Inspiring Stories
The story of Paytm
RETRO of India First Leadership Talk Series titled "How to Handle Failure" with Shri Anand Mahindra Chairman, Mahindra Group, organised by MIC, MHRD. Click the image or link to watch the motivating and inspiring discussions.
A small town boy from Aligarh, a topper in school and a back bencher in college, dreamt a dream during his struggling days with just Rs. 10 in hand. His dream is a reality today in the form of what we know as Paytm. Vijay Shekhar Sharma and Paytm are synonyms to each other.
When his classmates in college thought of getting good placements he had formed his first company a college education based startup‘XS Communications’, that created Content Management Systems.
He dreams of a cashless India, so that half a billion Indians could be brought to the mainstream economy.
when Flipkart was a startup
Flipkart was founded in October 2007 by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, who were both alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and formerly worked for Amazon.
The company initially focused on online book sales with country-wide shipping. Following its launch, Flipkart slowly grew in prominence. [1]