Gaurav Nardia

Jun 23, 2025 • 2 min read

I Wasn’t Supposed to Make It Here.

Dropped out. Sold ₹9Cr in Real Estate. No Laptop for a Year. Still didn’t stop

Dropped out of college at 18.

Not because I wanted to.

but because of financial issues.

Family was struggling. I had to figure something out fast.

So I joined a real estate company (RBC) gurgaon.

Didn’t know anything about property. No background.

But in my first month at 19, I closed 6 deals worth ₹9 crore.

Worked 9am to 7pm — every single day.

Used to up down every single day from mahendergarh to gurgaon (100+ KM) I go to morning at 4 am bus, reached there at 9 and left from there 7PM reach home back about 12-1 AM.

I used to up down bcz I had no money for rent in gurgaon and I was so introvert to ask advance from manager.

But I left.

because it didn’t excite me.

I wanted to build mine.

So I have some money that I got from job I buy laptop and go to Gujarat cz I had one idea that wanna build with my friends yeah we worked very hard on that but still can't get success.

Then I started to build next ideas that time I had no money so I went to investors like nitin kamath, depinder goyal (zomatos founder) and many more

But didn't got investment.

Then I idea I was working on launched by Bella vita founder Aaksh Anand named Unicorn.

Then failed that idea also.

No laptop for a year. Still studied .

Couldn’t afford a laptop for a whole year.

But I didn’t sit back.

I borrowed books from a friend — read everything about sales, marketing, psychology.

Watched tech tutorials on my phone.

Made notes. Learned business inside out — without touching a keyboard.

That phase made me mentally sharp.

Taught me how businesses think.

Taught me how people think.

Then I finally got a laptop. That changed everything.

After one year, I bought a laptop.

Started learning to code.

And I fell in love with it.

No teacher. No course. No mentor.

Just me, my screen, and Google.

Now I’m coding every day — and honestly,

I’m really damn good at it.

I today I realized that struggle made me really strong.🥺

I'm super happy that all happened with me.

I’m not here to flex.

I just wanna show what happens when you don’t quit — even when you have nothing.

No degree.

No background.

No excuses.

Just a kid who refused to stop

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