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‘It was a wrong marriage between an electric Rahul Yadav and compliance-driven Info Edge’
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‘It was a wrong marriage between an electric Rahul Yadav and compliance-driven Info Edge’

By Andrew McCollum

Rahul Yadav, CEO, Broker Network (4B Network Pvt Ltd); credit: Special Arrangement

Synopsis

Rahul Yadav, who earned notoriety for public spats with venture capital investors, says he is more mature now. He stresses that entrepreneurs should not mess with investors and consistently asks if Info Edge can give him a new lease of life.

A USD36 million investment from Info Edge in Rahul Yadav’s 4B Network evoked a certain degree of surprise and curiosity in the startup community. For Yadav, who was fired from his first startup Housing.com for brash behaviour, it was a golden chance to redeem himself.In the heydays of Housing.com, Yadav, a IIT Bombay dropout, was seen as a maverick founder with a spark of brilliance. Softbank boss Masayoshi Son and his then key lieutenant Nikesh

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