Vipul Prakash got into the business of recruitment by accident. He had run a web education school in the late 1990s — which failed after the dotcom bust — and this put him in touch with some promising young web designers. So, in 2000, when one of his friends needed three web designers for his company, Prakash was able to make the transaction very quickly. It was the easiest Rs 43,000 he ever made, he says, and it got him thinking about setting up a recruitment firm. Today, Elixir Web Solutions has 300 people working for it, and a turnover for Rs 20 crore. He tells Business Standard about the trip so far.