# @shivikaapratap on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNnmcKdqHol
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61917905-shivikaapratap-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-21T13:29:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Shivika Pratap (@shivikaapratap) — https://gondola.cc/shivikaapratap

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WORLD ENTREPRENEURS DAY 2025 

Behind every “overnight success” story you see on your feed is a founder who’s been grinding in the shadows for years ✨

It’s World Entrepreneurs’ Day and as both a CONTENT CREATOR and STARTUP FOUNDER, I’m getting real about what this journey actually looks like...

The ENTREPRENEUR highlight reel shows the wins, the features, the funding announcements. But what you don’t see as an IMMIGRANT FOUNDER:

-The 3am problem-solving sessions
-Choosing between groceries and domain renewals
-Friends who stop asking about your “little project”
-Visa stress that keeps you up at night
-Pivoting your entire business model... again
-Creating content while your world feels like it’s falling apart

As an IMMIGRANT FOUNDER and CONTENT CREATOR in 2025, I’m constantly balancing showing up authentically online while dealing with the very real STARTUP STRUGGLES of building something from nothing in a foreign country.

Some days I’m sharing wins with you, other days I’m crying in bed after another rejection. Both are real. Both are valid.

The loneliness hits different when your family’s thousands of miles away and your local friends can’t relate to why you’d choose this “risky” path over a stable 9-5.

But here’s what keeps me going: this community. The DMs from fellow founders saying “me too.” The creators who share resources without expecting anything back. The strangers who become cheerleaders.

To everyone who’s ever shared my post, connected me with someone, or simply said “keep going”, you have NO idea how much that meant during my darkest startup moments 🙏

And to my fellow ENTREPRENEUR CREATORS juggling CONTENT CREATION with STARTUP BUILDING: I see you. Your struggles are valid. Your dreams matter. That “crazy idea” might just change the world.

Let’s normalise talking about the real ENTREPRENEURSHIP journey, not just the polished success stories.

Drop a 💙 if you’re on this FOUNDER JOURNEY too. Let’s connect and support each other!

#worldentrepreneursday #startupgrind #immigrantstories

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immigrantstories, worldentrepreneursday, startupgrind

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