Sudhakar: BigBasket's Corporate Office Was Just 2,000 Sq Ft Until 2017
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BigBasket co-founder V.S. Sudhakar recalls the company's frugal office setup during its high-growth years.
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“And I remember in, in our old office, we used to, for a long time, our corporate office was one on which is one floor of 2000 square feet. Okay. Till about, what, 2017 in, by which time we had become reasonably big.”
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