Millionaire Mondays #1 - Rahm Shastry, DriveU - Building a Multi-Million Dollar Profitable Startup in India
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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     Enjoy the content! ;)  #bwm #startup #startuppodcast
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