Siddharth Dialani
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Founder and CEO, BharatAgri. . Transforming Indian Agriculture - One Farmer At A Time! Forbes India 30 Under 30 (2020)
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In the coming decade, 100mn farmers in India are going to come online.
Where do you want to be when that happens?
Don't just watch from sidelines the unfolding of history, join
#BharatAgri
and create it.
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Whenever I come across such stories, I feel more confident about India's growth story!
Here's a farmer who earned INR 6L from lady finger (bhendi) and INR 4L from pumpkin!
All this within 6 months!
Earlier his plants were dying earlier due to various pests.
By using BharatAgri
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Building for Bharat can be challenging.
We have been getting some 1 star ratings with positive comments.
When we spoke with those users about it, they mentioned -
We thought it's ranking and we gave your app 1st Rank!
#BharatAgri
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Our flat owner in Bangalore has been increasing rent by only 5% annually since last couple of years.
The best part is, he calls me during renewal and asks - are you fine if we increase rent by 5% as per the agreement?
These stories of steep hikes are crazy!
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We were observing that torch sales were picking up consistently on the BharatAgri platform.
We were intrigued as this is not an agricultural product, so we didn't anticipate this.
Our team decided to speak to a few farmers. They mentioned that they get 3 phase electricity at
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In other news, I completed 5 years of zero sugar diet. One of the best decisions ever.
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@HeyyyyyL0l
I'll be happy if the bus drivers also introduce their parents.
Let them have their moment.
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Top 1% of the country are delighted with 9% pre-tax returns.
We definitely need personal finance as a course in our country.
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Looking at all these talks about BITS, I feel sad for clearing IIT-JEE.
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An average Indian farmer grows 40tons sugarcane per acre.
While some well-to-do farmers grow 80tons!
Here's a story of a BharatAgri farmer who has achieved 120tons of sugarcane per acre!
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At around 10pm, I'm getting back to back calls from my relatives.
Asking me to watch today's SharkTank episode.
I'm like what happened? What did Ashneer do now!
But wait, Ashneer is not at SharkTank anymore.
So, what can it be?
Lo and behold, the OG
@vineetasng
has mentioned
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What a way to start the week!
A farmer earning INR 2.4L using BharatAgri app!
In his own words - There is no such plot anywhere in summer.
#BharatAgri
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Our parents phone haven't stopped ringing...
Getting on newspaper front page is the real achievement for them!
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Lots of chatter on Twitter that Whatsapp payment hasn't picked up in India.
Guess who has started adopting it!
Farmers have started buying BharatAgri subscriptions through WhatsApp UPI!
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Time it took to cross 5k BharatAgri subscription sales in a month -
5k - 10 months
10k - 4 months
15k - 2 months
20k - 1 month
Growth happens slowly and then all at once!
🚀🚀
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INR 1Cr 🚀🚀
BharatAgri e-commerce marketplace crossed INR 1Cr sales!
What started as a small experiment is now adding huge value to farmers lives.
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After these farmer protests, our daily sales have increased by 50%. How?
We simply communicated to farmers that we will help them work on what is in your control i.e. applying right farming techniques, using data and increasing yield.
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Both my parents tested positive for Covid.
Thanks to the vaccine, they recovered at home itself as they had the first dose.
Eagerly waiting for the second dose for further protection!
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Got one lot of
@zomato
IPO shares!
I'm long Indian startup ecosystem!
Will hold on it for decades to come.
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Today I interviewed a 38 year old guy. Was shocked to find out that he has been working in the same company since last 15 years!
Moreover, he gave a perfect interview! Looks like I have found treasure.
I will now accept questions on his behalf! :D
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After spending 3 days with reputed VCs & founders, if I have to summarise my learning, it would be -
Storytelling is an art that will take your company from 'Good' to 'Great'. As a founder, one must learn it not only for your investors but also for your employees & customers.
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4 years after starting up, my in-hand salary is finally more than that of my first job in 2015.
If you are starting up for money, I have a bad news for you. . .
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After many night outs and weekend hackathons, happy to share that BharatAgri has launched the most awaited feature for farmers yet.
Farmers can now mark their fields and get satellite based analysis of their farm within 10 minutes!
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Last year around the same time, when we raised our pre-series A from Binny Bansal, we were adding 500 subscriptions a month.
In the last week, we averaged 500 subscriptions a day!
30x growth in one year!
#BharatAgri
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Time it took to cross INR 50L sales on
#BharatAgri
e-commerce platform -
50L - 6 months
1Cr - 2 months
1.5Cr - 1 month
Paul Graham - The only essential thing is growth. The good news is, if you get growth, everything else tends to fall in place!
