Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal revealed his father’s reaction to his startup idea at the Vishesh Sampark event on May 20, hosted by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. Goyal recalled, “I started Zomato in 2008.
My dad told me, ‘Janta hai tera baap kaun hai?’ implying I couldn’t do a startup.” Goyal, from a small town in Punjab, highlighted the changing perception of startups in India and credited government support for this shift.
The event, focused on digital transformation, was attended by various innovators and leaders, including Urban Company's founder and the CEO of Map My India.