Episode 39: How Ajay Kumar is Scaling TheHouseMonk in India's messy real estate Industry

Maharajas of Scale

Ajay was a newly mined graduate at MuSigma, one of India's premier Unicorns in the data analytics space. On a fine day, while house hunting, he is bewildered by the commission the broker makes for the little value that he added. Unlike most renters, he feels that he is getting compensated disproportinately compared to the value he added. He takes a deep dive and 2 months later, quits his high paced and exciting job to found TheHouseMonk in 2014. TheHouseMonk currently has over 1000000 properties managed thru its product. They are pushing the levers of scale in the housing sector with their product. The journey thus far is interesting and full of ups and downs. A fascinating listen.