About ExportFirst.in

India makes things the world wants to buy.
Most never make it to the buyer.

63 million MSMEs. Only about 150,000 registered exporters. The gap isn't capability — Indian products compete globally on quality and price. The gap is everything between "I have a product" and "I shipped my first order": pricing confusion, the compliance maze, fraud risk, and the silence after a buyer's first email. ExportFirst.in exists to close that gap — with working tools, not theory.

What We Believe

Four principles behind everything we build.

Tools beat theory

A first-time exporter doesn't need another 20-hour course. They need a cost calculator that works, a way to practice a buyer conversation, and a clear next step. We build tools, not lectures.

Built by people who ship

The platform is designed by working exporters and tested against real shipments — not assembled from textbook chapters. The cost calculator reflects how we ourselves price exports.

Honest about the journey

Export is slow. The first order can take months. We'd rather tell you that plainly than sell a fantasy of overnight success. Real timelines, real risks, real expectations.

Built to last

A platform only helps if it survives. We build for the long run — tools that improve, sessions that continue, a team that stays. Not a launch that fades after six months.

What We've Built

A working platform, not a landing page.

This isn't a website collecting emails for a course that launches "soon." Every tool below is live and usable the moment you create a free account.

Nine working tools

Readiness assessment, export simulator, HSN library, cost calculator, Incoterms, finance guide, journey tracker, services marketplace, and glossary.

A 15-step journey

A personalised path from "thinking about export" to first commercial order — adapting to whether you're a first-timer, agent-to-direct, or active exporter.

An AI export simulator

Practice realistic buyer conversations — serious buyer, ghost buyer, hard negotiator, and a fraud scenario — before risking real money.

Verified registration services

IEC, GST, RCMC, AD Code, Udyam — filed by verified partners, tracked in your dashboard, documents stored securely.

Live RBI-rate costing

A cost calculator with live exchange rates, three rate views, and forward-cover scenarios — replacing 30 minutes of manual Excel work per quote.

Weekly live mentorship

Free export mentorship sessions every Tuesday, in Marathi, hosted in association with Startup Maharashtra. Open to anyone.

Our Contribution Back

Free live mentorship, every Tuesday.

Every Tuesday, 9–10 PM, we run a free live export mentorship session in Marathi — open to anyone, member or not. Hosted in association with Startup Maharashtra. No sales pitch, no recording paywall. These sessions are how the platform gives back — and how we learn what exporters actually struggle with, week after week.

When

Tuesdays · 9–10 PM IST

Language

Marathi

Cost

Free for all

The Team

Three directors. One organization.

Akshay Rajole

Director & Export Mentor

Leads product, content, and member mentorship. Designs the platform tools against actual export work, not theoretical use cases.

Active export practitioner · Nashik

Tushar Pakhare

Director & Community Lead

Hosts the weekly mentorship sessions in Marathi. Brings community distribution through Startup Maharashtra and the broader founder network.

Startup ecosystem builder · Pune

Rohit Lalwani

Director & Growth Advisor

Advises on positioning, brand, and member experience. Brings nearly two decades in growth strategy and impact-led startups.

Growth strategist at Wittypen · Pune

The Organization

ExportFirst.in is an initiative of Bithelp Foundation, a registered Section 8 organization, operated in association with Startup Maharashtra. Based in Maharashtra, India.

India makes things the world wants to buy.Most never make it to the buyer.

Four principles behind everything we build.

A working platform, not a landing page.

Free live mentorship, every Tuesday.

Three directors. One organization.

Start where you are.

India makes things the world wants to buy.
Most never make it to the buyer.