Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Ritesh Agarwal - Page 2

At heart, I am still the guy who loves tinkering with machines and writing code.

I was good at studies and played sports. The only difference was I had big dreams even as a child - I always knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur.

A lot of hotels have beautiful chandeliers because the asset owner is emotional about having chandeliers in the property. I always say that the customers aren't going to have chandeliers for breakfast. You'd rather take that money and give great breakfasts to the customer.

Our first cultural attribute is over-communication rather than under-communication.

There were business challenges, a lot of imitators sprung up, but we built a product that customers love.

I started taking programming lessons at the age of 10.

I went for two days to the Delhi Campus of the University of London and did not go back again.

In our education system, we're so focused on the building blocks that sometimes we try to keep the kids from looking at the larger picture.

My parents always wonder why I work round the clock and I never had an answer, until one day I came across a street full of Oyos. I saw so many families and friends on holiday there. This made me happy - life had come full circle in that moment!

I don't dissuade people from formal education. What I encourage them to do is to follow their dreams.

Leaders at Oyo aspire for ambitious targets which act as directional north stars for building for scale.

I love Mark Twain's words - 'I've never allowed college to interfere with my education.'

We actually distribute using AirBnB because they're the vacation management company and they distribute us, which is why AirBnB is also a small shareholder in our company.

On the customer side, we are continuously making enhancements to our app and activating new partnerships to make their travel experience seamless through the OYO app.

Whenever I go to Odisha, I make it a point to converse in Odia.

Dropping out of college was never the plan, but it made me eligible for the Peter Thiel Fellowship. I was the first Asian to win that grant!

The scale of impact that people aspire to create, based out of the Bay Area, is truly incredible.

Indian companies have a very exciting global opportunity, Indian companies are well-respected globally, doors of business are more open. So that has been a focus for us, how do we globalise faster?

To deliver predictability, we have partnered with Biotique for in-room toiletries, Airtel for Wi-Fi and DTH, and small laundromats in cities to provide clean linen in our rooms.

2017 has been a watershed year for us. We steered our growth trajectory by upgrading and bringing beautiful living-spaces in the value economy segment through OYO Rooms, while launching our operated brand Townhouse.

I dreamt of running my own business even as a kid, but if not a CEO, I would have probably been a pilot.

There are so many people who are dependent on me. You know, setting expectations, and then feeling afraid. But I am a firm believer in the fact that good work has always been recognized.

I love gorging on 'chhena poda.'

It is very important to find a calling and pursue it.

Abhinav Sihna is my partner and the COO of Oyo, and is also the head of the United States division. He spends all of his time building out the United States market for us and has moved out here full-time.

We are reviewing and evolving our business plan as times go. But in the long term, we remain confident about creating a large scale business.

In markets such as the US, China, we want to continuously improve our products and services to win market share.

To provide affordability, we have made a few acqui-hires such as a data analytics firm to help us deliver the cheapest room prices in every town.

Whether it is unbranded hotels, branded hotels, whatever it is, anywhere where a customer can get an experience that is subordinate but for a price that is equal or higher than the market, we want that to change.

SoftBank's $100 million investment helped cement our reputation as a start-up with a promise.

People regardless of age are able to do a good job if they're inspired by the leader they work with.

We build OYO with basis of building a team which is not just great for our segment, but we possibly have the best team any start-up can possibly have.

Coorg will be the new Switzerland, Goa will be the new Thailand. If we predict these trends correctly, while market size may shrink, we will have a good opportunity to use our model.

For people who earn on an average about RS 15,000 a month and who travel a lot, if the salary is late then the landlord will throw him out. I know how life is after that because I have been there.

Showing your ID while entering or doing a manual check-out when leaving - are these the things you do at home? No. If I have them in hotels, how will you feel at home during your stay then?

Other people's view was that saving a rupee is a rupee earned. But for our family, earning two rupees is a rupee earned. That means spending that 1 rupee to make that happen is what it is. It is a difference of risk-taking appetite, going out and doing stuff.

No one in my town had ever gone to Kota. I mean, it was a big deal if people went to Bhubaneswar.

Strong focus on customer experience coupled with strategic investments in proprietary technology has helped us maintain a high net promoter score while empowering our hotel partners.