About Malgud Business Network

A journey built one customer at a time.

From a sales job at an oxygen company in 1990 to a family business that has now fitted more than ten thousand homes — this is the story of Malgud Business Network, and of the StopInsect mesh brand it built along the way.

M. A. Satheesh, founder of Malgud Business Network

M. A. Satheesh

Founder, Malgud Business Network
Business began1990
Original roleSalesperson, Mysore Oxygen Co.
First productVelcro mesh
Early customerVasu Agarbatti & others
Base marketMysuru → Bengaluru → Sakleshpur → Chikkamagaluru → Coorg → Hassan → Shivamogga → Mangaluru → Chitradurga → Tumakuru
Business namesMalgud → Charitha → Malgud
Experience30+ years, personal
TodayNext generation involved

The story of Malgud Business Network began in 1990, while Satheesh was working as a salesperson at Mysore Oxygen Company. His work involved dealing with different businesses and building relationships with people in the gas cylinder supply trade — connections that taught him the value of relationships, trust, and recognising opportunity.

One of those connections introduced him to a representative from another state, looking to introduce and sell fibreglass mesh for windows in Mysore. Satheesh saw an opportunity in the product and began introducing it to potential customers — among the earliest were businesses like Vasu Agarbatti — helping secure the first orders.

"I was not simply selling a product. I was learning how it worked, understanding different types of windows and customer requirements, solving problems on-site, and developing relationships directly with customers."

The representative and his company were impressed by Satheesh's ability to build relationships and bring in customers — and encouraged him to take the next step: build the business himself in Mysore, and develop the market. What started as helping someone else sell a product was slowly becoming his own business.

From Mysore to Sakleshpur

As the business developed, demand reached beyond Mysore — notably to Sakleshpur, a place with a personal connection to Satheesh. Sakleshpur is surrounded by nature and fresh air, where people naturally keep windows and doors open to enjoy the breeze — but evenings can bring mosquitoes and insects that make that difficult. Homes there depend on natural ventilation rather than air conditioning, which made insect screening a genuinely practical, valuable solution.

As orders grew from Sakleshpur and the surrounding area, it reinforced something Satheesh had already begun to understand: people don't want to choose between fresh air and protection from insects. They want both. That understanding continues to shape the products and services offered today.

The name behind the business

The business began under the Malgud Business Network identity. Later, when his daughter was born, Satheesh gave the business a more personal connection to family, naming it Charitha Enterprises after her. It later returned to the Malgud Business Network name — the wider identity of the company's journey. The name changed along the way; the values behind it never did.

From a product to an identity: StopInsect

Alongside the growth of Malgud Business Network, StopInsect became the product identity attached to the fibreglass and, later, aluminium-section mesh. As the business gained experience, it became clear customers wanted more than mosquito protection alone — they wanted strong, reliable materials, proper fitting, durability, a neat appearance, and protection without losing natural airflow and light. That understanding shaped the move toward premium aluminium-section products, and StopInsect today represents that product identity, while Malgud Business Network represents the business, the founder, and the decades of experience behind it.

— M. A. Satheesh, Founder, Malgud Business Network

1990
The opportunity. Satheesh, then a salesperson at Mysore Oxygen Company, is introduced to fibreglass window mesh through an industry connection and begins bringing it to customers in Mysore.
1990s
Learning the trade. He begins personally receiving orders, collecting materials, and fitting every installation himself — learning windows, customers, and the product one job at a time. The company encourages him to build the market independently.
Growth
Mysore to Sakleshpur. Demand spreads to Sakleshpur and surrounding areas, where natural ventilation makes insect screening especially valuable — reinforcing that customers want fresh air and protection, not a choice between them.
Along the way
A name, and a family. The business trades as Malgud Business Network, then as Charitha Enterprises — named for Satheesh's daughter — before returning to the Malgud Business Network identity.
Today
StopInsect, and the next generation. The business now offers both fibreglass and aluminium-section mesh under the StopInsect product identity, having served 10,000+ customers — with the next generation of the family now involved in taking it forward.
The philosophy

Five things that haven't changed in 30 years.

This business has never been only about selling mosquito mesh. It continued because of the relationships built with customers, and the trust earned through the work.

Initiative

Recognising an opportunity and having the courage to take the first step.

Relationships

Building genuine, lasting relationships with customers, suppliers and partners.

Quality

Providing products and workmanship we can genuinely stand behind.

Reliability

Taking responsibility for the work and delivering what we promise.

Trust

Building long-term relationships rather than focusing on one sale.

Awards & exhibitions

From exhibitions to long-term relationships.

Where people first discovered us.

That is how we have always grown — one introduction, one installation and one trusted relationship at a time.

Over the years, Malgud Business Network has participated in MyBuild and other industry exhibitions, creating opportunities to showcase our products and connect directly with homeowners, architects, builders and other professionals.

These exhibitions became more than just places to display our work. They helped us introduce our products to new customers, demonstrate the quality of our solutions and build relationships that continued long after the event.

Our participation and recognition at these platforms helped strengthen the trust people placed in our work. Many of the relationships that began at exhibitions eventually became customers, repeat customers and recommendations.

By the numbers

Thirty-plus years, ten thousand-plus homes.

10000+

Customers served since 1990, built through years of relationships, recommendations and word of mouth — not paid marketing.

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Today
Founder's message

A journey built one customer at a time.

"When I look back at the journey, I never imagined that a connection made while working as a salesperson at Mysore Oxygen Company would eventually lead to the business we have today. In 1990, I was simply looking for an opportunity to build something of my own.

Then the orders grew. Customers from Mysore and places such as Sakleshpur began trusting us with their homes and businesses. Every installation taught me something new. Every customer relationship helped the business grow.

Today, after serving more than 10,000 customers, I am proud to see the next generation of my family becoming involved in the business. What began in 1990 as a simple opportunity has become a journey of more than 30 years. And the journey continues."

— M. A. Satheesh, Founder, Malgud Business Network

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