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Anonymous

Hey I am on Medial • 2m

Deepinder Goyal’s story is sold as humble hustle, but scratch the surface and it’s far from underdog grit. IIT Delhi grad, ex-Bain consultant—he wasn’t slinging food in anonymity, he was backed by elite credentials, English fluency, and networks that open doors before ideas even form. Zomato began as “Foodiebay” while he was still at Bain, meaning he had a stable paycheck while experimenting. That’s not startup risk—it’s a side project in a safety net. Early traction came from tapping into India’s rising internet crowd, but funding followed because of who he was, not just what he built. Venture capitalists don’t throw money at unknowns—they bet on polished profiles. Goyal scaled Zomato on endless rounds of funding, while burning massive capital and surviving due to investor faith, not profitability. Today, he’s seen as a visionary—but real visionaries build without parachutes. Goyal had one from the start. He didn’t fight the system—he fit perfectly into it.

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Samanth Shetty

Building Nestsure • 2m

bro cool down, are you any VC funded in these companies by any chance ? so that you are venting your anger out 🫡

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Samanth Shetty

Building Nestsure • 2m

This story isn't nothing wrong most of them build start-up doing other jobs to

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srmist thousif

Hey I am on Medial • 2m

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Jeevan

Learned a lot, a lot... • 2m

Bro looks like you're complaining and trying to explain yourself why you're unable to build a successful startup. My advice will be to stop looking at the negatives and focus on the positive side of life. I agree they have the edge. Remember, this is life, it's never fair. Someone's struggle starts from the street and someone's struggle starts in a BMW. I heard this in someone's interview and couldn't remember whose.

Vikash Singh

Hey I am on Medial • 2m

Although a healthy criticism is good and to be honest, a lot of successful people never realise how much their privileges worked behind their so-called struggle. Privileges like family's financial and moral support, Ancestral wealth, their CASTE (if in India), race, ethnicity, religion, gender, connections etc., they might not know or deliberately ignore their privileges, and only tell motivational stories about their success to youngsters through hard work. So, overall, the crux of all this is never get demotivated if you fail in your life, and start giving fault to yourself if you think you gave your 100%. There may be no required privileges you had that would be necessary for your so-called success in that area. Just change the process to achieve that goal or change the goal.

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