The first call for founders stuck on customers, capital or visibility.
I’m Kapil Gaud. I’ve spent 17+ years building businesses from scratch, and founders I’ve helped find and reach investors have raised $10M+. Today most of my time goes to iGNITED iDEA, a one-stop platform for Indian entrepreneurs and freelancers. Bring me what’s stuck. If I can’t help, I know who can.
✦ Quick wins are free. I read every message myself.
Product or service, scrappy or scaling — I’ve already been in your industry.
I’ve sat with brands from their first sale to their peak, on both sides of the table. So you get patterns that already worked — not theories from a slide deck.
Three things decide whether a young company makes it.
Most founders who message me are stuck on one of them. I’ve worked on all three for 17+ years, and when something is outside what I do best, I know who does it best.
Customers
Why the money you spend isn’t turning into revenue, which leak to fix first, and where AI can take work off your plate.
Capital
I’m not an investor. I help you find the ones who back companies like yours and walk in with a story they recognise. Founders I’ve helped find and reach investors have raised $10M+.
Visibility
The journalists, publishers and podcast hosts who cover your space, and the angle that gets you a yes.
Straight talk for founders. No hype.
Putting AI to work
Where it fits, how to wire it in, and how to get real results from it.
Positioning & your customer
Who you’re really for — and the shortest path to reach them.
Getting customers
Funnels and ads that bring customers without big budgets or big teams.
The honest journey
What worked, what didn’t, and what I’d do differently next time.
iGNITED iDEA: a one-stop platform for Indian entrepreneurs and freelancers.
Many people in India have an idea they keep putting off because no one around them can help. I started iGNITED iDEA in 2021 so they have a place to start, get unstuck and grow.
Today 4,000+ active members share what they’re learning and help each other. Industry leaders and veterans who want to give back add their experience and contacts.
Visit iGNITED iDEA →First-time founders
Working on an idea of their own, full-time or alongside a job.
Freelancers
The designers, editors, social media managers and accountants who quietly power most early-stage companies.
Women entrepreneurs
Many already have what it takes and just need someone in their corner.
Students and job seekers
Internships, hands-on experience in a real business, and work.
I’m building the mentor I never had.
I never had a mentor. I’m the first entrepreneur in a family of government employees, and in 2008 I started with a 256 kbps connection and no one to ask.
In 2013 I founded iGaud, a digital growth agency that now runs independently with its own team. Along the way we managed around $1M a month in client ad spend and grew communities to 10M+ members. Founders I’ve helped find and reach investors have raised $10M+, and since 2021 I’ve been building iGNITED iDEA, where 4,000+ Indian entrepreneurs and freelancers help each other grow.
Read my full story →Most of what I know, I give away.
Stuck on customers, capital or visibility? Tell me what you’re working on. If I can point you the right way, I will — no charge. If someone else is better for it, I’ll introduce you.
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