Vidit Aatrey

10 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 22, 2019 by Vidit Aatrey · across every show →

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May 22, 2019
Insight
Aatrey: Second best startup idea solves problems for people who cannot
“The best thing to do is build a product that solves your own problem. The second best thing to do is build a product that solves problem for someone who can't solve their own problem.”
Vidit Aatrey May 22, 2019 ▶ 30:24 Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India's Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung · Y Combinator
May 22, 2019
Insight
Aatrey: Talking to other founders is the best way for CEOs to learn
“So I think as a CEO and as a founder, the best way to learn is always talking to other founders. And I have seen every problem that I have is never the first problem, right?”
Vidit Aatrey May 22, 2019 ▶ 36:31 Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India's Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung · Y Combinator
May 22, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Meesho has nearly 500,000 monthly active social store owners
“What has happened over the last three years is now we have close to half a million monthly active such social store owners who are making some income per month.”
Vidit Aatrey May 22, 2019 ▶ 1:04 Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India's Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung · Y Combinator
May 22, 2019 negative
Insight
Aatrey: Western-inspired products cannot work for Tier 2–4 Indian users
“They don't behave in the same way as Western users do. So you can't get the same in Western inspired product into India and get, make it work for them.”
Vidit Aatrey May 22, 2019 ▶ 42:13 Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India's Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung · Y Combinator
May 22, 2019 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
90% of Meesho users are women and 80% live in smaller cities
“90% of our users are women, and more than 80% of our users are tier two and tier three in below cities”
Vidit Aatrey May 22, 2019 ▶ 8:38 Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India's Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung · Y Combinator
May 22, 2019 negative
Insight
Endlessly scaling customer support indicates underlying product flaws
“If, for example, if you keep scaling customer support, if you need customer support, that means there's something wrong with the product, right? So you have to go back to the drawing board and understand why are people calling me, right? And then you start opt…”
Vidit Aatrey May 22, 2019 ▶ 16:00 Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India's Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung · Y Combinator
May 22, 2019 bullish
Insight
Aatrey: Meesho solves trust deficit via community social sellers
“What we end up using is we leverage trust of people in your own community who come and start these social stores and then start selling to people around them, especially in unbranded products where you have no idea what will happen to this product after a mont…”
Vidit Aatrey May 22, 2019 ▶ 7:31 Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India's Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung · Y Combinator
May 22, 2019 positive
Insight
Phone support builds trust in India because users trust individuals over companies
“We have seen if you speak to a user on phone, suddenly the trust level goes up. Because they think they're speaking to a person, not a company. And they trust a person more than a company.”
Vidit Aatrey May 22, 2019 ▶ 45:17 Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India's Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung · Y Combinator
May 22, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Meesho hired its first product manager after its Series A round
“Ah, we hired our first product manager after we did our series A. And we hired our second product manager after we did our series B.”
Vidit Aatrey May 22, 2019 ▶ 35:02 Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India's Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung · Y Combinator
May 22, 2019 positive
Disclosure
Meesho management spends half a day monthly listening in call centers
“All my management goes and sits in the call center every month for half a day and just listen to user calls, just understanding what they're facing today.”
Vidit Aatrey May 22, 2019 ▶ 31:44 Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India's Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung · Y Combinator
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