Needless to say, but waiting for food is something which every foodie hates. When they are hungry they need it RIGHT AWAY or they turn into nothing but ‘hangry’ (Yes, that’s hungry + angry). While some get frustrated waiting in queue to order food, others just can’t help but keep calm till their turn comes.
However, there are another lot of people who will find a solution to this eternal crisis and create a platform to do away with hurdles to a happy meal. Deepinder Goyal, Pankaj Chaddah are such names who have been successful in doing that, and at the same time helping food lovers around the world reach out to their one and only solace — food! If you did not guess it right till now, then let’s unfold the mystery. We are talking about the food search engine ‘Zomato’, and we won’t be wrong if we say this is the ‘Google’ of food.
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Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah
The thought to build up a brand like Zomato was sowed in the food hub of the management consultancy Bain & Co’s New Delhi office. Deepinder Goyal was working as Senior Associate Consultant and Pankaj Chaddah was working as Senior Analyst at Bain. They are both graduates from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and while working for Bain, they saw people wait for long hours in the food court to get a glance of the menu card. Therefore, one day they thought of finding a solution to this and the idea thought germinated in the form of ‘Foodiebay’. They scanned copies of the menu and uploaded it on the company’s private network. Soon the employees started using the facility, thus saving their time and in turn bringing traffic to the website.
Soon, this internet based website was made public and the menu was no longer confined to the cafeteria but extended far and wide. The first restaurant menu they uploaded on their portal was those belonging to Haus Khas, Delhi. From the time of its inception the headquarter remains to be in New Delhi, India. In November 2010, Foodiebay came to be known as Zomato, a name that fits the bill perfectly.
Founders Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah are leaving no stones unturned and this is the reason behind the company’s startling growth. They believe that hiring the right people is a pre-requisite for the success of a company and this is also the biggest challenge faced by them while creating Zomato. Despite, they have done this job in the best possible way and they now have a team with each member being significant in bricking this tower.
Source and Credit : http://buzz.iloveindia.com/the-inspiring-pathbreaking-success-story-of-zomato-an-indian-startup-ruling-the-world.html.
Source and Credit : http://buzz.iloveindia.com/the-inspiring-pathbreaking-success-story-of-zomato-an-indian-startup-ruling-the-world.html.