In Bihar, the roads don’t lead to dreams. They lead to railway stations.
Dev was the only son in a lower middle class family with four sisters and a father who counted every rupee in a notebook. He had no smartphone, no friends, and no way to play the games his cousins played. What he had was a 4 AM alarm, his father’s phone for four hours a day, and a hunger nobody taught him.
From earning 5 rupees on a random app, to selling fake courses, to pitching an imaginary business to a real investor, Dev’s rise is fast, shady, and thrilling. Then the game he built everything on gets banned, the people he owes start calling, and a teenager who once held 300K in his hands is staring at a debt of 150K with just 15 days left.
How NOT to Make Your First Million is a story inspired by real events. It mixes the raw energy of a rags to riches rise with the harsh lessons of failure, and the kind of money lessons no school teaches. It is Rich Dad Poor Dad with a darker side, told through one boy’s mistakes.
If you are young, hungry, and in a hurry, read this before you make your first move.