How A One Rupee Side Hustle Became The Blueprint For Palash Soni’s SaaS Journey

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.