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The entrepreneur who came out much the wiser after her dream ended early

Picking up ideas that are not too far ahead of their time, scalability and pivoting at the right time are key for success of any start-up, says this young entrepreneur

Kalyani Khona, founder, Inclov, a matchmaking platform for the differently-abled
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Kalyani Khona, founder, Inclov, a matchmaking platform for the differently-abled

Sai Ishwar Mumbai
"I pick projects that have the highest chances of failure. But if that work, they can set a precedent and change cultural behaviour," reads the opening line of 27-year-old Kalyani Khona's LinkedIn profile. There's no better way to describe her attempt of Inclov—the world's first matchmaking platform for differently-abled people.

Soon after finishing her under graduation, Kalyani Khona, who was then 19, set out on a three-month internship to teach underprivileged kids in the Amazon region of Brazil when all her classmates were planning for the convocation.

This was one of the 20 internships that she took in as many

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