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Happy to share that
#BharatAgri
has been selected for Google for Startups Accelerator 2020.
With
#Google
expertise and BharatAgri's vision, we look forward to solve the most important problems for Indian
#Agriculture
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Excited to announce that
#BharatAgri
has raised $6.5mn in series A round led by Omnivore, to help farmers of India grow more & earn more.
Thank you Mark (
@agri_technology
), Madhukar (
@sinhamadhukar
) and Binny (
@binnybansal
) for having trust in us & in BharatAgri.
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Finally someone has said it!
To give context
- A farming FAMILY earns 6k a month. There are 10Cr such families in India
- Our per capita is ~ 12k a month.
Don't know the complaint is against 16k income or the fact that an algorithm is running it.
Amazing that even a 16000 rupee earning (post fuel) is considered way too low.
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In Indore, you get a 10% discount on breakfast if you vote in the morning!
Some restaurant even offered free Poha! 😁
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Something terrific happened last week!
A satellite went out of order due to annual maintenance & cleaning.
& suddenly we saw BharatAgri NPS going down!
1000s of farmers got impacted & alerted us as they couldn't monitor their farms anymore.
What a habit has been created!
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Is farming viable for a small farmer, owning less 1 acre farm?
Here's a story of a farmer who has been using BharatAgri since 2 years!
2 months back he cultivated muskmelon on 0.75 acres.
Sold 8 tons of muskmelon and earned a profit of 1.8 Lacs!
#BharatAgri
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With 1Lac+ acres of land under management,
BharatAgri farmers are now saving
- 19,000 tons of CO2 an year
- 70,000 tons of chemicals in soil an year
- 30,000 tons of chemicals in ground water an year
#BharatAgri
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My in-laws are Brahmins and they eat non-veg.
My family is Sindhi and we don't.
Can we please de-link caste and food-preferences?
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BharatAgri private label just became operationally profitable!
It will now start generating cash flow for the business!
When we started this private label just 9 months ago, we wanted to fill a key gap in the market.
We advise new age products to farmers that reduce their
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We found their reasoning so innocent that we couldn't just get angry on these 1 stars!
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Took the bait and accepted my wife's crazy idea to attempt open water swimming in Kochi river.
From not being able to swim 30m in swimming pool to swimming 2km in river; practice sessions with her have paid off!
Pool ✅
Ocean ✅
Lake ✅
River ✅
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Soil nutrition has gone for a toss not because of modern farming, but because farmers refuse to follow modern farming.
This is one profession where the main guy has no formal education about their field.
Modern farming talks about integrated nutrient management, soil
Soil nutrition has gone for a toss increasingly with modern farming techniques.
In this video, a farmer shares how even ragi doesn’t grow these days without DAP.
#Agriculture
#Sustainablity
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Why shouldn't there be an EdTech in Agriculture?
After all it's the segment that needs it the most.
At
#BharatAgri
we dreamt about it and today executed it.
Never thought that farmers would pay for it!
@LeanAgri_India
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@sumanthraman
For 21-22 - GSDP growth
Tamil Nadu - 15.84%
All states average - 18.36%
At current prices.
Tamil Nadu Rank - 24 out of 33
Reference -
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🇺🇸 Sorry, we will give it a pass
🇮🇳 Hey, we will ghost you till you die
(Also, let us know how can we be helpful)
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Ordered food online again, delivered on seat in train.Veg thali this time.Unbelievably tasty & nicely packed.
@sureshpprabhu
@RailMinIndia
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Exactly one year ago, we had to change our strategy & sell our services online.
Our customers believed in meeting before transacting.
We launched No Question Asked Refund policy on our digital subscriptions.
Not only did the sales grow, we ended FY20-21 with 0.9% refunds!
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November was a special month for BharatAgri!
For the first time, we
--> crossed 15k subscriptions sales in a month
--> crossed cumulative renewal rate of 75%
🚀🚀
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Excited to share that BharatAgri has raised a new round of investment, led by Arkam Ventures!
With 10L+ active farmers, 20k+ pincodes and 10k+ SKUs, BharatAgri is one of the largest crop input e-commerce platforms for farmers!
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Ordered dominoz pizza from irctc. Delivered at my seat!
#happy
@dominos
@sureshpprabhu
@RailMinIndia
http://t.co/H4jfOa1Pwd
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With the ever energetic and inspirational
@vineetasng
Your energy and positive attitude are contagious!
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AgriTech has been a hot sector in Indian startup ecosystem.
