1 hr 7 min
Returning to India and Starting up | Ankit Mehrotra of Dineout The Spotlight
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- Careers
"In India, dining out is an event, smallest of things can ruin it, and smallest
of things can make it better"– Ankit Mehrotra
When his fear of failure vanished with one examination, a spark of
entrepreneurship was ignited.
This South Delhi boy's story of an engineering degree, love for finance, days of
doing odd jobs to survive and culminating into a successful investment banker is
one for the movies. The young man however has been experimenting with business
since his early days.
Ankit Mehrotra is a University Of Essex alumni with a degree in Engineering, a
CFA charter holder and is a co-founder of Dine Out, one of India's largest
Dining out and Restaurant Tech platform operating across the B2C and B2B domain
processing more than 100M diners and $800 worth of transactions across its
network of 50,000 partner restaurants in 20 cities.
In this episode of The Spotlight, Ankit talks about being a young professional
during the 2008 recession, conceptualising Dine Out, starting out, acquisitions
and creating an ecosystem for the food industry.
Here are our key takeaways from our conversation with Ankit:
* Taking an idea from concept to business
* Common mistakes that start-ups may make
* Maintaining the vision of your business
* Understanding your niche, and
* Creating new avenues within your industry
"In India, dining out is an event, smallest of things can ruin it, and smallest
of things can make it better"– Ankit Mehrotra
When his fear of failure vanished with one examination, a spark of
entrepreneurship was ignited.
This South Delhi boy's story of an engineering degree, love for finance, days of
doing odd jobs to survive and culminating into a successful investment banker is
one for the movies. The young man however has been experimenting with business
since his early days.
Ankit Mehrotra is a University Of Essex alumni with a degree in Engineering, a
CFA charter holder and is a co-founder of Dine Out, one of India's largest
Dining out and Restaurant Tech platform operating across the B2C and B2B domain
processing more than 100M diners and $800 worth of transactions across its
network of 50,000 partner restaurants in 20 cities.
In this episode of The Spotlight, Ankit talks about being a young professional
during the 2008 recession, conceptualising Dine Out, starting out, acquisitions
and creating an ecosystem for the food industry.
Here are our key takeaways from our conversation with Ankit:
* Taking an idea from concept to business
* Common mistakes that start-ups may make
* Maintaining the vision of your business
* Understanding your niche, and
* Creating new avenues within your industry
1 hr 7 min