How, Phool, a Flower waste recycling startup clocked $15 Million?

… and 10 Product management lessons to take away

Ram Pulipati
7 min readDec 27, 2022

Alia Bhatt joined Phool as a brand ambassador. How? Read on …

Alia Bhatt, a HUGE Bollywood star !

Phool.co is an incense sticks startup — where incense is extracted from flower waste in the rivers. Incense sticks are burnt in temples and homes to spread good smell.

Agenda:

  1. Why should we learn about Phool?
  2. How Phool started?
  3. Founder vs Parents?
  4. Product management — 5C framework in Phool
  5. Why not sell on Amazon primarily
  6. Why not Influencer marketing
  7. How Alia Bhatt happened?
  8. How Pricing was setup ?
  9. Conclusion
8 million tonnes of flowers contribute to river pollution in India
Phool.co uses flowers from rivers to extract perfume

Why should we learn about Phool.co ?

  1. noble idea — reduces 11000 tonnes of flower waste in rivers…

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Ram Pulipati

10yrs exp as a PM, Dev and Co-founder. Studied, lived & worked in US, Canada & India. Want a FREE PM resume consultation? -> www.linkedin.com/in/janakiramvit.