Iāve been working with startups for half a decade now but somehow my peers donāt understand the importance of value creation against immediate profits. Unicorns do matter. No point making small profit for years together without expanding user base. T
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Hey I am on MedialĀ ā¢Ā 1y
what value are they creating? ola copied uber, zomato copied doordash, flipkart copied amazon. idea copy karo valuation badhao
Whatās your point of view on this?
Some Indian unicorns are inspired by American companies.
For example:
Zomato is similar to doordash
Flipkart resembles Amazon
Ola is modeled after Uber
Which startups are currently booming in the U.S. that have
Many Indian startups mirror American giants:
Flipkart (Amazon)
Ola (Uber)
Paytm (PayPal)
Zomato (Yelp)
While adapting ideas for local markets has driven success, when will we see a truly original global startup from India?
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Nawal
Entrepreneur | Build...Ā ā¢Ā 6m
So after Ola / Uber - Even Flipkart does that ? š„
Maybe because of different tax cut Google play & App store .
What you guys think about Ola they have copied the API's & Interface from mapsmyindia.
We also know that the Ola was also copied from Uber's Idea.
I guess it became a trend to copy and paste.
Nothing was new in terms of idea.
News Source: Inc42.co
Many Industries in India Facing Duopoly
⢠Amazon and Flipkart
⢠Jio and Airtel
⢠Zomato and Swiggy
⢠BJP and Congress
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Shanmukha
Trust your crazy ide...Ā ā¢Ā 1y
To order something we have Amazon and Flipkart, to book cabs we have ola and Uber, to eat something we have Zomato and swiggy, is there any app available for booking OP in hospitals? Ofcourse we have Apollo but that is restricted to only Apollo hospi
Some unicorns in INDIA
(examples)
Food- zomato/Swiggy
Clothing -Zudio/Trends
Travel- Ixigo/MakeMyTrip
Ride-Uber/Rapido
Hotels-Oyo/Goibibo
ecommerce - Flipkart/myntra/Amazon
Payment-Paytm/Phonepe/Bharathpe
Grocery Delivery-zepto/Instamart
MY I
Starting a Startup ā Reinventing the Wheel
You donāt need to be unique to build a successful startupāyou need to solve a problem better than others. Many of Indiaās biggest startups werenāt original ideas; they were adaptations.
Flipkart ā Amazon-i