When the farmer protests started, it was expected that agritech founders will speak about the issue.
However, not enough has been spoken about it.
A thread about what the laws are & why farmers have been protesting!👇
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It's so frustrating when your app is removed without any warnings.
An entrepreneur can never forget those sleepless nights.
India needs an own app store now more than ever.
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Today we achieved a very rare milestone.
For the January week 4 cohort, our renewal numbers hit 97%.
All booked digitally!
#BharatAgri
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Santa arrived a day late but arrived strong at BharatAgri!
BharatAgri platform now processes an order a minute!
Surprisingly, 30% of daily orders are generated from 11pm-7am.
We can now proudly say that BharatAgri is generating revenue for sellers while they are sleeping!
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Being a founder I have realised, one of the fundamental aspects of leadership is the ability to instill confidence in others when you yourselves are feeling insecure!
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Since a lot of people asked!
Below are the economics -
Revenue - 15L
Costs - 5L
Profit - 10L
#BharatAgri
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Sounds absurd to me that top 1% of the country will choose lower returns because of cool UI and smooth process.
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As a startup you either die in Mumbai/NCR, or you live long enough to shift to Bangalore.
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Few team members tested Covid positive.
Thankful to have
@onsurity
insurance.
- Wow! They covered medicine expenses & even test charges.
- Gave doctor consultancy
- They proactively call every 2-3 days to check up on them
I'm going to add all my family members to this.
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Oct 2020, I mentioned to one of my team members that I'm very happy today as we achieved 30+ subscription sales in a day.
Last week, we recorded the best day in
#BharatAgri
yet, with 300+ subscription sales in a day!🚀🚀
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Bharat users can surprise you in interesting ways.
Every day, a few
#BharatAgri
subscriptions are sold between 12am to 3am.
We haven't been able to figure out why!
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Can't believe that Govts are still issuing TENDERS for vaccine procurement.
You issue a tender when suppliers are dying for your business.
Here, we are dying!
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Somehow this feels personal. May be this is how you build people's brand. Loved by everyone!
Congratulations
@kaushikmkj
and
@runophilia
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800k downloads in one year, and 1 million monthly visitors on app and website!
Are you sure you are a cosmetics company & not a social media company?
@runophilia
@kaushikmkj
Congratulations on the growth!
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What is the most Bangalore thing you have seen?
The person adjacent to me in airport bus watching Shark Tank on her phone!
@peakbengaluru
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Fintech - Buy now pay later
Agritech - Earn now sell later
What’s hot after Edtech?
Agritech 🙂
What’s next?
Financing in Agritech 🔥
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From not being able to swim 50m (two laps of swimming pool) to completing 1km non stop in a lake.
Next Target - 2km non stop swim in river.
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After working from home for an year, our tech and product teams at
#BharatAgri
finally got an office.
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In a first, farmers from Nepal have started purchasing BharatAgri subscription.
Made In India creating global impact.
#BharatAgri
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This week is very special for
#BharatAgri
.
We hit record daily revenue run rate.
An all time high digital subscription sales in a day.
What a week! And it was just Wednesday!
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Interviewed a candidate yesterday who was asked 'Why do you want to join BharatAgri?'
He answered, 'my family is into farming and I'll be honoured to work at BharatAgri & at the same time serve my family!'
And I'm sold already!
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@rkl_1980
True!
Our farm productivity is one-fifth as compared to international standards!
Huge scope of improvement.
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Last year, to increase trust among
#BharatAgri
users, we launched 'no questions asked refund' policy.
If farmers aren't happy with our digital subscription services, they can cancel it & ask for full refund.
Happy to share we have been able to maintain refund rate of 0.5%!
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It took us
4 months to go from 0 users to 5k users
1 month to go from 5k to 10k users
4 days to go from 10k to 15k users
Kudos to the users adopting
#SmartAgriculture
at fast pace!
@LeanAgri_India
#BharatAgri
#AgricultureExpert
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MSP or not, farm laws or not.
It's not in your control.
Work on what is in your control.
Soil health, farming techniques, and subscribing to
#BharatAgri
services; now that's in your control.
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After the pandemic hit, some VCs deserted us as if we caused it 😝
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Mom - So, how's life?
Me - Great, we are growing even in off-season!
Mom - So, your revenue is more than expenditure?
Me -
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IIT Madras has 85% compulsory attendance.
(focus on the world compulsory)
An institute so reputed has not yet realized that this is a deterrent to creativity & innovation.
Is that the primary reason for low number of unicorns from
@iitmadras
?
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Forget corporate gifting to customers.
We have customers sending gifts to us!
