Resilience, Resurgence, Rebirth: ixigo's Journey to IPO | Special Podcast
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โ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ?โ
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ."
Talk about resilience! โ Ravi Adusumalliโ (Co-Managing Partner, โ Elevation Capitalโ ) sat down with โ ixigoโ co-founders โ Aloke Bajpaiโ and โ Rajnish Kumarโ to unpack their 17-year journey to a blockbuster IPO.
The story of how Aloke and Rajnish built ixigo from a small apartment in Gurgaon in 2007 to Indiaโs second-largest OTA by revenue is one of overcoming challenges, bouncing back, and transforming.
This is encapsulated in the title of this special episode โ โResilience, Resurgence, Rebirthโ. Each word represents a crucial chapter in โ ixigoโ 's journey.
The founders were at their candid best and spoke at length about:
โค Founding โ ixigoโ when they were broke
โค Landing on the highest-frequency use case for train travellers
โค The decision-making process behind their biggest pivot - from metasearch to OTA
โค That time when they mortgaged their homes to make payroll
โค Surviving and thriving amidst hyper-funded competitors
โค Closing two acquisitions in the thick of the pandemic
We hope this conversation serves as an inspiration for all founders and aspiring builders out there, and as a reminder that while the entrepreneurial journey may be long and fraught with challenges, it is also immensely rewarding for those who persevere with grit and humility, and never lose sight of their vision.
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