In 1946 Pappa asked Ravjikaka to join him as a 50% partner in a new venture, a hardware shop. At that time Ravjikaka was working at Karachiwala and had no capital. Pappa loaned him 50,000sh and they became equal partners. Later in 1948 two separate shops were created: Doshi & Co. Ltd and Doshi & Co. (Hardware) Ltd. Until then they were not limited companies. Motadaddy started working when the Hardware shop was opened. In 1947 Ratikaka and Natukaka came from India. Ratikaka joined the Hardware shop and Natukaka (aged 18) the Timber shop.

In 1949 Daddy had gone to India to study. He stayed at Prabhulalkakas house and he and Kundankaka became fast friends. They had a lot of fun so had less time to study and Daddy failed in the first year. Pappa asked him to join the business instead of repeating the year. He was 18 when he joined the timber shop.

Pappa had lots of friends and contacts in Nairobi because of the business and the insurance clients that he had built up. By 1942 Nairobi had grown a lot and was larger than Mombasa. A lot of shops and businesses catered to the needs of the white settlers. Roads, however, were not too well developed and railways were used to transport goods as well as passengers.

Babukaka and Vinodkaka also worked in the Mombasa shop for a number of years. Vinodkaka’s wife died in Mombasa and soon after that Babukaka left for good and settled in Rajkot. Vinodkaka, after remarrying in India, came back to Mombasa and managed Doshi & Co. Ltd. Babukaka set up a shop in Rajkot and did well. He died in 1967.