Bengaluru: An entrepreneur who is moving out of Bengaluru after 14 years shared an emotional farewell post for the city ahead of his journey to a new town. Ujjawal Asthana, co-founder of activewear brand Zymrat took to X to share his feelings as he moves out of the city to his “new home” in Pune.
He said that Bengaluru has given him a lot of firsts of his life where he became a successful entrepreneur. "Bangalore has been home for 14+ years. The city has given me all the good things in my life – first job, first foreign trip, a life partner, 2 successful businesses, funding, startup acquisition, great friends, a network worth in gold and much more," he said in the post.
Ujjawal added that he never felt that he was an outsider and it was not because he live in high rise and travels by car, adding that he has "also lived the BMTC, Auto, Cab life in the city for longest time".
"Bangalore is not a city, it is a beautiful experience that is hard to explain in words. You experience it once you live with the people here and walk in the lanes of Jayanagar," Ujjawal added.
To those who call Bengaluru a "meh", he said they "need to live beyond the weather, coffee, beer and startups". "And while I am going to make Pune my new home, and I can't wait to start my journey there, I will keep walking in the lanes of Bangalore – the city I have called home since I became an adult, on each trip," he further said.
He took the opportunity to seek applications with 'salary no bar' post. "We're very well capitalised. High agency folks, ex-founders, founding team members would be given preference.
1. B2B saas marketing/sales leader
2. Performance marketing expert/leader
3. Content marketing/Inbound generalists
4. Founders office (since chief of staff has been used a lot recently)" he added.