Saksham Mendiratta is In The Haus with Aadit Palicha, co-founder of Zepto.Zepto started as an experiment during the pandemic; (born out of personal need to get instant grocery delivery in Mumbai). Over a quick span of time, it became so relevant and formidable that it pushed Aadit to drop out of Stanford to build this into a full time venture.Raising their latest round in May 2022, for USD 200 million, it bumped Zepto’s valuation to USD 900 million. But the challenges of building a hyper-scaling venture at 19 years is an interesting one to watch from the outside.Saksham & Aadit dive into the mindset it takes to be the CEO of a venture like Zepto, every single day.They talk about:

• The meaning of entrepreneurship
• Weekends & passion
• Inflection point into entrepreneurship
• Hiring folks way more experienced than you
• Customer experience for Zepto’s application
• Founder mentality you need to have to run a supremely high paced business
• Take on competition
• Personal inspirations in life
• Consumer market in India
• Difference between India vs US markets
• Focus while building a venture
• Personal values to live by

It’s an episode that would leave you thinking and definitely in need to action immediately. It’s provocative in a calming sort of way.So sit, back and get your notes read, as you are now ready to enter, In The Haus.

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