India, March 11 -- What drives an intern to move cities and work weekends for a fraction of their market value? According to a co-founder of Matiks, the opportunity for his star intern, Ritesh, was to learn. In a candid post on X, the founder detailed how Ritesh left his Rs.25,000 internship and followed the founding team to Bengaluru on a Rs.5,000 stipend just as they were starting out. While the post celebrates Ritesh's grit, it has also reignited conversations about the intense expectations of early-stage startup life.

"Everyone talks about founders, nobody talks about the team. So here I am talking about the people who build Matiks," co-founder Sudhanshu Bhatia wrote on X and LinkedIn. He added, "First up, Ritesh. He was a 3rd year s...