Quotes from Bhavish Aggarwal

As we scale, we will be able to drive the business with more efficiency, which will allow us to pass on more benefits to the consumers.

Mobility in India is going to be different from the West. In America, people would look at an autorickshaw and say, 'This is a passing thing.' But in India, you know it will stay because it is fast and convenient.

Three-wheelers are a vital means of transportation and a source of livelihood for millions of people every day.

Don't take shortcuts while building your company - keep trying for the best.

I always have my backpack.

There are many people who think we had the first-mover advantage. But actually, when Uber came to India, Ola was doing only 2,000 rides per day . We had less than half a million dollars of funding.

All things can be done by every company in the world. Apple builds a phone, and so does Samsung. It's not about being different but about being better at what you do.

Compared to Uber, we have a much local business model. We allow the customers to pay in cash as well as use our prepaid wallet. We allow them to book through call centres and pre-book for future travels.

Global companies can raise capital much easier than local Indian companies can because they have access to many more markets than we do, and this ends up distorting competition.

As entrepreneurs, we sometimes do not understand the complexities of running a government.

As far as Ola is concerned, we are focused and determined to build a business that can sustain and be impactful.

Challenges keep evolving as you move into different stages. When you are at a prototype stage, it's about getting that sustenance money. Then, talent becomes an issue; your early hires are difficult to get when you aren't too big. Later, it's about handling growth; then, you have competition.

Companies need to weed out drivers who dont drive well or have got poor ratings from the customers.

We profile drivers based on their riding behavior, driving behavior to make sure we weed out the bad-performing drivers, which are considered unsafe in terms of their driving profiles.

The crux of what makes a company Indian is its entrepreneurship. The management needs to be in India.

We have built many of our systems with maps as the foundation. We are seeing that a lot of intelligent businesses are doing the same.

Our focus is on the customers and improving their experience. We believe that if we do that well, competition, prices, and profits will all take care of themselves.

Focus on solving real problems and not on making money. There will be enough takers for your solutions. You will help make lives of some people better, and money will follow.

In the U.S. or in the West, mobility means owning your own car. Cities are designed around spread-out suburbs, societal customs are that kids get a car after a certain age, and car ownership is very high.

I don't have a car and have decided never to own one.

When I explained my business model to my family, they asked if I was going to open a travel agency.

We will always work on technologies that are required in our market, which is India.

If we want, we can be profitable, but we are focusing on growth. We don't comment on profitability, but we do look at it internally. And many of our Ola cities are profitable. But our focus across all cities is growth.

Though we work with rental agencies, a large part of our fleet comprises individual drivers.