TaxiForSure
9 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 13, 2019 by T. N. Hari · said 58 times in 13 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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brought up most by Siddhartha Ahluwalia (30), T. N. Hari (5), Aprameya Radhakrishna (4), Amit Somani (4), Raviteja Dodda (3), Shripati Acharya (2), Satej Sirur (2), Karthik Reddy (2)
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2025 5 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
2023 13 mentions in 2 episodes 7 per episode
2022 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2020 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2019 34 mentions in 3 episodes 11 per episode
- How did TaxiForSure get acquired for $200 million? | T. N. Hari, Advisor, Fundamentum
- 100xEntrepreneur | Episode 14 | Karthik Reddy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Blume Ventures
- 100x Entrepreneur | Episode 15 | Amit Somani, Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners
- every mention in 2019, scene by scene →
Everything said about TaxiForSure, oldest first
Jul 13, 2019 positive
TaxiForSure rejected Uber's acquisition offer to protect its tech team from layoffs
“They didn't go with Uber because Uber wanted to lay off the entire tech team, whereas ULA was willing to absorb the entire team, including the tech organization. So they did the right things. They got every employee a two month bonus payout, two month salary a…”
Jul 13, 2019
TaxiForSure had two months of runway before Ola's $200M acquisition
“Sold the company for two hundred million dollars. We didn't have money to pay salaries two months down the road. And we would have shut shop if Ola had decided not to buy us, but there were some circumstances which forced Ola to buy Taxi for sure because other…”
Jul 13, 2019
TaxiForSure interviewed 25 candidates and withdrew an offer before hiring its COO
“So for example, a taxi for sure, we were hiring a COO. I personally met about 25 candidates. I didn't like any of them. In fact, one candidate, we almost made an offer. Raghu and I both met this candidate, was very smart, said all the right things, but suddenl…”
Jul 13, 2019 positive
Aug 16, 2019 neutral
Reddy: Mettl returned as many dollars as TaxiForSure due to ownership
“So amongst the hits we've had, metal has actually, surprisingly, delivered the most dollars, as much as taxi for sure, because though the size was much smaller, my stake was much larger. So fund one is a very funny fund. We had three percent in one and 10% in …”
Aug 16, 2019 neutral
Sep 17, 2019 neutral
Somani: Prime avoids ops-heavy, feet-on-the-street businesses due to lack of expertise
“We have traditionally focused much more on digital tech oriented businesses rather than things that require heavy duty on the ground, feet on street ops. Sales, et cetera, right? So that's been either a conscious trade-off in the one hand or an Achilles heel, …”
Apr 3, 2023 positive
Aprameya: TaxiForSure could have become India's consolidated super-app
“We should have, as in we were the first ones to do hyperlocal stuff, right? So we could have done a Dunzo, we could have done a Swiggy, we could have done all the groceries, delivery startups, all that put into one company is valuable. Right? Like, in Southeas…”