WHAT DO YOU SEE?
What would you do, when at the age of 17, you drop out of school to go into business in the city and later get locked out of your apartment?
Stranded as you are, you're fortunate to have some money to keep you in a hotel for a night. Your money however, is enough only to get you a room with virtually nothing working; sockets damaged, lights not functioning, taps not flowing, basically everything is in a 'mess'!
I guess you'd leave first thing the next morning, NEVER TO RETURN!
And you're absolutely right! The normal human being would do just that!
Anyway, let me tell you what 17 year old Ritesh Agarwal chose to do in such a situation- which would go a long way to change his life forever!
Ritesh is supposedly the first Indian drop-out entrepreneur to have had a successful run. At the age of 22, Ritesh is the CEO of India's largest hotel network, because he chose to see the other side of a problem that had been overlooked by many. Ritesh dropped out of college, aged 17 within days of joining without the consent of his parents in his quest to succeed in life. He moved to Delhi but had no option than to move from one hotel to another for accommodation. However, in his stay in these hotels, Ritesh encountered similar problems cut across; hotel rooms with virtually nothing working! They were just not up to standard!
Ritesh claims that,"My experience as customer was very bad, you call the hotel owner, he won't answer, you reach the hotel but you find doors locked, you get in the hotel and find receptionist sleeping, switch-boards in the room not working, washroom has water leakage ...".
This led him to first establish Oravel Stays which sought to manage hotel rooms; to make sure everything was working and customer service could be easily accessed.
Ritesh, through hard work was fortunate to receive a Thiel scholarship of $100,000.00 which helped him develop Oravel Stays to Oyo Rooms, still with the same aim of managing these hotels.
Oyo Rooms currently manages 2500 hotels in 125 cities across India with a monthly revenue of $3.5m, starting with just 1 hotel and a startup of $900.00.
The young man who only turned 22 last November saw a different side of a very big problem- THE OPPORTUNITY and used it to change his life and also that of his over 1500 employees.
Agarwal says," If you think crazy stuff, that is when it becomes a lot more doable".
What Do You See?
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#StayBlessed!
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