​ @zomato Deepinder Goyal Exclusive Part 2 | Shradha Sharma

In an exclusive interview with YourStory, Deepinder Goyal, CEO and founder of Zomato, opened up about the early days that moulded him to be the person he is. A person who cannot be ignored any longer and we must talk about Deepi today.

ABOUT SHRADHA SHARMA:

Shradha Sharma is the Founder & CEO of YourStory. She started YourStory in 2008 to tell stories of entrepreneurs - something that mainstream media was not ready to do in 2008. Since then, Shradha has scaled YourStory to become one of India’s leading digital media platforms covering every aspect of India’s new economy.

She was featured on Fortune’s list of the best 40 under 40 entrepreneurs in India for three years in a row. In 2018, she won the Forbes Power Trailblazers award and was twice featured on LinkedIn’s list of powerful influencers, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and actor Priyanka Chopra.

0:00 Intro
0:59 Meeting with Sanjeev Bikhchandani
3:33 Chapter 3 - From Childhood Onward
6:33 Developing Strengths
7:55 Chapter 4 - Cultivating a Healthy Culture
12:39 Recruitment Processes
17:01 Taking a Break after the IPO
20:05 Chapter 5 - Zomato vs Swiggy
22:07 Chapter 6 - Relationship with Money
26:22 Dealing with Criticism
30:26 Deepinder's Personal Well-being
34:00 About "Feeding India"
35:55 Women in Industry
42:21 The Right Approach to Building a Business
44:52 Investment Plans
47:03 The Meaning and Purpose of Life

ABOUT YOURSTORY:

YourStory is India’s biggest and definitive platform for startups and entrepreneurs related stories, resources, research reports, and analyses of the startup eco-system, mobile app developers, and more dedicated to promoting the startup ecosystem

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[FaizalSyed]

It takes guts to speak heart out, his honesty while talking about the 'stammering' question says a lot about him. Inspiring personality !

[DataLegions]

Dippi is so real he inspires a lot to the people. It requires guts to speak about truth. This is first time I have watched an interview without any break.

[jitendrajain]

Tears in my eyes....i stammer....i fall sick....when I have to go on stage....nobody can understand and relate to this if you haven't been

[seekersofwisdom]

Best tech interviewer I’ve heard. Kudos to Shraddha Sharma. She could see thru dipi’s bulls**t too.

[Ganapathyraman]

Also just noticed they started the interview in the morning and finished it in the evening :)

[adityapratapsingh]

Such a good interview Shradha. It was quite eminent that you were trying to understand the person and not just the CEO of a successful startup. And what a great & real personality Deepinder is.
The whole interview feels so real with no underlying agenda. Loved it

[rustypatato]

Hi Shradha, writing this to you, loved loved LOVED the interview, no one is trying to sound smart faaltu mein. The pace of the interview reminds me on Nilesh Mishra's slow interview series, it is a very well paced piece i've seen recently, and I have watched almost every top podcast there is. Released in parts made me watch the entire interview, do keep the same strategy next time as well. You bring in such a nice perspective to the entire process, of warmth, comfort and asking some really uncomfortably good questions.

[pranavdeepkumar]

Thank you for doing this. This inspires and helps us keep faith in our journey . The limelight side of entrepreneurs and their journey has set a different bar, but when we know about such a side We get to know that there is a place for us too.

[SANTOSHSINGH-zrhk]

Emotional girl having conversation with practical guy. Seems like a deep exchange of word before an arrange marriage set up😊 it was just on lighter note.😅

[abhisheklall]

Hi Shraddha, the interview is really really amazing.

Please continue to do such work. 🙏🙏

[dilipgala]

An honest & straight from the heart talk! Loved it. Thank you Shraddha :) <3

[brutemba]

Sweet Insightful and relatable ... the journey of an entrepreneur is always a pleasure to hear

[Bhatnagar_rakhi]

Very grateful such an amazing truthful conversation, very genuine person. We are blessed to have him thankyou for this heartfelt conversation .

[alishaalam]

Such a heartfelt interview, both Shraddha & Deepinder. Such life lessons to help and enjoy life as is with zero expectations! Kudos to you for this and everything going forward!

[Kaaappp]

It is the most real and honest conversation with this amazing man.

[Ganapathyraman]

Very honest and interesting interview. Thank you !

[shubhamnh]

This was a great interview! Thank you!

[saarthjhaveri]

amazing person and a beautiful conversation. keep up the good work @yourstory

[ShivaniSharma-vtbx]

Loved this guy wow, how humble, simple, calm and yet chaotic, I just felt great, not that typical snobbish entrepreneur with a narrative and PR script, he seemed authentic ✨💫🤌

[PallavNayak]

Such an honest person! Accepting things he doesn’t know. Clarity of thought. So humble and inspiring. OG start-up founder!!! Amazing leader 😊