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Sampath: Besides YogaBar, Startups Haven't Built Serious Indian Food Companies
“I would say in food, food is, is difficult. I think it's owned by the FMCG companies, and I think I might be biased, but I think except us, I don't think, I mean, I think we built a serious company in food.”
Sampath: Health food will not sell without at least 20% taste
“But abhi bhi, health taste ke bina nahi bikega. Like that is the truth of it. You have to do 80% health and 20% taste.”
Suhasini Sampath: A good deal requires leaving money on the table
“You have to leave money on the table to make money. And I think that's the important thing to remember. There is no such thing as a good deal. The deal happens when everyone gets an exit and all parties on the table have won.”
Sampath: ITC bought Yoga Bar for category market share, not raw revenue
“The reason ITC eventually bought Yogabad is not because the revenue was X or Y. They bought it because we had serious market share in bars, and we had serious market share in Muesli, and most of our product extensions, they could see it as taking market share.”
Suhasini Sampath: Rivals with half Yoga Bar's revenue received higher valuations
“I remember that when we were raising, There were a couple of companies at half our revenue and two XR losses getting valued higher than us. Now it causes problems for both parties. No strategic is going to give you that kind of value.”
Sampath: Yoga Bar's zero-sugar muesli is its top seller in Reliance and DMart
“We have a no sugar muesli, so zero sugar, no, no raisins, no dates, no nothing, zero total sugar. It says zero total sugar, right? And that's the fastest selling product in Reliance and DMart.”
Sampath signed an Elevation Capital term sheet the day before giving birth
“Like, the day before Elevation put money in the company, Manipal Hospital is opposite. We signed the term sheet. I went to the hospital that night, and we were doing the diligence literally day after, the day after that.”
Sampath: Kept same basic car 15 years and never bought gold
“I have the same car for the last 15 years. I don't know how to drive, so I need a car. So I have a very basic car. I have it for 15 years. I don't buy a house. I don't have a fancy house. I have, like, basic things until my clothes really wear and tear. I don'…”