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profitability for partners while started from a relative’s office in to be pivoted . Soon investor got
making it easy and economical for slum of Dharavi because there interested and raised a million
customers. was not adequate capital to take a USD. However the quest for
Lessons to Learn full-fledged office. With one other doing something global led to the
1. Team is everything – empower employee the business moved discovery of creating tripXOXO.
them, train them , reward them slowly but surely. Over the next Multiple attempts and multiple
make them think like you 3 years moved 4 different offices failings led to some stupendous
in Mumbai due to growth. This is
business ideas which have got
2. Just because it’s not been where the ambitions took wings her and tripXOXO here. This
done before doesn’t mean it’s and she decided that we want to time around she doesn’t have to
impossible, be creative and become the largest travel agency look for investor’s as people are
inventive all the time. network and through franchising approaching because they see that
3. Focus – Don’t get distracted, it reached 75 locations. Constantly this has the potential to be the next
have a vision work it backwards to innovating to get into territories unicorn. tripXOXO operates out of
try and achieve it and just focus on which had not been explored by India, Dubai and UK and is soon
that. the existing players. Also set up a launching its China office and site
The Eventful Journey travel portal much before advent of in Mandarin.
Heena has been in the travel any other travel company but being
business for last 15 years and is a non tech person and perhaps a
an avid traveller. The business bit too early in the game it had