Nikhil Jaisinghani was a math and physics major. He did not plan a career running off-grid energy startups or launching an options fund. Bored at a corporate job, he ditched it for the Peace Corps. That detour rewired everything.Survival meant inventing solutions on the fly. Nikhil built his first business in the chaos of the Nigerian oil and gas sector, a project so complex it nearly drowned on arrival. Burned by bureaucracy and bad luck, he moved to India. With no job, no roadmap, and a flip-phone on a plane, he modeled what became the world's lowest-cost solar microgrid. Ten years later? He’d electrified 150,000 people including those living on 30 cents a day. Each day demanded grit: no salary, every crisis met with “just give it one more day.” Capital was scarce. Doubt was not.He admits the darkest point was walking away from his company, forced out by investor conflict after a decade of impact. The shame was crushing. The regret stuck. But he kept moving, finding survival in math and the thrill of the next big unknown.If you are building in unfamiliar markets, navigating impact with shaky funding, or testing yourself against the hard edge of entrepreneurship, this conversation covers all of it honestly.Connect with Nikhil Jaisinghani: https://titanstrategicincome.com/[email protected] more about our episode partners and support the show:💼 Max Capital Hub: https://maxcapitalhub.com/🌊 Oceans Talent: https://hire.oceanstalent.com/dave_gulas#entrepreneurship #impactinvesting #grit #founderstory

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