I’ve been working with startups for half a decade now but somehow my peers don’t 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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Anonymous 1
Hey I am on Medial • 1y
what value are they creating? ola copied uber, zomato copied doordash, flipkart copied amazon. idea copy karo valuation badhao
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
Hope , I can Help yo... • 5m
So after Ola / Uber - Even Flipkart does that ? 🔥
Maybe because of different tax cut Google play & App store .
You don't need a extra ordinary idea to build something.
Ola cabs is a copy of uber.
Facebook inspired by myspace
Execution matters. Ideas dont
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Vivek Sharma
If you like this pag... • 8m
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
Any Other Interesting Names? 😉
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Shanmukha
Trust your crazy ide... • 11m
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
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Sandeep Namasudra
Change is the only c... • 17d
Starting a Startup ≠ Reinventing the Wheel
You don’t need to be unique to build a successful startup—you need to solve a problem better than others. Many of India’s biggest startups weren’t original ideas; they were adaptations.
Flipkart → Amazon-i
Welcome to OUT OF THE BOX MARKETING!
EP=14 (Heetch)
Heetch, like Ola, is a raid booking platform in France with only one competitor, UBER. However, because they were new and had little money to spend on marketing, they devised a great strategy.
But