TaxiForSure interviewed 25 candidates and withdrew an offer before hiring its COO
T. N. Hari · How did TaxiForSure get acquired for $200 million? | T. N. Hari, Advisor, Fundamentum · Jul 13, 2019 · at 45:50
T. N. Hari describes executive hiring discipline at ride-hailing startup TaxiForSure alongside co-founder Raghunandan G.
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“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 suddenly at night, we also made an offer, but at night it struck me that this guy is not the right... So next day morning, I spoke to Rogman and said, we should withdraw the offer. We withdrew the offer. He was really surprised, but we withdrew the offer. And ultimately we found the right COO, Arvind Singhal, we found from McDonald's who ran McDonald's for South and West.”
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