Bhavish Aggarwal

“Focus on solving real problems and not on making money. There will be enough takers for your solutions. You will help make lives of some people better, and money will follow.”

“If we launch a new product, we have to time it right. It's not about how soon you can do it but how well we can do it.”

“I don't think of competition as much as journalists think I do. Our strategy has been very different from Uber. We are very focused on building as per the Indian dynamics.”

“Global companies can raise capital much easier than local Indian companies can because they have access to many more markets than we do, and this ends up distorting competition.”

“Companies need to weed out drivers who dont drive well or have got poor ratings from the customers.”

“We have built many of our systems with maps as the foundation. We are seeing that a lot of intelligent businesses are doing the same.”

“I fully agree with innovation and letting the best product win.”

“The value that SoftBank saw in us was that we are a technology company in the mobile Internet space.”

“The crux of what makes a company Indian is its entrepreneurship. The management needs to be in India.”

“We will always work on technologies that are required in our market, which is India.”

“I learnt early that always being analytical is important for a business. Being analytical as an attitude is more important than just having the aptitude.”

“Our first 100 rides took us one-and-a-half years from the time we started in January 2011. It was only after that we started scaling up rapidly.”

“Our focus is on the customers and improving their experience. We believe that if we do that well, competition, prices, and profits will all take care of themselves.”

“Don't take shortcuts while building your company - keep trying for the best.”

“I think we are a company that thrives on a good challenge.”

“Three-wheelers are a vital means of transportation and a source of livelihood for millions of people every day.”

“In so many ways, our business is very, very unique. For example, in India, people pay with cash, and we accept cash from day one. And a lot of people in India pay with cash. And that's part of our business model.”

“Globally, ride sharing is a very intense industry with a lot of money being thrown around.”

“Instead of letting the driver-base grow organically , we are setting up driver-training schools across different districts in the country.”

“Entrepreneurs are not driven by fear; they are driven by the idea to create impact.”