India, Sept. 1 -- A Mumbai-based founder recently took to social media to share how hitting rock bottom at 18 shaped his entrepreneurial resilience. Recounting a time when he was so broke that he survived solely on bread and water for seven consecutive days, the entrepreneur argued that experiencing extreme financial hardship is a vital life lesson. While acknowledging that poverty isn't noble, he emphasised that surviving total helplessness taught him he could overcome any future business failure, financial crisis, or rejection.

"I was broke as F**k when I was 18. And, I think everyone should be completely broke at least once in their life. I know that sounds like a horrible thing to wish on someone. And I don't mean the kind of broke w...