Uber’s top competitor in India has some unwanted tips to start operating in the United States: Go Local.
“They have a very cookie cutting approach in terms of what the model is and how [to] On the sidelines of the Asia Business Forum in CNN in Bangalore, “Branay Guevragka, Supreme CEO of Ola Cabs, said on the sidelines of the Asia Business Forum in CNN in Bangalore.
JIVRAjka, who has been serving out of the position of Ola’s COO, said that Uber should give up his approach to everyone and instead try to understand the “local nuances” that would help it determine the services that users and drivers really want.
Uber refused to comment on Jeffragka’s notes.
Uber and Ola for years a bitter battle for excellence in India, a market with 1.3 billion potential customers. The country has acquired increasing importance to Ubar after a series of recent setbacks in other places in Asia.
The San Francisco -based company has suspended its operations in Taiwan last week, six months after the sale of its operations in China for local competition, Didi Chocke. Didi, which takes the battle to Uber in the main foreign markets, is one of the Ola investors.
In India, Uber often found itself playing annex with its rival, which is based in Bangalore. The latest local products offers – allowing Indian users to book a car for a full day – by OLA in 85 cities.
OLA also allows users to reserve a triple -wheel car vehicle in India everywhere, and the Uber service began, but then stopped in 2015.
“What helped us is to have an ear on the ground in terms of understanding what users want,” said Jeffragka.
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Uber Travis Calnik CEO insists that his company is not ready to leave India.
“We are losing, but we see a path towards profitability,” Calienik said during a visit in December to Delhi. “We see ourselves here in the long run.”
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India is not always a direct market for any of the company – as it strikes tens of thousands of drivers who represent Uber and Ola in Delhi this week, demanding better wages and benefits. The Delhi government offered to mediate the conflict.
Jivrajka did not comment on the protests, but he said that the main OLA concentration still brings more drivers to its platform.
“We need more drivers because the pace where the demand increases is much higher than the way the supply is collected,” he said.
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Jivrajka also had some tips for another Silicon Valley giant in the hope of entering India: Tesla Electric Company.
“There are no bases on Indian roads,” said Jeffragka. “There is one thing that many people say that if you can drive in India, you can drive anywhere.”
– Menfina, Syrian, contributed to the reports
CNNMoney (Bangalore, India) It was first published on Feb 13 2017: 8:48 AM Et