Why 73% of New Indian Restaurants Close Before Year 2 — The Cash Flow Trap Nobody Warns You About
Most Indian restaurants don't close because the food was bad. They close because month 14 hits with a GST true-up, a chiller breakdown, a rent escalation, Diwali bonuses, and licence renewals all in the same 60-day window — with zero cushion left from launch. The right runway is 14 months of opex + 25% contingency, not 6. Here is the trap, why founders never see it coming, and a 30-day survival framework.