Built Without a Budget: What I Learnt From My Startup That Didn't Scale (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789948665830)

Built Without a Budget lands at a moment when many Gen Zs are chasing the entrepreneurial dream-but most books only tell the stories that end in glory. This one doesn't.As a finance student at the University of Toronto, Tejas Trikha launched CouBon. This two-sided, dynamic pricing marketplace connected restaurants during their slow hours with students seeking deals. Armed with limited resources and plenty of persistence, CouBon grew from a dorm-room idea into a live platform used daily by students and partnered with dozens of restaurants-generating real revenue before closing due to scalability limits and macro headwinds.Written while the journey was still fresh, this candid account goes beyond highlight reels to share the real grind: pitching investors cold, solving the two-sided marketplace paradox, managing churn, and knowing when to walk away. It's a survival guide for student founders-and a reminder that even when the outcome isn't what you planned, the lessons can be life-changing.The startup story you don't see on Instagram.

Author: Tejas Trikha
ISBN-10: 994866583X
ISBN-13: 9789948665830
Publisher: Austin MacAuley Publishers Fze
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2025
Pages: 102
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.28d