Can someone share a pdf of this article or a paywall-less link?
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Copt the link, Go to archive.ph and paste it there.
After a while, even the company’s employees got in on the scheme. “There were targets, 50 visits a week,” says a third former executive, asking not to be named. “Employees had close relationships with brokers. With the company pressure and to earn the incentives, they had to show fake walk-ins. Some employees also sent their family and friends via these brokers. Everyone made money.” “Everyone was getting incentivized for generating walk-ins, not closing deals.” That wasn’t all. “Broker Network offered free cab services for these walk-ins,” says the third former executive. “Weekends are a crucial time for site visits and brokers would just take these cabs and move around for a few hours. There were so many bogus visits over the weekend just for the free cab services
Fool me twice
What a guy. Come back a few years after Housing, gets well funded, pulls off a ridiculous scam and will again disappear for a few years
Catch you in 2026 next
Thrice, not many know that he started a second startup after Housing. Apparently that was founded by the Bansals.
Where to read without paywall 😅
Damn. Even the employees got in on the scheme. Ye to poora hi fraud scenes
Another consumer tech startup bites the dust :/
https://entrackr.com/2023/10/ex-myntra-ceos-startup-virgio-shuts-down-after-raising-37-mn/
Get a tag(college/company) -> Open a startup -> Get Funding (even seed stage is fine) -> Burn money -> sell or shut d...