Thajudeen Aboobaker

Startup founder · Solution maker · Kochi, Kerala

Find a problem.Build the answer.Take it to the people.

Urban Trash is my answer to everyday waste. It works, and better is coming.

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Kochi, Kerala

A line for today

Every closed door showed me where the next one was.

A failed try is a lesson you have already paid for. Use it.

Every problem is a product nobody has built yet.

With hardship comes ease. Keep walking.Quran 94:5-6: read the full text

Start small. Start local. Start today.

The market is the best teacher. Go and meet it.

You don't need to be ready. You need to begin.

Fall, learn, build again. That's the whole method.

A person gets what they strive for. So strive.Quran 53:39: read the full text

There's a problem near you waiting for someone. Why not you?

Thinking is where it starts. Building is where it counts.

A better tomorrow is built, not waited for.

In short

I'm Thajudeen Aboobaker, a founder in Kochi, Kerala. I make solutions for problems people really have.

Since 2016 I've worked on waste from every side: collecting it, processing it, designing machines for it and building companies around it. I like the plain, everyday problems that nobody has fixed properly yet.

Urban Trash

Urban Trash is a waste management company for businesses in Kochi, built around the customer: simple, reliable, convenient.I started it because dealing with waste should be the easiest part of a business day, not the hardest.It already makes a real difference, and better is coming.We are building products to take it further.

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Every try opened a door

Before Urban Trash came composters, a model village, a train journey across India and a few ventures that didn't last. Each one taught me something the next one needed.

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From idea to first customer

Everything I learned the slow way, written down as a short guide: from spotting a gap to your first paying customer.

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Pick a problem area, answer three quick questions and get your first three steps. It runs in your browser and saves nothing.

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Seen a problem nobody is solving?

Let's talk. Every good venture starts with someone who noticed a gap and decided to do something about it.

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