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Chamarti Sreekar

Passionate about Pos... • 20d

Zomato started as a food blog. Now it’s a public company delivering food across India. Lesson? Start small, think big, act fast. OYO didn’t start with hotels. Ritesh Agarwal launched Oravel as an Airbnb clone. The pivot to budget hotels built the empire. any other amazing pivot in startups ?

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