E121 - Building the Leading Logistics Company w/Pickrr's Gaurav Mangla

Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh Sachar

In this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Gaurav Mangla, Co-Founder & CEO of Pickrr.

Pickrr is one of the largest logistics software companies in the country, having recently been acquired by Shiprocket for a whooping 200 Million Dollars. The Pickrr journey has been filled with a lot of twists and turns. Starting off as a core logistics player owning the fleet, then surviving with very little cash and doing an emergency angel round to stay afloat, pivoting the model and then finally finding scalable PMF, growing at an incredible velocity and eventually being acquired completing the full circle.

I chat with Gaurav, the CEO of Pickrr to decode this phenomenal journey. We discuss his previous stint at company building, along with decoding the nuances of building a logistics business, the culture at Pickrr, as he shares with us his learnings in the most candid way I have witnessed. This has been a brilliant conversation and I am sure all of you listening will take back some very tactical learnings for company building. But before we get started, here is quick word about our sponsor:

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