Quotes from Bhavish Aggarwal

In so many ways, our business is very, very unique. For example, in India, people pay with cash, and we accept cash from day one. And a lot of people in India pay with cash. And that's part of our business model.

Our first 100 rides took us one-and-a-half years from the time we started in January 2011. It was only after that we started scaling up rapidly.

I think we are a company that thrives on a good challenge.

Globally, ride sharing is a very intense industry with a lot of money being thrown around.

Safety is top priority for us, and all our drivers are fully certified; all of them are checked. Their addresses are checked. Backgrounds are checked. To whatever extent the Indian system makes it possible to check.

China rightly identified consumer Internet as important and moved to protect it, and we need to do the same in India.

Entrepreneurs are not driven by fear; they are driven by the idea to create impact.

Even before IIT, I always had an inclination to do something, even when I was in school.

Raising capital is not the toughest part. The toughest part is building a great team and making sure it's growing with the company.

I fully agree with innovation and letting the best product win.

The Indian context is unique. The market is very large, and I believe there is enough room for many players to innovate on different parts of the transportation business. That said, if somebody just brings an American concept to India, it'll only go so far. You have to build for the Indian needs and dynamics.

Our ambition is to build a globally competitive and futuristic transportation system in India that will support and accelerate a nation on the move.

There is a reason companies raise money from investors, which is to invest in growth.

If we launch a new product, we have to time it right. It's not about how soon you can do it but how well we can do it.

I got to travel a lot and meet amazing people. That was a lot of fun.

Not all of Microsoft's businesses are successful, but they have every technology possible.

The value that SoftBank saw in us was that we are a technology company in the mobile Internet space.

With a strong focus on driver-partners and the community at large, we aim to create a high-quality and affordable travel experience for citizens and look forward to contributing to a healthy mobility ecosystem in Australia.

In Mumbai, even Bollywood stars use autos when they are in a hurry.

It's much easier for non-Indian companies to raise capital because they have profitable markets elsewhere. You might call it capital dumping, predatory pricing, or anti-WTO, but it's a very unfair playing field for Indian startups.

We are very excited about launching Ola in Australia and see immense potential for the ride-sharing ecosystem in a country which embraces new technology and innovation.

There is a glass ceiling for the Indian startups. If I want to meet the PM, it won't be as easy as a foreign guy coming to India. I understand that dynamic, and we need to make sure government sees us as major contributors to society, which is not full there.

I learnt early that always being analytical is important for a business. Being analytical as an attitude is more important than just having the aptitude.

Location-based services are here to stay, as it focuses on high relevance and contextual offering to the end user. This means a user sees what he needs with immediate sense and meaning to him.