India, Oct. 27 -- Not getting into IIT. Being rejected by every company you apply to. Watching your friends celebrate job offers while you refresh job portals for the hundredth time. For many, that's the kind of setback that breaks confidence, but for one young founder, it became the turning point that changed everything.

Kartikey Singh, the founder of Flutter Your Way, recently posted his journey on X (formerly Twitter), sharing how he faced repeated placement rejections, felt left behind while friends celebrated their job offers, and yet managed to build a 5-person agency.

According to the post, at 16, Singh wanted to get into IIT. It didn't happen. At 20, he wanted a job. That didn't happen either.

"Microsoft said no. Autodesk said ...