KGP Forge Conversations

​Taking the Leap – Starting Up and Choosing What to Build

​June 16, 2025 | 📍Virtual | For IIT Kharagpur Pre-Final & Final Year Founders

​Are you thinking about starting up? Wondering whether your idea is the one to chase? Join us for an engaging virtual session where we explore the first and most critical phase of the founder journey: deciding to start.

​We’ll cover:

• ​What drives you to build? Finding your personal ‘why’ before you begin.

• ​Is now the right time? Navigating timing, risk, and self-doubt in deciding when to take the plunge.

• ​Idea vs. Insight: How do successful founders identify a real problem to solve and how do they validate it early?

• ​Pivoting with purpose: Why changing direction is often part of the journey, not a failure.

​Expect candid insights from startup founders and operators who’ve been in your shoes, navigated the messy beginnings, and built enduring companies from scratch.

​In this session, Sudarshan Ravi will share lessons from his journey building LetsTransport from scratch, navigating early founder dilemmas, and now backing founders through z21 Ventures.