Agarwal: Grabhouse had the exact same model as NoBroker and led by six months
Amit Agarwal · Disrupting real estate market with Amit Agarwal, Founder, NoBroker | 100x Entrepreneur Podcast · May 31, 2021 · at 24:08
Amit Agarwal, co-founder of NoBroker, reflects on competitor Grabhouse's positioning in the Indian real estate market during 2014-2015.
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“Grabhouse.com, which was founded by another very good founder they were doing exactly what we were doing and they were ahead ahead of us by, I would say six months with the bigger numbers, well even more famous investors backing them.”
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