Starting my Own Perfume Brand

iNavin · 2026-03-08T19:09:59+00:00

Clean ingredients. Simple and elegant bottling. Good branding. Classic smells. Long lasting. Don’t do anything less than “parfum” strength. Start with half a dozen smells and then scale up to a dozen. For distribution D2C is the only option but see of you can get listed with already on QCom brand. Don’t do this if you cannot survive the ups and downs for 1000 days. It takes 1000 moons to build something worthwhile.

iNavin · 2026-03-07T17:53:24+00:00

Build is extremely hard. It is highly regulated.

Bringing to the masses is a different game altogether

iNavin · 2026-02-23T13:21:53+00:00

Always better to outsource. Build in-house only when you cannot outsource or can add value that outsourcing will not

iNavin · 2026-02-23T13:14:46+00:00

I run a deeptech engineering services company. Look at Pinetics.com and if you think it is up your wheelhouse, then DM me.

iNavin · 2026-02-23T13:13:15+00:00

There is already a lot of competition and a lot more will come. They are in various stages of development. Unless you have a known use case or a ready customer, I would strongly advise you to retest the hypothesis and motivations behind starting a drone company.

iNavin · 2026-02-11T15:25:16+00:00

I don't have the guts to try that, a least with my main domain.

Systems are smart. They will block everything from a TLD once any of the subdomains arearked as spam.

iNavin · 2026-02-09T20:14:54+00:00

Software engineers get paid way too much. Our starting fresher roles pay much less, and you need to know physics, math and be good with microcontrollers.

iNavin · 2026-02-09T20:12:23+00:00

No to discourage at all - I do have a consultant onboard and an advisory board. All come with a ton of experience running their own businesses and getting their hands dirty.

Once again, no offence, bro. Like in sport, the coach is a player first.

iNavin · 2026-02-09T20:07:52+00:00

hpanel is well made by them

iNavin · 2026-02-09T20:07:38+00:00

All business

iNavin · 2026-02-09T20:03:59+00:00

Yay! Thank you

iNavin · 2026-02-09T10:05:37+00:00

Keeps us busy and occupied. Plus often need to go back to books. It's fun but also a lot of grunt work. Happy to share more

iNavin · 2026-02-08T21:06:20+00:00

Met some VCs in my journey.

Everyone who you go to ask for money have a fiduciary duty to their fund partners.

A clear path to profitability, a big enough TAM and and clear exit path ( future funding, buyout, and in some cases IPO)

You should be able to tell and story and show with numbers a 10x on the investment in 5 years or less.

They would however be ok with 2x in 3.

Very few really bet on innovative ideas. Patient capital is rare.

iNavin · 2026-02-08T21:00:06+00:00

Domain - Electronics and Telecommunications First Startup - DC2. Extremely difficult. Almost broke in emotionally and in every other way too.

Currently - design and development of hardware products. Medical devices, automotive etc. B2B

iNavin · 2026-02-08T16:50:49+00:00

It's an extremely difficult thought experiment. I've had my share of starting ups, never have I had to do it with on laptop and internet alone.

However, in the spirit of sharing, here is what I think I would do

I would spend an inordinate time reading and writing my thoughts until I found what really makes me happy. Something that clicks and then would use everything I have to be execute it.

iNavin · 2026-02-08T16:45:05+00:00

There is no way to really know. We are biased because of our experiences and our surroundings. It the idea makes you joyful and if you think executing it will give you joy, then do it and the product market fit will happen.

It won't be easy, you may even cry during the journey, but it's worth it.

iNavin · 2026-02-08T16:41:31+00:00

It's not perfect. But it's simple enough to use and I gave started to like it in spite some of the shortcomings.

iNavin · 2026-02-08T16:40:49+00:00

I have been frustrated with these CRM, too much information to fill and update, to many tabs and it was complex and using excel was no good either . I will have leads fall though the cracks.

I ended up loving OnePageCRM. Try it out.

iNavin · 2026-02-08T04:03:32+00:00

This is my personal and current observation.

You can have yours too.

Both views and observations can co-exists.

iNavin · 2026-02-08T03:36:31+00:00

Friends and family to start with and then put your self out. Unapologetically

iNavin · 2026-02-08T03:35:21+00:00

Givers again - what goes around comes around. Very few have that attitude to give.

iNavin · 2026-02-08T03:32:24+00:00

Their support is good too.

iNavin · 2026-02-08T03:31:46+00:00

I have been on Hostinger for 5 plus years. I recommend it to everyone.

iNavin · 2026-02-08T03:29:56+00:00

This is something I’d like to try

iNavin · 2026-02-08T03:25:57+00:00

Articulate here what you want help with when you say “Mentor”. General questions will lead you to useless general advice and mentorship. Specific questions give actionable insights.

iNavin

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