What Deepinder Goyal's father said when he told him about his startup idea: 'Janta hai tera baap...'

While speaking at Vishesh Sampark Abhiyan, an event hosted by Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal revealed what his father said when he told him about his startup idea. A video of the same also surfaced online.

Goyal was seen standing on the stage where Puri and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, were also seated. “I started Zomato 16 years ago, in 2008. And, my dad at that time told me ‘Janta hai tera baap kaun hai (Do you know who your father is)?’ And, his point was, ‘You can’t do a startup’. I come from a small town in Punjab, that’s the background,” the CEO said.

“But, over the last 16 years, a lot has changed. Especially over the last seven, eight, ten years as well,” Goyal added about the startup climate in India and also thanked the government for bringing about the change.

Meanwhile, the event was hosted by Puri at his residence on May 20. Apart from Goyal, Abhiraj Singh Bhal, founder of Urban Company, Rajan Anandan, Managing Director of Peak XV Partners, Pankaj Mohindroo, chairman of the Indian Cellular Association, Rohan Verma, CEO of Map My India, and Gaurav Chaudhary, popularly known as Technical Guruji, were also present.

The Union Minister also shared Goyal's video on X.