What happens when you lose the company you built yourself, and how do you find the courage to start again? Kashyap Mistry, Founder of Advect Process Systems, shares his honest entrepreneur story: losing his own company, the hard lessons that came with it, and building a new one from the ground up.
Kashyap lost the company he had built himself. Instead of giving up, he started again.
Today he runs Advect Process Systems in the USA and Canada and PTFEON Systems in India, providing fluoropolymer solutions for industrial corrosion protection, including PTFE-lined piping, fittings, valves and linings. In this conversation,
Kashyap talks about what it really feels like to lose your own company, the mistakes and lessons behind it, finding the strength to rebuild, and growing a business across India, the USA and Canada. In this episode: • What it feels like to lose the company you built •
The hard lessons that came from it • How to find the courage to start again • Building Advect Process Systems and PTFEON Systems • Running a business across India, the USA and Canada • Advice for founders going through a setback
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Kashyap Mistry is the Founder of Advect Process Systems (USA/Canada) and PTFEON Systems (India).
Connect with Kashyap: 🌐 https://www.advectprocess.com 🌐 https://www.ptfeon.com 🌐 https://www.advecton.com ✉️ ask@advectprocess.com 🔗 LinkedIn: / kashyapmistry
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Chapters 00:00 – Teaser & Introduction
01:05 – Who is Kashyap Mistry?
01:56 – What Is PTFE Lining? Explained Simply
05:58 – Failing 12th & Facing Social Pressure
08:03 – Changing the Route, Not the Goal: Entering Engineering
13:53 – Marks vs. Real Potential
17:08 – Overcoming Self-Doubt & Staying Strong
20:05 – The Power of True Friendship in Failure
23:28 – First Job & Low Salary
27:42 – How He Got Noticed by His Bosses
32:50 – How the Value of Money Changes Over Time
34:44 – Indian Family Businesses vs. US Multinationals
40:11 – What Multinationals Taught Him
44:16 – Spotting the Business Opportunity
47:03 – Pitching the First Client & Starting as a Side Business
52:50 – Going Full-Time & the Call from Europe
57:17 – Moving to Canada & International Expansion
01:02:05 – Managing the Indian Business Remotely
01:06:14 – Losing His 15-Year-Old Company to a Partner Fight
01:10:34 – The Pain of Betrayal & Lessons in Trust
01:13:46 – Rebuilding from Zero & Employees Joining Back
01:16:35 – How First-Time Founders Can Find Clients
01:21:15 – Final Thoughts: Embracing Failure & Keeping Moving
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