If you want to create impact,
#BharatAgri
is the place to be!
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VC - So, what do you need from us?
Me - Given your expertise, you'll be great value add. You have such international connects, will be easier to attract foreign capital in future... A ten minute monologue continues...
VC - No, I mean how much are you looking to raise.
Me - 😐
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Requesting
@ShefVaidya
@NAN_DINI_
to spread the message.
We are providing free counselling to all farmers; how to manage the lockdown and save their crops.
We need farmers for food security of the nation.
#BharatAgri
#coronawarriors
Request
@shweta_shalini
@TajinderBagga
@muglikar_
to spread this message.
We are starting a helpline for free counselling to all farmers; how to manage this 21 day lockdown and save the crop.
Farmers are needed for the food security of nation.
#BharatAgri
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Wow!
20k subscriptions were purchased on BharatAgri app by farmers in Dec 2021.
What a way to end the year!
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Spent 3 days with 40+ founders and VCs and asked them secret sauce to build a long lasting company.
Long lasting companies have a SUICIDE SQUAD. A core team that would be willing to die for the company!
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BharatAgri family is now 1 million farmers strong!
With this comes a greater responsibility to continue to delight our users with innovative farming solutions.
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We asked
@tejeshwi_sharma
from
@Sequoia_India
-
What differentiates a start-up that has raised a large round vs other startup with similar metrics but being able to raise only a smaller round?
He confidently and promptly answered - Storytelling!
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I was on personal leave last week. As a founder, I was always thinking how the company is performing in my absence.
Came back to see that our subscription sales were up 50% as compared to same period in Jan.
So proud of the product and team that we have built at
#BharatAgri
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7 days in Pune, booked 15 Ola rides. Zero cancellations!
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We can now book wheelchair online on IRCTC. Nice step railways.
@sureshpprabhu
@RailMinIndia
http://t.co/BviWpmT87q
@EconomicTimes
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One of our employees resigned due to burnout and mental pressure. He requested to serve notice from office and not work from home.
He worked from office for the last one month and took back his resignation.
Future is office + WFH with flexibility.
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In the first week of Jan, we released a memo stating that Dec sales were 45% higher than Nov.
After sales reconciliation, we came to know that Dec sales were actually 69% higher.
Now we don't know whether to be happy about sales team or sad about data team.
#BharatAgri
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Agriculture is a profession where farmers don't earn consistent monthly incomes.
Specifically, the summer months are painful due to lack of rainfall & irrigation sources.
Hence, farmers don't grow any crops during Feb-March-April months & have zero incomes.
During these
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Why is no one talking about this?
We are ahead of USA in the medal tally.
Shooting: Indian🇮🇳 contingent brought the curtains down on a highly successful
#ISSFWorldCup
with the women and men's teams clinching gold medals in the Trap events.
India topped medals tally with a whopping 30 medals in total - 15 gold🥇, 9 silver🥈and 6 bronze🥉.
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Proud to have co-founded BharatAgri with Sai Gole.
HOW THIS WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR BUILT BHARATAGRI FROM GROUND UP TO EMPOWER FARMERS DIGITALLY
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Here's our journey of building the largest e-commerce platform for farmers!
Rural India is witnessing the Flipkart moment that urban India saw a decade back.
BharatAgri has captured the imagination of farmers who are ambitious and are adopting technology for the better!
By
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Have been distributing fruits & medicines to orphanages in Pune.
Thanks to everyone who came forward to contribute. Met some of them here on Twitter.
If you know more such orgs who need help, do let us know.
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In the early 2010s, there was a feel good factor when
@elonmusk
used to share
@Tesla
updates and launch details.
I can feel the same thing when
@tarunsmehta
does it for
@atherenergy
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India is currently facing the biggest crisis in its history. It's not Covid! It's the water crisis!
Y'day was World Water Day & it's about time we spoke about it.
A thread about the problem & what can we do about it.
Don't worry this is not 'use bucket not shower' thread.
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Spent 6 days in rural areas of Maharashtra.
Every household we visited had a smartphone and internet connectivity was superb.
I could take video calls even from the remotest farms.
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October was a special month for
#BharatAgri
.
We crossed
> 10k monthly subscription sales
> 71% renewal rate
This is only the start. These numbers are achieved from one state alone (MH). As we expand to other geographies, these numbers are expected to come from each state.
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Harvest season brings a different kind of happiness.
Seeing your customers succeed is true satisfaction!
#BharatAgri
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Some books need to be a chapter, whereas there are books in which each chapter needs to be a book!
Seeking Wisdom is one such book!
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