Bijak targets gaps in data, financing, and tech instead of replacing traders
Nukul Upadhyay · The FUTURE Of Agriculture In India! ft. Founder of Bijak · Jan 31, 2022 · at 13:39
Nukul Upadhyay, co-founder of Bijak, outlines the company's operating strategy of enabling traditional supply chain participants rather than disintermediating them.
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“We decided that, you know, we would let the unorganized sector do the things that it can it's good at, and we should focus on things where the unorganized sector has clear gaps. So there are gaps around data analysis. There are gaps around financing options. There are gaps around actually using tech. So we should focus on that and, you know, stay away from things which the current supply chain is doing a good job at, right?”
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