A great read by Ashish Mishra, on the failure of an Indian e-commerce firm , perhaps the first big one, Indiaplaza. Starting 2013, the Indiaplaza story went further downhill. One miserable day. After another. People started quitting, debts piled up and Vaitheeswaran found himself cornered. He had knocked on every door he knew and returned empty-handed. Then came the fateful Monday, 12 August 2013, when Indiaplaza vacated its office. But Vaitheeswaran still had some fight left in him. He hit the road again to see if anyone would be interested in buying whatever remained of Indiaplaza—the brand name, software solutions and even the customer data. Again, there were no buyers. Indiaplaza, earlier Fabmall, remains close to my heart as one of the first startups ever. I remember when I bought a book from them, and they sent me the wrong one. I’d paid by credit card, and I called up the company, and surprisingly, a co-founder answered.… (Read On…)
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