A Noida based tech professional Vishwas Kumar has gone viral shared how opening a small juice and egg stall outside a gym completely changed his understanding of business. He admitted that, like many people, he used to do “quick maths” while looking at small vendors assuming that if a... product costs ₹5 to make and sells for ₹10, selling 1,000 units would mean an easy ₹5,000 daily profit. But when he actually started a small juice shop, reality hit differently.show more

Even my grandmother knew these hidden costs have to be included. Yeh 9-5 kar kaise rahe hain with such low acumen of business, isliye yeh viral hue hain

Great to hear this

u r opening juice stall outside gym😂😂😂😂 chose bus stand , station , or family area

outside hospital is best

Thela wala makes money because they dont throw the broken egg , use shortcuts , buy the most inferior fruit available in market . not easy t make money.

Most kiosks survive on location strategy, not randomness. Setting up near a gym makes little business sense. Even a quick look at their waste output gives a fair indication of daily sales. Typical model is built around fast moving core products, supported by high margin packaged accompaniments.

Sometimes reality hits different, you though some other way and it becomes other way.

Reality is brutal

और इंस्टाग्राम पर देखो ये bs** दुनिया भर का ज्ञान पेल रहे हैं। दो हजार से शुरू किया था और एक साल में एक करोड़ कमा लिए।

kon hai yeh log ? kaha se aate hai ?

Most such businesses work only when the cost structure is very different. You’re not just competing on juice or eggs, you’re competing with someone who has road visibility, low or informal rent, family labour, lower overheads, and a very different opportunity cost. The ₹5 margin math looks simple until rent, wastage, manpower, footfall, and time enter the picture.

Influencers for views make such videos and brainwash working class people. The only easy business is importing. Buy cheap from China and sell.

Reality of doing business is pretty difficult

Reel vs reality 😅

It’s a colonised brain that why he is talking like this about his business. Before starting business there is a probation period. Ask any Marwadi/Gujarathi businessmen how he inherited his ancestors business.

I always say think twice before quitting your well paying job. Business or self-employment is not that easy as it sounds

There are no shortcuts to getting rich in India unless you count being born a Babu, bribing your way as a Neta, or having a crony capitalist for a dad. The rest of us are stuck with hard work, taxes, EMis and UPI receipts.

He failed that doesn't mean everyone will fail I have seen 2 chaiwala making good money ,Means really good money The bottom line is ,When you are selling Chai in the footpath,Then forget that you were a qualified techie else your ego will stop you from giving best

the fact is out of 100, less than only 25% earn profit, 50-60 percent bas chal jata hai and rest incurr losses, but still keep going as they don't have an alternative

Juice ka to Idea nahi h but Shakes k bare me batata hu . One small glass of shake banana price is bw 50 rupees Cost of it 2 banana 10 milk 10 sugar 5 other extras 10 rupees total 35 Mango shke ka cost isse bhi kam hai Baki sb to artificial flavors use krke bnte hain

हर कोई के बस की बात नहीं

True bro 🙏

Chutiya hai behenchod. Baap janam kabhie anda nhi khareeda hai kya jo maloom nhi ki 5 rs me nhi milta. Kabhie bhonsdi ka juice nhi banaya ghar me jo pata nhi kitne phal me kitna juice nikalta hai?

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | BUSINESS • STREET REALITY CHECK Date: 25 April 2026 📅 Severity: LOW Headline ₹5 TO ₹0: TECHIE’S PROFIT SHOCK What Happened • Easy money idea totally shattered • Noida techie opened juice egg stall • Reports say experiment near gym • Expected ₹5000 daily easy profit • Reality almost zero profit many days Key Numbers • ₹5 cost to ₹10 selling myth • 30 to 40 daily customers only Timeline • Started stall with simple plan • Faced rising costs low sales • Realised profits not guaranteed Why It Matters • People think small business is easy • Reality hits hard for beginners Reality Check • No clear answer yet on scaling 🧠 What Went Wrong • Ignored hidden costs and low demand ✅ What Should Improve • Plan real costs before starting 🛑 Public Advice • Start part time test first • Track every rupee daily • Choose high footfall locations Public Reaction • People shocked and rethinking risks Source • Reports say viral social post Bottom Line • Profit is not simple math • Something clearly failed here Key Question • Are we underestimating small businesses 🕉️ Moral Line • Easy money ideas hide hard truths #BreakingNews #StartupReality #BusinessLessons

He is a failure, not others. I know a tea seller who owns 100 franchises and two apartment buildings. Not every tea seller is a failure like him.

Location is the key for such businesses; high quantity sell give good enough margin and only way to make money in this. Supply chain is underrated and everything else is overrated in businesses.

Business is much much more than doing calculations on Excel.

Before opening juice stall ask some juice stall owners how much they earn and how much taxes they pay.

running a stall teaches you more about margins, demand, and customer behavior than most mba programs ever will.

I did same mistake thinking we should venture into food business as a side hustle invested almost 25 lakhs in Tealogy franchise and opening cafe and then reality hits losses every month, staff issue, quality issues, huge shop rent. This month we are cloaing it eventually!

Should have started a Whey protein milkshake stall

Negative business acumen.

That's great 👍

🙏🙏

The gap between spreadsheet profit and actual cash in hand is where most side hustle dreams go to die.

Mathematically every business is a good business until reality hits you . If ‘quick math’ can make a business look good then every chaiwala in your native would have been rich.

Location matters more than anything

Aur ek kulhad chai ki making cost max 8 rupees hoti h , selling 15 to 30 , Maggie 50 or 60 k niche nhi milti plain maggie just boiled in water with Maggie masala

Nothing teaches like experience

Gaur city is cursed place for opening new businesses… I too have open in bhopali hot mug back in 2017 A small shop ground floor i rented in in 40k per month 2 labour cost 10 k each Prepaid electricity cost 15 k monthly Plus they have fine if the any stall just came outside

When ppl jump into business doing simple business projections in an excel file.

Honestly, you will make more money by posting this video rather than making chai or Juice stall..Its not easy to be a street vendor enterprenure in India..as our customers are picky.