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?
Starting a Startup โ Reinventing the Wheel
You donโt need to be unique to build a successful startupโyou need to solve a problem better than others. Many of Indiaโs biggest startups werenโt original ideas; they were adaptations.
Flipkart โ Amazon-i
If your absolute end competitors are giants.
START UNIQUE.
Just like how rapido first entered the market with the term "bike pooling" and now it's a leading competitor to ola and uber in India in terms of auto or cab rentals.
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Vaibhav Babruwan Shingde
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โข Paytm enters ride-hailing sector through ONDC to challenge duopoly of Ola-Uber:
โข Vijay Shekhar Sharma's company, Paytm, is planning to start providing auto-rickshaw rides in cities like Delhi, Bengaluru, and Chennai. They will do this through th
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
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The two biggest e-commerce companies in India, Amazon and Flipkart, are owned by American companies. Do you think India needs a homegrown company to emerge as a new rival in the e-commerce sector to compete against these American giants? With the rap
Rapido, Indiaโs two-wheeler ride-hailing startup, disrupted the market by focusing on untapped, sub-premium segments. While giants like Uber and Ola catered to premium customers, Rapido targeted smaller opportunities with affordable and fast two-whee
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Vaibhav Babruwan Shingde
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Let's discover potential of Quick - Commerce and what are challenges for Old E-commerce Giants like Amazon, Flipkart and DMart ๐ญ :
โข I think , the main reason behind the Quick Commerce is category creation and changing consumer behaviour and Consum