Prime example that one should not just study foreign markets and take everything else for granted. The west already has much better convenience stores at every nook and corner. Something was different in India.
Today BlinkIt eclipsed Zomato valuation. Instamart is a key focus for Swiggy. Zepto is on a great path. All the VCs (except Nexus who backed Zepto) in India lost out in this race. They just looked at the west, and said it won't be possible. Grofers (Blinkit) & Zepto proved them wrong.
For entrepreneurs: Do not be derailed by VC speak, they will hardly ever get big bets right.
Small correction - Itโs working well in the west, VCs were bullish on Q Comm since it worked in the west
Why do you think q commerce is working in India? And not in the West?
Hint: itโs not biz model or unit economics
I had heard Waycool was also talking to raise at unicorn valuation, but they've fired like 300 people on Monday, so that's pretty uncertain. What to make of Zepto, though?
Oh boy here we go again!
Good morning! Too much has happened in the last 24 hours, weโre going double the size of our 5 news a day quota - here we go:
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Whoever is curating this, kudos. Job well done!
Everything kept aside, itโs genuinely awe-inspiring that theyโve been able to do this in a market with close to zero ...
