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I spent seven years with no revenue and a wife who had every reason to doubt me. I kept going because I had no good reason to stop.
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Network effects are the most powerful force in business. Find the category where they apply and build before anyone believes it matters.
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We put $3 million into Zomato. It was not the most sophisticated investment thesis. We believed in Deepinder and we believed in the category. Sometimes that is enough.
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Indian internet took 10 years longer than everyone expected. The founders who survived until it arrived became very wealthy. The ones who gave up did not.
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Build the boring category that everyone needs but nobody wants to fund. That is where the best businesses in India have been built.