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Freelance / Remote / Immediate Start

• ₹1,500 per thumbnail
• Experience: Portfolio over the years. Show us your YouTube work.

Here's a mini assignment to evaluate your design thinking, not just your execution. We want to see how you interpret a brief, make visual decisions, and create something that earns a click.

The Episode: A founder built a North Indian dhaba chain to 75+ outlets across India. No VC funding. Franchise model. He reveals exactly how much it costs to open one, how much you actually make, and why the "passive income dhaba dream" is a lie.

Key episode facts you can use:

• Investment range: ₹25 Lakhs to ₹3.5 Crore depending on format
• Monthly profits: ₹1 Lakh (small) to ₹20 Lakhs (highway dhaba)
• ROI timeline: 20–36 months
• Swiggy/Zomato commissions eat up to 40% of sales for new brands
• 30–50% of franchise owners are "rich kids" backed by family money, and he admits it
  
  Watch the episode here to get a better idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui1KaBBa9Nc

Your job: Design ONE thumbnail for this episode. All creative decisions are yours: layout, color, text copy (2–5 words), face placement, hero element, contrast, and hierarchy. A placeholder face is fine.

What to submit:

• The thumbnail at 1920×1080px
• A 3–5 line note on your key decisions, why this copy, why this layout, what emotion you're trying to trigger

⚠️ This must look like a YouTube business podcast thumbnail, not an Instagram post, gaming channel thumbnail.

Section 3 — Submission & What We're Looking For

How to submit:

• Upload your thumbnail + notes to a public Google Drive or Notion link
• Share your rationale and thought process on how you designed the concept in the description section
• Click on the “Submit Project” button below to make your submission

What we're looking for:

• Does it stop a scroll at thumbnail size?
• Did you find the single most compelling angle in this episode, or did you play it safe?
• Is the text copy specific and punchy, or generic?
• Are your design decisions (color, contrast, hierarchy) deliberate and explainable?
• Does it feel like it belongs next to My First Million, Finance with Sharan, or Raw & Real, or any of the top channels?
   

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