Month: May 2025

Q: Sachin, what led you to start Flipkart back in 2007?Sachin Bansal: Back then, online shopping in India was virtually nonexistent. My co-founder Binny Bansal and I saw a huge opportunity to bring the Amazon model to India – but localized. We wanted to solve a fundamental problem: people didn’t trust online shopping. We started […]

Q: What inspired you to start CRED, especially after your success with FreeCharge?Kunal Shah: After FreeCharge, I spent a lot of time observing consumer behavior in India. One thing that stood out was how the most creditworthy people – those with high credit scores – weren’t rewarded for their financial discipline. In contrast, in developed […]