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The man who found opportunity in a bitter experience
Bhavish Aggarwal , Co-founder , CEO , Ola Cabs
We face very bitter experiences in some situations and they leave us with lot of pain which is very hard to digest , but many of us feel depressed or helpless at the times , but unlike us the 29 year old IIT – B Grad – Bhavish Aggarwal , who saw the opportunity in the pain and turned the tide in their stride and built a successful company called OLA , the cheapest taxi service in India today . His success is an inspiring tale for all the young entrepreneurs in the country . Let ’ s have a look into it .
LIFE BEFORE OLA
Born in Ludhiana , Bhavish just like every other success-driven and successful entrepreneur , has began at a very early age . Soon after he completed his Bachelors in Technology ( Computer Science and Engineering ) from IIT – B in 2008 , he started his career with Microsoft Research India as a Research Intern and later got reinstated as an Assistant Researcher . During his more than two years of stint with Microsoft , Bhavish managed to file two patents and also got three papers published in the international journals .
Now what many aren ’ t aware is that , while he was at it , he had also turned into a blogger and had founded his own prodigy called – desitech . in . Desitech was all about hosting content which was mainly focused at technologies which again were inclined towards the Indian scenario . This content was a collection of start-ups in India , events and / or any other exclusive news . Anyways , during this same time , he took the biggest decision of his life and turned his personal pain-point into his first entrepreneurial venture !
HOW THE JOURNEY OF OLA BEGAN
After quitting Microsoft , Bhavish started an online company which dealt into selling of short duration tours and holidays online . Now while he was at it , he happened to rent a car from Bangalore to Bandipur and had a lasting bad experience . The driver of that car stopped right in the middle of the road and started re-negotiating the while deal . When Bhavish refused to agree to his terms , the driver proceeded to abandon him en route
WINSPIRE : Empowering youth | January , 2017