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India’s pre-owned vehicle startups fail the internet business test

We look at Spinny, a unicorn, to demonstrate how the used-car business is a graveyard of ideas pretending to be internet-first or internet businesses only to realize years later that the soul of the business lies in brick and mortar.

08 May 2025

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The case of Quikr - Part III

A three-part series that documents the rise and fall of Quikr so you don’t make the same mistakes this startup did.

22 Mar 2024

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The case of Quikr - Part I

A three-part series that documents the rise and fall of Quikr so you don’t make the same mistakes this startup did.

09 Feb 2024

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Quikr is a dumpster fire

Twelve years since it first opened for business, millions of dollars in funding and several acquisitions later, the company is a mangled mess

20 Jan 2020