Bookmyshow sivagangai

  1. BookMyShow's Eventful Unicorn Story
  2. BookMyShow's Eventful Unicorn Story


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BookMyShow's Eventful Unicorn Story

Last week, entertainment ticketing platform BookMyShow was looking to raise Winning The Toss On a backpacking trip in the south of Africa, 3 young friends Ashish Hemrajani, Parikshit Dar and Rajesh Balpande were taking time off from their respective jobs. The three observed a few interesting trends in South Africa, including long queues for tickets and the selling of rugby tickets on the radio.Ashish Hemrajani, all of 23, was in his first job with communications firm J Walter Thompson. Under the effect of a cocktail of alcohol and nicotine, he sent an expensive international text message to his boss that he was Realising that he had already pulled the trigger the next day, he had an inkling of what he wanted to do through his travails in Africa. Mr. Hemrajani convinced his two friends to come on board to sow the seeds of a young startup that would do something in the ticketing business. The 1999 dot-com boom allowed a young Indian startup to raise Yet, BigTree has 20+ competitors with the same business model. Given the constraints, BigTree would book tickets in bulk and then deliver tickets to customers in person. The company hired a fleet of delivery boys (a full 2 decades before Swiggy) and cash on While it seems unthinkable today, holding the inventory of seats in theatres while selling tickets online would attract another round of funding and 150 employees. The founders had won the toss, by taking a big gamble on their jobs. Deadly Bouncer The business continued to sca...

BookMyShow's Eventful Unicorn Story

Last week, entertainment ticketing platform BookMyShow was looking to raise Winning The Toss On a backpacking trip in the south of Africa, 3 young friends Ashish Hemrajani, Parikshit Dar and Rajesh Balpande were taking time off from their respective jobs. The three observed a few interesting trends in South Africa, including long queues for tickets and the selling of rugby tickets on the radio.Ashish Hemrajani, all of 23, was in his first job with communications firm J Walter Thompson. Under the effect of a cocktail of alcohol and nicotine, he sent an expensive international text message to his boss that he was Realising that he had already pulled the trigger the next day, he had an inkling of what he wanted to do through his travails in Africa. Mr. Hemrajani convinced his two friends to come on board to sow the seeds of a young startup that would do something in the ticketing business. The 1999 dot-com boom allowed a young Indian startup to raise Yet, BigTree has 20+ competitors with the same business model. Given the constraints, BigTree would book tickets in bulk and then deliver tickets to customers in person. The company hired a fleet of delivery boys (a full 2 decades before Swiggy) and cash on While it seems unthinkable today, holding the inventory of seats in theatres while selling tickets online would attract another round of funding and 150 employees. The founders had won the toss, by taking a big gamble on their jobs. Deadly Bouncer The business continued to sca...