#58: Megna Jain On How She Built A Baking Business From A College Experiment

Megna Jain and I uncover the science of baking, scaling from a home kitchen,women-only kitchen, values, choosing a cloud bakery, surviving logistical tsunami and so much more!About Megna Jain:Megna Jain runs an online bakery called Dream a Dozen with an all-women kitchen in Bangalore with the dream of expanding across the world one day.She's a cheerleader for all business people, especially businesswomen. At the age of 18, she started selling cupcakes to her university's cafeteria and never looked back. Today, they deliver desserts and gift boxes to thousands of customers across the country.Megna did her B.Com honours from Christ University, which was followed by a stint at a food tech startup called InnerChef where she learnt how businesses start ground up. She also got training at a renowned bakery called Cakewala and learnt how things work at scale. She completed the 10k women entrepreneur program by IIM Bangalore and Goldman Sachs in 2021.She writes about her business experiences in a blog called Yours Dessertfully and also runs a program called Pay it Forward where small business owners can write to her to speak for an hour every weekend.