MakeMyTrip’s Investor Sanjeev & Founder Deep Talk About Building ₹10000 Cr Travel Company

Some companies almost don’t make it, until they do.MakeMyTrip could’ve been one of them.In this episode, Shantanu Deshpande is joined by Deep Kalra (Founder and Chairman of MakeMyTrip Limited) and Sanjeev Aggarwal (Co-Founder, Fundamentum, Helion and Daksh), one of MMT’s early investors. Kalra and Aggarwal uncover the real behind-the-scenes of building one of India’s most iconic travel companies.This Investor-Founder bond isn’t just about travel. It’s about the courage to stick around when the road gets rough.Let us know in the comments: What’s the toughest phase your startup has survived and how? And if you’d like to join our next conversation as a live audience member, sign up here: https://forms.gle/yF6Rzr9NRheKRoV98Navigate the episode 00:00 Coming up01:09 Introduction07:55 Relationship insights between founders and investors08:38 Foundation of Make My Trip13:28 How Sanjeev and Deep met15:36 Sanjeev’s view on Makemytrip Founders16:44 Tough time Prior 200521:52 What are the commonalities among founders?27:34 Deep’s perspective on Sanjeev’s contribution in IPO board33:33 The entry of fragmented market39:38 The great vs an average board meeting47:56 Reasons for the decline VC and entrepreneurship56:43 Digitalisation impacts on business opportunities59:32 Roles of professional high-quality management01:04:56 Importance of governance training to run a company01:08:29 Role of quick commerce01:13:05 Key role of product genesis01:15:09 Closing thoughts