Ashish Jhina: Competitors educating Kiranas makes market share capture easier for Jumbotail
Ashish Jhina · Inside the mind of Jumbotail Founders, Ashish Jhina & Karthik Venkateswaran | 100x Entrepreneur · Apr 14, 2021 · at 25:40
Ashish Jhina, co-founder of Jumbotail, discusses why competition in the Indian B2B retail ecosystem benefits their growth.
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“Wherever other platforms have done that job, it's actually easier for us to go and, ah, you know, actually take on, ah, you know, more share, ah, because we've, you know, somebody else has done the hard job of actually educating the retailer and, you know, getting them to change their mindset.”
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