Bombay
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Innovators & Investors
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WTF is with Nikhil Kamath
11 statements about Bombay, every show
Kamath: Airport handling and landing charges in Mumbai increased 200%
“In Bombay it's gone up 200%.”
Katial: Big FM ran retro in Bombay but top-100 in Delhi
“And what would work in, say, Bombay wouldn't work in Delhi, right? While we did the top, the retro station in Bombay, Delhi, we did a top hundred station because Delhi is a young, vibrant city that Really wants the latest all the time, right? And so we realize…”
Every Indian city has a Mumbai, and Mumbai has a village
“And I also, and just to add to that thought process, I've seen a Bombay in every city. So there's a part of, in, and there is a village in every Bombay.”
Birla: Schoolchildren's lives today are far more complex due to citywide information spread
“When I look at children of that age now, their lives are so much more complex, right? They know about every student in every school in Bombay and what happened. I mean, if something unusual out of the way was to happen, Let's say a kid was caught taking drugs.…”
Kamath: Spends hours at Shah Rukh Khan's house when visiting Bombay
“Every time I come to Bombay, one night I go to Shah Rukh's house. The both of us sit down and chat for four hours, five hours.”
Poddar: Christian Dior manufactures wedding gowns in Mumbai
“We have Dior making their entire marriage gowns in Bombay. That's also embroidered in India.”
Kalra: Ganpati and Navratri Sharply Reduce Indian Dining and Non-Veg Consumption
“When you have Ganpati in Bombay, you're going to see a reduction in dining out. You're going to see a reduction in non-witch consumption. You're going to see a reduction in alcohol consumption. People are going to not go out as much. When you have Navratra in …”
Agarwal: NoBroker had 1,000 to 1,500 monthly listings in early 2015
“NoBroker basically had was in was in two cities, Bombay and Bangalore. And I think the number of listings would be barely thousand in a month, thousand, 1500 in the months, in the month.”
High Mumbai Real Estate Costs Killed Malika Sadani's Earlier Crèche Startup
“Before this, I had decided to do and try my hand on building a business model for another startup, which was again in a very similar space of opening creches. It was just that I wanted to open creches in Bombay and I figured the real estate price was not, it w…”
Khan: Early rival sent thugs with hockey sticks to Ola's office
“There was a cab company in in Bombay, which sent, like, gundas to the office to beat, beat these guys up, and they broke, like you know, they broke, like, glass walls and all with hockey sticks, and these guys stuck it out through that.”
Khan: Prospective investors passed on early Ola, arguing street hailing sufficed
“I remember when I was syndicating the Ola round, and I was trying to get other people into it, and nobody wanted to invest. People were like, yaar, ye kya Bekar company layo, I can wave my arm and get a cab. Right, Bombay. Right, so who's going to order these …”