BwM Podcast #3 - Can Bhavish Aggarwal be India's Elon Musk?
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In this third episode of Backstage With Millionaires podcast, Caleb and Pankaj talk about recent controversy on Ola's toxic work culture.    Bloomberg in a recent article, talked about several instances where Bhavish Aggarwal, founder and CEO of Ola, behaved in a manner which could be termed as 'toxic'.   During one of the instances, "When Bhavish Aggarwal arrived for a recent visit at the Ola Futurefactory, marketed as the world’s largest electric two-wheeler plant, the company’s founder was quick to spot a shuttered entryway that should have been left open. He immediately summoned a custodial manager, people who were present said, and meted out a punishment: run three laps around the several-acre-large plant."  Other than this, we also talk about whether Bhavish can turn things around for Ola and become India's answer to Elon Musk.
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