Deepak Dhar

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Hey the same you.. pls do demand your data though. So much of it is lying in the servers of others that they can use but you yourself can’t. It is not about knowing yourself better, it’s about letting others know you, if you ever need it.

@guptajiten Ventures also need ecosystems around them to be ready. In Indian context, most times companies need to develop the ecosystem along with the venture and that makes it costlier. Fintech is comparatively better off that way.

Most Indian tech companies have valuation to investment ratio of 2 to 5x. I feel anything below 10x is suboptimal for investors and shows inefficiency in startup industry. How do you justify tech advantage of building business? Any counter arguments?

@guptajiten Reward in Indian context is for execution and the multiple of that is maybe what we are seeing.

@guptajiten Most Indian entrepreneurs/investors pick/back an idea that has been proven somewhere. Multiple ventures doing the same thing are born around the same time. The market forces in such context don’t allow creation of disproportionate value.

@guptajiten This can happen if either value created is lesser or capital required is higher. In Indian context it may be both.

Budget 2020: India’s ESOP taxation harshest amongst all start-up hubs financialexpress.com/budget/budget-… via @FinancialXpress

@ImHassanandani @guptajiten @amrishrau Not just first basement office without a toilet, many don't even believe that second citrus office was in irla gaothan and the next door neighbor was a bottle cap manufacturer.

@guptajiten @amrishrau chal jhoote...please stop virtue signaling by calling dark basement office...just like silicon valley fakers say garage!

Just got my hands on screenshot of Citrus's first website from Sept 2011 era. Nostalgia remembering how we started with initial dark basement office. @amrishrau

@ankitkr0 This would be odd only if some of who build something that people want are not able to raise money. Otherwise this should be a good state for trying out new things.

Overheard in Koramangala- "It's easier to raise money these days than building something people want"

Even Thomas Edison initially made the mistake of making something he thought people should want, but that they didn't.

If the potential of a startup is proportionate to the size times the incompetence of its competitors, the most promising startup of all would be one that competed with national governments. It's not impossible; this is what cryptocurrencies do.

In the next episode of #MatrixMoments, @VikramV23 caught up with @guptajiten & @amrishrau on their journey of building @CitrusPay & @PayUIndia. Here's a snippet of @amrishrau recounting how they decided to take the leap of faith and join forces:

Uber and Airbnb are marketplaces that figured out how utilize an idle asset. Airbnb turns spare bedroom into extra cash, Uber turns your car into extra income. However, the most valuable asset in the world that’s underutilized isn’t cars or bedrooms--it’s people.

@saty_77 @CitrusPay A great learning experience both from the situations and the super talented people around. Forever grateful to everyone especially the founders!

So excited to hear of all the great founders and exciting company that that have come out from the team @CitrusPay. Here are a few of them....

I guess after working for a fast paced startup people are rendered useless for anything but another start up :) Remember and cherish the struggles even more than the wins.