~ ./welcome.sh
Initializing GMI Ventures...
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GMI Ventures is a solo-founder holding company from 🇸🇬 building a portfolio of profit-first internet products.
~ ./mission.sh
Build a portfolio of 10+ profit-first micro-SaaS, consumer products
Each generating S$1 to $10k+ MRR
Goal: $10-30K MRR or $1-3M exit value before I turn 45 (... more days).
Financial independence through products, not paychecks.
~ ./manifesto.sh
GMI — Gonna Make It
It's crypto slang. Builder slang. The flip of NGMI (Not Gonna Make It).
The belief that if you keep shipping, keep iterating, keep pushing — you're gonna make it!
But GMI means more than that here.
> 1: My Backstory
After a failed venture backed startup. Covid etc. I got really depressed.
After the fall. A midlife crisis & the reset.
This is the comeback. The declaration that I'm gonna make it — not just survive, but thrive.
> 2: The Reminder
Every day. Every product. Every iteration. A constant reminder to persevere.
To keep going when it's hard. To remember why I'm doing this.
> 3: The Mission
I'm gonna be making stuff. A portfolio of ventures aka products.
Each one solving a real problem. Each one moving me closer to financial independence.
GMI isn't just a name. It's the mindset. It's the mission. It's the reminder.
Also.. its cringe, but FI! - Financial Independence! aka F*ck iT!
~ ./founder.sh
{
"name": "Ritesh",
"role": "Engineer → VC backed founder → Product Leader & Founder, builder, Overlander.",
}
~ whoami --verbose
> 1: The Rise
VC-backed founder. Raised $1.65M from Golden Gate Ventures & East Ventures. Built Rovo - a sports social network. Grew to 500k users..
> 2: The Fall
COVID hit. Sports stopped. Company shut down.
Depression. Mid-life crisis. Rock bottom.
> 3: The Reset
18 months. 50,000 km. Driving from Singapore → Norway.
Overlanding with my wife & 3 year old. Finding myself again.
> 4: The Comeback
No Unicorn this time. No employees. Just me, shipping products.
Building from Singapore 🇸🇬, Chiang Mai 🇹🇭 & Barcelona 🇪🇸
~ ./portfolio.sh
~ cat inspiration.json
// Builders that inspire me..
& more....
~ echo $CONTACT
~ ./subscribe.sh
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