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I started Zomato because I was tired of waiting in line at the office cafeteria. The best startups come from personal frustration.
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India is a market of extremes. You can deliver biryani to a tech worker in Bangalore in 20 minutes and you cannot get an address in a village 100 km away.
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Profitability is not a dirty word. We proved you can grow fast and make money in India. Just not at the same time.
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Everyone told me Blinkit was a bad deal. Blinkit is now our fastest growing business. Sometimes you have to trust your own analysis.
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We expanded to 23 countries and pulled back to one. The best lesson I ever learned was that focus beats ambition.
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I still deliver food sometimes. You cannot run a delivery company if you have never delivered anything.