Made in Fire:Hard-Won Lessons for Believers, Builders and Future Founders

By Rajnish Kumar and Kumar Rajnish

Every successful company begins not with a plan, but with a fire.

The real challenge isn't starting; it's keeping that fire alive while everything around you tries to put it out. Competitors. Doubt. Scale. Sometimes even your own success.

Made in Fire is the story of how the team behind one of India's leading travel platforms did exactly that, building not just a company, but an ecosystem of technology ventures along the way.

Part origin story, part builder's playbook, the book captures the lessons that only emerge in the trenches of real entrepreneurship: how culture becomes a company's invisible engine, how teams of believers outperform lone heroes and how founders must constantly reinvent their companies before the world forces them to.

This isn't theory dressed up as experience. It's what building actually looks like, the bets, the near misses, the decisions that change everything.

For founders, builders and future entrepreneurs, Made in Fire is a candid look at how enduring companies are truly forged.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143482319
• ISBN13: 9780143482314
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Penguin Random House India
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.5"