# Ritesh Arora, Co-Founder of TRU.BIKE, on building India’s first global bicycle brand.

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Podcast: [The Indian Startup Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-indian-startup-show-1026402)
Published: 2026-01-19T00:00:00+00:00
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Building a global brand from India. Today my guest is Ritesh Arora, Co-Founder of TRU.BIKE, TRU.BIKE designs premium, lightweight and safe bicycles for children, and is now exporting e-bikes to Europe. In this episode he talks about why India, despite being the second-largest bicycle manufacturer, has no global brand, and how TRU.BIKE is changing that. Ritesh shares their journey from bootstrapping in year one to raising funds, achieving product–market fit, and growing fast. He talks about building a strong marketing engine. Being mentally prepared for the startup journey. Why your first hire should be a finance person. He talks about taking Indian products global that comes from a deep sense of patriotism and finally some great book recommendations and much more.

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