{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Principles","title":"Part 1: Ritesh Agarwal of OYO on building a business on differentiation, communication and resilience","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5146,"description":"Welcome to Episode 30 of First Principles!\n\nWe recorded this episode at Spacebot Studio, a new, sleek space overlooking the metro in Indiranagar\n\nOur guest, Ritesh, was already at the studio.\n\nRitesh was asking the owners of the studio a bunch of questions: how big is this space? How many bookings do you get in a day? Are there other studios around in this location? \n\nAnd it’s not surprising, because our guest for this episode is Ritesh Agarwal – the Founder and Group CEO of OYO. \n\nThis even came up in our conversation. The rest of us saw a wonderful studio, but Ritesh saw a space with the potential to be utilized and monetized. \n\nHe sees the world differently – as founders often do. \n\nFor example, Ritesh explains how he sees the hospitality industry – in fact, the entire of India – as a space with a supply problem. The solution, he explains, is not in increasing or decreasing supply. It’s in utilizing it. Changing the supply quality altogether. \n\nAnd if you go back and look at how Ritesh OYO was conceptualized and built – at age 19, by the way – you’ll realize that this is the foundation of his business model. \n\nAcross the conversation, his lens of the world became sharper and sharper. Ritesh answers all of my questions with very specific models and frameworks that he uses – but he’s not the guy who leaves it at that.\n\nHe breaks them down. \n\nHe offers examples from his life, the journey of OYO and even from books he’s read. And it makes sense because the first thing Ritesh says that he loves great questions!\n\nAcross this episode, we also talk about:\n\nWhy Ritesh loves being called the Chief Clarity Officer\nWhat is OYO’s unbeatable strength\nThe three ways in which young folks can learn from the school of life\nAnd why Ritesh wears his naivety on his chest\nWe now have chapters available for this episode on Spotify and Apple! Click on any chapter you like to jump to the parts you want to listen to.\nCheck out Day Zero, The Ken's limited-run newsletters tracking this...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZPjguY9ABfvbemOPTrjXRW3XKosLSKk1tzX-F51gCWw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82N2E1/MjUwZmE5M2ZlZTZh/NzFjZjcwNjVlMGQ3/ZjkxOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}