Hi, my name is Riten.
I’m based out of a small town in Northeast India known as Agartala, a lush green capital of Tripura. I am a computer science engineer currently full time into building my startup Fueler and other side projects you will love.
I have been into freelancing for more than 4 years, worked with 70+ brands throughout the world. Freelancing and consultation has allowed me to study businesses inside out. It has helped me learn about processes, product/service cycle, team building, operations, and a lot more. 4 of the products I have consulted went on to raise venture funding.
Background
I come from an unconventional background trying to do something in the field of entrepreneurship. My life has been highly influenced by the military forces, since my father is in military forces. So because of this, I was fortunate to travel, meet and live with folks from different cultural backgrounds. It has taught me a lot about leadership, empathy, decision-making, discipline, and sacrifices. All these have shaped my core values and principle for any kind of endeavor I’m a part of.
I have been a studious kid throughout my school years until I joined college. College years have been a key turning point in my life as I discovered what entrepreneurship is all about. Life might not always offer you the best but you gotta make the best out of everything and make your way. I believe life will always offer you lego bricks. Now it's you who make the craft out of it. The only way to build an unfair advantage for yourself is by playing the single-player game. A game where you spread the win and own the failures.
Two things that have helped me become what I’m today: Books and the Internet. I derive inspiration from three important things in my life - Military, Sports, and Entrepreneurship.
At present, I’m bootstrapping Fueler with my team. It's currently self-funded (we haven’t raised any external capital to build our product). We work as a consultant and freelancers to build and grow Fueler. Yes, very much difficult but not impossible. We are trying our best everyday to survive through and extend our runway for one more month.
I feel startups are crazy, it builds you as a person in the least possible time. I believe it is about compressing 20 years of a journey into 5 years. It is going to be the most ambitious years of your life. But coming from a small town, situations, people, support, and a lot more things are quite different for me and our team.
But does it all stop us from building a world-class startup? No. Not a single point in time. I know I just have to keep trying and keep going. Because, it’s not just about me, it's about our team fueler, it’s going to be about million others who are going to believe in themselves when chasing their dreams like us.
Fueler is an online platform to help an individual their proof of work and land better opportunities in their careers. Fueler is going to be a platform where you can discover, hire and collaborate with generalist Individuals. Fueler represents individuality, it’s about a skilled person who is capable of making a difference when they work with you. Fuelers are the passionate, the curious, the hacker, the hipster, and the builders of the ever-changing world needs.