India, July 17 -- A Bengaluru-based entrepreneur has recalled his family's reservations about him quitting his Infosys job to start a business in 2010. Nearly sixteen years later, Ujjawal Asthana is a successful founder twice over, and currently serves as the CEO of TruFlo. His decision to quit Infosys may have paid rich dividends, but Asthana is convinced that his family still remains a little disappointed that he does not have an Infosys job.

Asthana is best known as the co-founder of Zymrat, a Bengaluru-based D2C performance apparel brand that he started with his wife, Ankita Riva, in 2018. It was acquired by fast-fashion brand Styched in 2023. Before Zymrat, he ran a software development and consulting firm called ThoughtNirvana that...