Shubhang Kulkarni — Co-Founder

I didn’t plan a business career. I built one by chasing problems. After graduating as a Mechanical Engineer in 2017, I took the entrepreneurial route - building across travel, F&B, and retail. It started with Traverse Tours, a travel agency I ran for 7+ years. While helping people explore India, I noticed a consistent gap: transport was the weakest link in an otherwise great holiday experience. That insight led to Travapp - a platform where travellers could choose their chauffeur and vehicle transparently for their holidays. We saw early traction until the pandemic hit two months after launch. During lockdown, I pivoted. I built a healthy food cloud kitchen, scaled it into a full-service restaurant, and eventually exited. Then moved to Bengaluru to explore a new space - vending retail. In 2022, I launched Vendo - one of the first vending retail brands inside Bengaluru Metro stations. We built a strong on-ground presence before exiting the business. Across these 7 years, one thing stayed constant: Understanding what people value, what breaks their experience, and what makes them come back. Today, I bring that lens to MakeMyTrip, where I build holidays and experiences combining startup thinking with scale. Now, I’m also exploring and writing about: • Business of travel & sports • Brand strategy & positioning • Consumer behavior Because the most interesting part of any business isn’t what it sells, it’s why people choose it. If you’re building, learning, or just curious about how businesses actually work, we’ll get along. Feel free to drop a hi

Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C entrepreneur with expertise in travel and food service industries.

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 3 yrs 9 mos