Rohit, Ankit & Adit Co-Founders of Grabstr Published On: Friday, February 12, 2016 Views 2489

Grabstr is India’s first giveaway platform where every week the user gets a chance to win a product/service for absolutely FREE – no strings attached. We distribute free meals, free bears, free fashion merchandise, free electronics, free spa and salon vouchers, even free tickets to entertainment venues. One might find it hard to believe but giving away free stuff is our business model and not just a gimmick to lure customers in.

We wanted to build something that youngsters our age would like to use. Rather than making a niche enterprise solution, we wanted a product that could connect with the average consumers and something our customers would love to use on a daily basis. Through Grabstr, we have created a system to which users can look forward to winning a new product/service every week and have managed to package it in a user-friendly and engaging format.

Life mantra is “Jab mushkilein samne khadi ho toh sir jhukao aur kaam karo”. Made famous by the TVF pitchers, the simple life philosophy of continuing to work hard during hard times is something that all our parents taught when we were young yet forgot midway is what we believe can drive everyone through life.

Getting brands on-board the Grabstr concept and educating them how reaching out to a younger audience through Grabstr’s giveaway format is beneficial and more engaging.

We overcame the challenges by patience and perseverance, constantly pitching our idea and concept to brands and making them understand how they will benefit by winning over happy customers.

We are currently bootstrapped and our in the process of raising our first round of external funding.

We are a small team right now and haven’t faced many of the big startups problems of attrition, but we believe the true allure of a startup is when all employees get a chance to work as entrepreneurs in their own domain. This means providing the maximum flexibility and creating an environment where everyone can put on their thinking caps and maximize creativity thereby benefiting the final product. This is the culture we are endeavoring to set up.

Ambition, Hard Work, Perseverance.

Google Drive is very helpful for collaborative working. Asana for task management.

Teamwork and open brainstorming. Regular communication and working together as a well-knit unit between Technology, Business and Marketing.

• One tip to success:

Although we are too young to consider ourselves successful and share tips, we believe hard work and patience in any journey will lead to success.

• One mistake you believe every individual must avoid:

Complacency

• One most important lesson that you have learnt till now:

Be ahead of the curve and keep innovating.

Setting up a robust and engaging giveaway platform that can be enjoyed by citizens all over India and maximize our distribution of free stuff.

Would start a business earlier in life.

Beach, Mountains, Lake

“Move fast and break things. Unless you aren’t breaking stuff, you aren’t moving fast enough.”