Day 19 of 100 · Social Commerce

Meesho

Two IIT Delhi batchmates noticed small shops selling on WhatsApp and built an economy around it.

Started atIIT Delhi
Founded2015
FoundersVidit Aatrey & Sanjeev Barnwal
CountryIndia

How it started

Their first version helped boutique owners in Bengaluru take orders. It became a platform for millions of small resellers.

The lesson for your campus Watch what people already do informally. Then build the tool for it.

Why every campus needs an Innovation-Hub

Why we are telling this story

The next company on a list like this one has not been founded yet. Right now it is a student in a lecture hall with an idea nobody has asked about, and no room to build it in. Innovation-Hub is that room: a permanent space inside your institution where students from every department explore, experiment, collaborate and prototype.

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Pick a question — or write your own — and get a grounded answer about how Meesho was actually built.

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The next one comes from your campus

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