{"id":5107,"date":"2026-01-05T09:51:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.founderlabs.in\/?p=5107"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:07:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:07:03","slug":"the-startup-solving-problems-students-have-faced-for-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.founderlabs.in\/?p=5107","title":{"rendered":"This Startup Solving Problems Students Have Faced for Decades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"SGxBMiUsrFo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Startup Solving Problems Students Have Faced for Decades\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SGxBMiUsrFo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>India\u2019s university hostels are undergoing a quiet revolution \u2014 and at the heart of it is FretBox, a fast-growing campus-tech startup transforming how hostels operate across the country. FretBox is the university hostel startup transforming student life, campus safety, and hostel management across India\u2019s top universities. In this podcast, we explore how this university hostel startup is solving real problems using smart technology. This episode explores how a university hostel startup like FretBox is solving problems students have faced for decades. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/fretbox\">#fretbox<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/ashishgupta\">#ashishgupta<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/ashishguptafretbox\">#ashishguptafretbox<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/startupsolvingproblems\">#startupsolvingproblems<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s university hostels are undergoing a quiet revolution \u2014 and at the heart of it is FretBox, a fast-growing campus-tech startup transforming how hostels operate across the country. 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