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Nitin Bajpai
Class 12th student
19 Jan 2026Tomorrow, my father is opening a DTDC courier shop.
And I’m helping my father in the starting to make it run.
But that’s not the real story.
The real story starts after the shutter goes up.
Anyone can open a shop.
Very few can make customers to walkin.
And that difference is called business execution.
People often ask, “How does running a courier shop help in building a startup?”
My answer is simple: business skills don’t change — only the scale does.
What I’m doing here is not “small work.”
It’s hands-on business training.
• Sending WhatsApp messages → Direct & Performance Marketing
• Personally messaging businesses → B2B Relationship Building
• Calling big business owners on Phone → Sales & Cold Calling
• Convincing them to try us → Value Proposition & Persuasion
• Posters & banners → Branding & Visibility Strategy
• Studying nearby franchises to offer better → Competitor Analysis
• Free pickup for businesses (since big businesses are in the market area and that big franchise is closer to them, so why will anyone come to me? That why free pickup to get the competitiors cash cows customers)→ Strategy & Customers Pain-Point Solving
• Bulk discounts → Pricing & Retention Strategy
• Instagram page & daily posts → Digital Brand Building
• Talking to friends, families, shop owners → Word-of-Mouth Growth
This is a small city.
There’s already an established franchise in the main market doing sales worth lakhs.
That’s not discouraging — that’s the challenge.
Because if I can pull customers from an established player,
with limited resources,
in a competitive local market —
then I’m not just running a courier shop.
I’m learning how to sell.
This shop isn’t my destination.
It’s my testing ground.
If I can win customers here,
I can win customers for any startup, any product, any idea.
Business isn’t about fancy titles or big offices.
It’s about making people notice you, trust you, and choose you.
Wish me luck for tomorrow.
