TOPIC- A VOYAGE TO SUCCESS - OLΛ
OLA CABS MOST POPULARLY KNOWN AS OLΛ WAS FOUNDED BY THE PAIR OF ALUMNUS OF IIT BOMBAY - ANKIT BHATI AND BHAVISH AGGARWAL IN THE YEAR 2010. OLA WAS STARTED AS ONLINE CAB AGGERATOR IN CITY OF DREAMS - MUMBAI AND IS NOW BASED IN THE SILICON VALLEY OF INDIA aka BANGALORE . IT IS KNOWN AS THE FASTEST GROWING BUSINESS IN INDIA , OUT BEATING ITS COMPETITOR - UBER.
BHAVISH WAS JUST LIKE EVERY SUCCESS DRIVEN AND SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR , BEGAN AT A VERY EARLY AGE. SOON AFTER GRADUATION , HE JOINED MICROSOFT AS AN ASSISTANT RESEARCHER AND DURING HIS JOB HE MANAGED TO FILE 2 PATENTS . HE WAS ALSO TURNED INTO A BLOGGER AND HAD FOUNDED HIS OWN PRODIGY CALLED desitech . HE LEFT MICROSOFT AFTER A SPECTACULAR JOURNEY OF 2 YEARS AND STARTED HIS FIRST ENTREPRENEUR VENTURE WHICH HAS NOW GROWN AS OLA .
OLA IS THE COLLECTIVE PRODIGY OF BHAVISH AGGARWAL AND ANKIT BHATI AND WAS OFFICIALLY OWNED BY ANI TECH. PVT. LTD WHICH TRANSLATED 'HELLO' INTO SPANISH THAT IS 'HOLA' - ''OLA''
OLA HAS CONSTRUCTED ITS STRONG REPUTATION OVER SUBCONTINENT AND ALSO ON THE ROAD TO INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION . IT HAS COVERED AUSTRALIA , NEW ZEALAND AND UK . IN THE YEAR 2017 , OLA ACQUIRED FOODPANDA INDIA.
OLA HAS STARTED PILOTING A CYCLE RENTAL SERVICE IN IIT KANPUR THAT CAN BE BOOKED VIA OLA APP
- STATS AND FACTS
- OLA INITIALLY STARTED A olatrip.com, A WEBSITE THAT OFFERED PACKAGE FOR WEEKEND TRIPS.
- BHAVISH AGGARWAL AND ANKIT BHATI DOESN'T OWN A CAR AND VOWS NEVER TO OWN ONE .
- IF ALL THE VEHICLES ON THE OLA PLATFORM ARE MADE TO STAND IN THE LINE , THE LENGTH WOULD BE AROUND 4000 KM AND THAT'S THE DISTANCE IS FROM KASHMIR TO KANYAKUMARI .
- THE AVERAGE DISTANCE COVERED BY OLA VEHICLES IN A DAY IS ABOUT 44 LAKH KMS , THAT IS OVER 10 TIMES THE DISTANCE BETWEEN EARTH AND MOON .
- OLA IS INDIA'S FASTEST STARTUP TO ENTER THE UNICORN CLUB.
[UNICORN- A STARTUP COMPANY VALUED AT MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS]
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HARSHIT
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