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In this episode of Just Curious Podcast, we have a special guest joining us: Ankit Gupta, Co-Founder of Burma Burma, one of India's most renowned restaurant chains.

Join us as we uncover the secrets to growing and building a sustainable restaurant business in India. Ankit shares invaluable insights on how to create a strong brand identity around a restaurant, capturing the hearts and taste buds of customers. Ankit reveals the strategies behind Burma Burma's remarkable success, scaling the business to achieve a staggering 50 Crores in revenue and opening over 10+ outlets across India.

He opens up about a life-changing event he experienced as an employee at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai during the 26/11 terrorist attack. He shared the story about how he and his colleagues recovered from that tragic event and rebuild their lives.

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Timestamp:
0:00 - Intro
1:30 - History of Restaurant Business in Ankit's Family
4:00 - Learnings from his Grandfather and Father
7:25 - How to reduce Waiting Time in the restaurant?
11:00 - Alcohol is bad for revenue generation in Restaurant
12:20 - Ankit's experience in Taj Hotel Mumbai
15:08 - Story behind starting Burma Burma
22:47 - Witnessing "26/11 Terrorist Attack on Taj"
24:30 - How Taj employees recovered from the 26/11 attack?
27:50 - Emotional Changes after the 26/11 Attack
29:30 - TATA Groups Values helped us the most
31:30 - Everything happens for a reason
33:25 - Why Franchise Model is Not Good?
44:00 - Why Multicuisine Restaurants Can't Scale Their Business?
48:00 - Indians are Open to Try New Food
49:25 - Research for City to open Burma Burma?
52:30 - Good things happened in the Pandemic
55:10 - Challenges in the Pandemic
56:35 - Revenue in the last two years
58:58 - Why Burma Burma Started D2C Segment?
1:02:40 - Marketing and Branding Strategy of Burma Burma
1:06:15 - Marketing for Different City Outlets
1:09:00 - Long-Term Approach in Building a Business
1:11:10 - Why they took Funding?
1:13:45 - No Competition is also not good
1:14:58 - Parting Thoughts
1:16:20 - Subscribe

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Editor: Deep Bhensala (https://instagram.com/deepbhensala?ut...)
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