Mind​ ​your​ ​Business​ ​to​ ​Find​ ​your​ ​Treasure

Lino John
3 min readJan 19, 2018

Business is a poetry written on customers mind by Entrepreneurs, customer satisfaction and acceptance make every business grow and flourish to big brands.Success marks your history,and every success reached the victory stand after many great falls. Like the history tale of​ ​Robert​ ​Bruce​ ​,a​ ​small​ ​spider​ ​can​ ​inspire​ ​​ ​a​ ​big​ ​​ ​King​ ​to​ ​fight​ ​his​ ​seventh​ ​battle after​ ​six​ ​consecutive​ ​failures,every​ ​Entrepreneur​ ​have​ ​an​ ​inspiring​ ​icon​ ​in​ ​their​ ​business​ ​life​ ​.

Today I Am happy to share the story of a young guy from Orissa who just made wonder with his unconventional idea workout. During his IIT studies in Kota he found time to travel around,that journey made him concerned of travellers difficulties in Hotel booking. In 2011 ,Oravel Stays was​ ​the​ ​child​ ​of​ ​that​ ​thought​ ​to​ ​provide​ ​bed​ ​and​ ​breakfast​ ​stays​ ​across​ ​India. In 2013 he relaunched Oravel as OYA ROOMS, an online community website to bring information about all good places in one platform.

OYO Rooms was nothing but an idea to create India’s largest chain of efficient, young, standardized rooms with an intention to build the coolest chain of no add-on rooms which might not have Spa, Gym etc like the star hotels but will live upto​ ​the​ ​basic​ ​standards​ ​&​ ​high​ ​expectations​ ​for​ ​prices​ ​like​ ​never​ ​before. And to make sure the hotels met their expectations; OYO Rooms reached out to prospective hotels or a hotel owner could also reach out to them, and OYO’s team would visit the place, audit the hotel to understand the changes that would be required to standardize the property as per​ ​OYO​ ​standards,​ ​and​ ​shares​ ​the​ ​same​ ​with​ ​the​ ​hotels. What motivated him even more was that, by now the company was clocking gross bookings of more than Rs.1 Cr. per month.Since then; OYO Rooms has gone on to become India’s first technology​ ​driven​ ​network​ ​of​ ​standardized​ ​branded​ ​budget​ ​hotels​ ​and​ ​has​ ​also​ ​widely expanded its presence to 500 hotels and more than 50,000 rooms in cities like Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida,​ ​Bangalore,​ ​Mumbai,​ ​Pune,​ ​Goa,​ ​Jaipur,​ ​Hyderabad,​ ​etc, Additionally, OYO Rooms mobile app has been downloaded more than 160,000 times and more than 20,000+ bookings have been made so far.

The app ranks amongst the best-rated apps on Google Play Store and has also been listed as one of the top three apps in the ‘Travel &​ ​Local’​ ​category. Success​ ​is​ ​always​ ​awarded​ ​some​ ​of​ ​the​ ​main​ ​milestones​ ​​ ​in​ ​OYO​ ​Journey​ ​are​ ​the​ ​follows

#Awarded​ ​the​ ​TiE-Lumis​ ​Entrepreneurial​ ​Excellence​ ​Award​ ​(2014)

#The​ ​first​ ​resident​ ​Asian​ ​to​ ​win​ ​’20​ ​Under​ ​20’​ ​Thiel​ ​Fellowship​ ​(2013) #Named​ ​one​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Top​ ​50​ ​Entrepreneurs​ ​by​ ​TATA​ ​First​ ​Dot​ ​Awards​ ​(2013)
#Finalist​ ​of​ ​Global​ ​Student​ ​Entrepreneurship​ ​Awards-India

#Named one of the ‘8 Hottest Teenage Start Up Founders in the World’ by Business Insider (2013)

#World’s​ ​Youngest​ ​CEO​ ​at​ ​17(recognized​ ​at​ ​16) #Forbes​ ​30​ ​under​ ​30​ ​in​ ​the​ ​consumer​ ​tech.

This​ ​young​ ​23​ ​year​ ​old​ ​guy​ ​is​ ​RITESH​ ​AGARWAL​ ​,founder​ ​and​ ​CEO​ ​​ ​of​ ​OYO​ ​ROOMS​ ​. Ritesh story of success is not just a business tale but an inspiration for many business people, if you have the courage and confidence in your idea you can make treasures out of your business.Just think of what customer want more in their day to day life and influence them with your​ ​quality​ ​products.Customer​ ​will​ ​make​ ​you​ ​grow​ ​big​ ​as​ ​a​ ​reliable​ ​Brand.

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