Pratik Doshi is the founder and CEO of Cheeky Chunk. This start-up man sells designer umbrellas. He is from Mumbai, India. His start up's annual turnover is Rs. 35 lakh in just quarter of the year.
EDUCATION
He earned a high school education in marketing from St. Joseph's High School, Wadala. He completed his graduation from Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai.
AWARDS AND HONORS
- He is known as an umbrella man in India
ENTREPRENEUR STORY
In India, three seasons come in a year. The majority of people love a monsoon season because of rain. In the rainy season, people use an umbrella for their routine. But one man thinks about it and then he started a start-up for making designing umbrellas. I will tell you about his success story.
After his post-graduation Pratik started Cheeky Chunk in 2014, In that time he marketed a few umbrellas in a small market. In 2015, he decided to start a company selling unique and affordable price umbrellas.
He asked his friends about this idea but friends were laughing at him. For the first time, he sold 500 umbrellas via friends and families. After that, he decided to invest his savings of Rs. 1,35,000 which is earned from college. He spent his money on marketing, built a website manufacturing, designing, and so on. He worked hard for becoming an entrepreneur.
At the current time he selling umbrellas on his website, flipchart, amazon, snapdeal, and few retail stores in Mumbai. Most of the selling is coming from e-commerce and digital marketing. He already sold more than 7000 umbrellas and his target is to sell more than 1000 umbrellas per year.
He also spread his art in our state, he also sells in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha. They also provide delivery of umbrellas. According to Pratik, photography plays a major role in Cheeky Chunk's marketing so far. The majority of people are interested in photography so that it has become the best scene for a photo shoot.
The cost of an umbrella ranges from Rs 499 to Rs 699.
I always wanted to do something different from other people so I thought about this umbrella's idea.
