Siddharth Shrivas

Startup thinking has truly permeated Bangalore… We are in the middle of a diligence, and during consumer calls today, one thing stood out: Bangalore consumers don’t just adopt startups, they co-build them. They are forgiving of early flaws and intuitively understand that things will improve over time. When asked how often they would use the service in future, they didn’t just give a number. They started ideating on what more the startup can do and how their behavior might evolve with it. Without any prompting, a few even mentioned they would be willing to pay 2x for something like this if it worked well. (I’m sure they don’t mind when marketplaces charge convenience fees 🙂) The most interesting part is how easy they make our job. You don’t need to probe them to understand the use cases. They are already thinking in that direction. It almost feels like the mental model of “building a startup” has seeped into the way consumers think here. Makes Bangalore an exciting ground for founders to test and iterate. Any different pov?