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From a small thela to 100 stores — #MBAChaiWala is now looking to hire 500 people for 100 more

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Prafull Billore (@Prafull_mbachai) led tea cafe chain MBA Chai Wala is all set to mark its territory in 200 Indian cities by the end of this year, generating over a 1,000 #jobs.

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Billore — a son of a farmer — founded MBA Chai Wala as ‘Mr Billore Ahmedabad’ in 2017 after failing to crack #CAT. He wanted to do MBA and work at a multinational corporation, but instead he opened a small ‘thela’ cart outside his dream college IIM Ahmedabad.

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“Under my father’s pressure, I also took admission in a local college but I dropped out in 12 days. My father got really upset. But I wanted to create my own identity,” Billore noted. His brother Vivek Billore also joined MBA Chai Wala as a cofounder in 2020.

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The company has expanded to 100 cities like Bhopal, Srinagar, Surat, Delhi and more — since 2021. It now plans to double that number this year.

It is currently opening 10-15 franchise stores on a monthly basis in an attempt to achieve these targets.

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The company charges ₹20 lakh on an annual basis to sell its franchises. Billore claims that the Ahmedabad #MBAChaiWalaInd outlet earns up to ₹17 lakh a month. Meanwhile, an average MBA Chai Wala outlet employs seven people and a smaller outlet employs roughly five people.

#MBAChaiWalaInd has been focusing on expansion in Northern India so far but it will now also look to expand in the southern part of the country, @Prafull_mbachai told Business Insider India. They also plan to start their own tea-leaf brand.