Rahm Shastry is a serial entrepreneur from Bengaluru and the Silicon Valley. He is also an active angel investor who helps companies with his vision and business strategies.
He talks about his journey, DriveU's growth, his exit form TaxiForSure, and unit economics.
On today's episode:
00:00 Intro
00:52 DriveU's background
02:23 Who is Rahm Shastry?
03:23 A life changing advice
05:07 Entrepreneurial journey
08:50 The network effect
09:07 How did TaxiForSure happen?
10:23 What kind of investor is Rahm?
11:09 Cab situation back then
12:44 TaxiForSure VS Ola
13:23 DriveU's beginning
15:56 DriveU's journey
18:10 VC's toxic culture
20:07 DriveU's first investment
22:23 Unit economics
24:08 Smooth sailing?
25:57 A near-death experience
27:33 Genius move
28:16 Pivot point
29:46 DriveU's efforts for it's drivers
32:05 Covid consequences & tackle points
37:00 Unicorn culture
42:39 Outro
Links-
Merch: https://merchter.com/stores/backstage-with-millionairesPodcast on Ola Electric and Bhavish Aggarwal: https://youtu.be/GyAdwp0OhR8Twitter: https://twitter.com/bwmillionaires/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/backstagewithmillionaires/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backstagewithmillionaires/ Audio Podcast: https://anchor.fm/bwmillionaires
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