This Couple Quit Their Corporate Jobs To Build A Startup While Travelling The World

It's an art to make your life a perfect one. We are easily swayed by the wind of everyday life and join the mass race leading exactly to no where. The million stories of working individuals quitting their well-paying jobs and redefining life goals have inspired us over the years. These are the stories that fill our gut with courage and make us throw away all the worldly excuses out from the window and take a step towards our goal. They restore faith.

It's time for a story with a difference! Meet Anuja and Gaurabh, the co-founders of Pikkabox.

Currently on a year break, Anuja and Gaurabh are travelling and building their own start-up, Pikkabox, simultaneously.

Their life unveiled differently when they chose to take a break from a comfortable life in New York. Gaurabh worked as a creative director and Anuja was a design strategist in Manhattan before they began a life of travel. They began their travel story with the help of Remote Year, a community of 75 working professionals from across the globe who spend one year working and travelling as they connect with local communities and business ecosystems from around the world.

How the start-up was born while the couple travelled around the world

Pikkabox is a mystery box, that gives a snapshot of one country every month through curated products found locally. The couple travelling around the world engage with the local craftsmen and sellers who offer a range of special souvenirs. Pikkabox helps you send your friends and family a box of souvenirs and products from every city you travel to.

Building a product on the move

The start-up began with a simple idea in June 2015 and while the couple travels this year, they are aiming to test their product on the move and give it roots as they are back working after an year. While most entrepreneurs might find the idea of starting a business while travelling impractical, Anuja and Gaurabh are busy researching on the ground realities that is a major aspect of their venture. 

The Couple's One Year Travel and Business Plan

With the help of Remote Year the couple paid a one time sum of $27000 which takes care of their airfare and accommodation for a year. They are also funding their travels with the freelance work and support it through an extensively planned expenditure. Ever since the inception of the idea of Pikkabox, the couple were sure to launch it while they travelled in order to review the products from the around the world. 

12 cities in 12 months and the journey of Pikkabox has just begun.

The couple has currently been 6 months into this life changing journey and their business venture has seen a wonderful premature success too. The journey of Anuja and Gaurabh gives you a break from the 'quit job to travel' stories and turns travel into an enterprising venture for a change. 

Here's a photograph of Gaurabh enjoying the scenic view from the Julian Alps. The couple is living a life that's enterprising and at the same time they are realizing their travel dreams each day. 

For some of us, travel makes our lives sing. Its an out-worldly rhythm that makes us dance in the most wonderful corners of the world. We know there are countless dreamers who wish to see this wonderful world and live a life of travel. So if you look back at your day at work with regret even for a second, may be it's time to think differently. 

Read more: How Sachin went from being a startup co-founder to a full-time traveller.

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