Aatrey: Jio brought hundreds of millions of Indians online in 2-3 years
Vidit Aatrey · Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India's Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung · Y Combinator · May 22, 2019 · at 5:01
Meesho CEO Vidit Aatrey explains to YC Partner Adora Cheung how Reliance Jio's cheap data served as a primary tailwind for Meesho's growth.
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“Because of Jio, a lot of these people have come online for the first time, like, Record number of people in India, like hundreds of millions of people in India have come online just the last two, three years.”
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