Bootstrap to IPO in 10 years ft. Prashant Pitti, founder EaseMyTrip
"The world is going through one of the worst recessions, and you plan on starting a Travel venture. You must be out of your mind!"
This was precisely the reaction of everyone around Prashant Pitti, the guest of today's episode, and his co-founders when they decided to launch EaseMyTrip during the 2008 Recession.
In fact, when they approached a few VCs during their early days to pitch for an investment, they received multiple preset filters and nuances -
# A B2B travel venture won't grow big enough
# You're late; there are so many travel startups already
However, proving everyone wrong…
The skinny
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