exists. Tired of these "buy my course on how to get rich" bullshit. Actual stories, from real businesses.

[vitorferreira]

Keep on men, giving you my congrats from Portugal, excellent content, excellent chat!!!

[ReignMediainc]

I like how Karthik waits for the interviewer to finish his questions before he proceeds to answer.

[fullyleaded]

Of all these types of videos this one feels the most honest.

[kgal]

He started with $500, but he had the skills to build out multiple websites, supply chain, design of products and so forth without those skills you could easily end up spending 100s of thousands in acquiring those skills sets so I'm not sure it's always fair to put a number to starting a business because it's a bit of an illusion.
It's not that someone doesn't work hard, but we're talking about years of acquiring the skills and connections to do that which for many is invaluable. I really do think these interviews should start with what the labor costs would be if they didn't do the labor themselves or at least go over those skill sets to do it and how they were acquired. My best guess is his partners have some of those skills because I'll be honest design is one of the harder areas I've ran into, but I've seen some people with amazing skills in design, but just kind of subpar organization skills so they usually do need a partner to get businesses like this started.

[BizBob]

Love starter story! Thank you for sharing it.

[maheshshanadi]

This is amazing insight and valuable information, especially for those who are on the same path.

[Happymejoyus]

man this guy is cute, humble and super dedicated. Amazed to get to know his journey.

[peetgikeri]

Thanks pat for bringing on these stories.. ❤