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I Dreamt of Washing Shoes (And It Made Me 5 Figures)

24 mins·10:00, 17 Apr 2026
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I Dreamt of Washing Shoes (And It Made Me 5 Figures)

24 mins
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10:00, 17 Apr 2026
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Guest: Gurcharanvir Singh, Founder, Guchi Cuci

Gurcharanvir Singh built his company because he had a dream about washing shoes.

Three years later, Guchi Cuci is a highly profitable, 5-figure home-based shoe cleaning service that has doubled its revenue every single year since inception. Operating entirely without commercial rent, Gurcharanvir leverages on organic TikTok virality to acquire customers, specifically targeting the "lazy or busy" demographic. Even more impressively, he manages this growing operation alongside a full-time career as an architect, a part-time job at a gym, and training for KL Fashion Week.

Gurcharanvir joins us to dissect the exact metrics behind his micro-business. We also look at the unit economics of pricing a service at the cost of a meal, the challenge of calculating Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) through social media algorithms, and the capital expenditure required to transition from cleaning sneakers to detailing cars.

Presenter: Audrey Raj

Producer: Audrey Raj, Sandhya Menon

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