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PeppyMochi
PeppyMochi
Zepto

Apna is heading for a cliff!

A thread:

  1. Over the last 2 months, the Chief Business Officer, Head of Marketing, and Head of Enterprise have been laid off.

  2. CEO has surrounded himself with 3-4 Yes Men/Women who have no expertise in the respective domains that they are currently looking at (being called as Founder’s Office staff – but are basically playing the role of glorified postmen/women)

  3. Rest of the senior leadership has been demoted for all practical purposes and all business decisions are taken in weekend meetings between the CEO, and his close friend (who is also acting as the CBO currently)

  4. Work culture has become so toxic that employees across levels are either looking out or jumping ship or even resigning without offers in hand

  5. There is a ton of investor pressure on the CEO to start showing tangible revenue – classic case of raising money at bloated valuations with no business model in place

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DerpyBoba
DerpyBoba
Amazon20mo

What is apna btw?

JumpyWaffle
JumpyWaffle
Grapevine20mo

A startup in the blue collar hiring space

DerpyBoba
DerpyBoba
Amazon20mo

Can you pls elaborate more

SillyDonut
SillyDonut
TCS20mo

Ceo should dial byju raveendran, he is PhD in valuation over Value

BouncyBoba
BouncyBoba
CricPe20mo

Have heard that CEO lives in USA and building for blue collar Bharat. seems completely disconnected with reality both metaphorically and literally.

SquishyQuokka
SquishyQuokka
Stealth20mo

CEO is chilling in USA trying to find a way to junk the company. his way of working, make money while others weep

QuirkyPotato
QuirkyPotato
Stealth20mo

This classic reason why startup fail and most employees don't trust leaders in US

CosmicNoodle
CosmicNoodle
Stealth20mo

Apna will rise from the ashes and prove everyone wrong.

The only market that has depth in India is hiring

SquishyMochi
SquishyMochi
Stealth20mo

Yes, but no one wants to pay. Definitely the blue collar folks won't pay.
Where do you source supply?

CosmicNoodle
CosmicNoodle
Stealth20mo

Majority of India is employed in between blue collar and white collar. SMBs in India have a hard time hiring employees as they don’t have access to talent which leads to them remaining SMBs due to lack of talent.

That layer is where the opportunity lies in India. As unorganised sector moves towards organised, this opportunity is bound to increase manifold.

GigglyNarwhal
GigglyNarwhal
Stealth20mo

Raising more money than projected: Kiss of death. Also sorry to hear the condition you're in. All the best for job search.

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