From one rupee rentals to building Goldcast, Palash Soni’s founder story is as real as it gets.

In this episode of Off to the Valley, Palash, Co-founder and CEO of Goldcast, walks us through his early entrepreneurial sparks in a small Indian town, launching a side hustle at age 10, and eventually founding a VC-backed SaaS company out of Harvard.

We talk about:

• Building Goldcast in the middle of business school
• Navigating student debt while starting up
• How to validate SaaS ideas in a noisy AI market
• Finding the right co-founder and avoiding common early-stage traps
• Making remote company culture actually work
• And why real traction comes from solving valuable, enduring problems

This is a no-fluff, honest look at what it takes to go from ambitious experiments to building a company that brands like Mailchimp and Zuora trust.

If you’re thinking of launching, pivoting, or scaling something of your own, this one’s a must-listen.