India, May 14 -- An Indian founder's candid take on leaving a job to build his own company has struck a chord with social media users. Taking to Instagram, Mehul Agarwal shared a video in which he spoke about the emotional highs and lows of stepping into entrepreneurship after quitting a job that he described as draining.

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In the video, Agarwal said, "Everyone said quitting a job to start your own company feels like freedom, and trust me, everyone lied. Okay, it does feel like freedom, but just for like 11 minutes. Then you open your laptop and you realize, 'everything is on me now.'"

He added that only two weeks ago, he was complaining abou...