Snabbit: Building India's First Quick Service Platform | Day One Podcast

“Why is it easier to buy a car online than to get someone to wash your dishes?" Despite having solutions for everything else on his phone - cabs, food, groceries - reliable home help remained frustratingly elusive for Aayush Agarwal. When he realized this was a problem many around him were facing, Aayush turned his personal frustration into Snabbit. Aayush uncovered a unique insight that house help absenteeism is a 2-4x monthly universal pain point. By solving this, Snabbit has unlocked a new category of urban convenience. Today, it is "Uberizing" home services across India, with customers using it for everything from organizing wardrobes to cutting vegetables. In this insight-packed conversation with Manish Advani (Principal, Elevation Capital), Aayush shares how Snabbit is formalizing this sub-segment within home services for the first time in India and why it represents the biggest disruption in consumer internet in India this decade. In this episode, you will gain insights on: 1. Why Snabbit represents the biggest consumer interne disruption this decade 2. Building full-stack vs marketplace in services 3. Why subscription models failed where on-demand succeeded 4. The "rigor x depth" framework for hypergrowth hiring 5. The social impact of formalizing India's home services sector 6. Building without a co-founder: the 80-20 challenge …and more __________________________________________________ Chapters 00:00 - Coming Up 01:15 - Introduction 02:18 - Aayush’s Early Journey 04:43 - The Pivot from Subscription to On-Demand 08:18 - Uncovering Consumer Love for On-Demand 10:46 - Realizing What Works for the Consumer OR Building Full-Stack for Quality Control 12:40 - Snabbit’s Approach to Hiring & Team Building 15:11 - The Insight Behind Time-Based Pricing 17:30 - Why Powai Was Snabbit's First Market 19:00 - Staying Committed to Your Vision 21:04 - Transforming Experts' Lives with Snabbit 24:57 - On-Demand Services: The Right Fit for India 26:25 - Hiring Framework: The Key to Building a Strong Team 29:13 - Building Snabbit: Early Team & Solo Founding 31:46 - Challenges of Being a Solo Founder 33:27 - When’s the Right Time to Start? 35:08 - Mindset Shift: Operator to Founder 36:28 - Snabbit’s Fundraising Journey & Advice 39:00 - Why Elevation Capital Invested in Snabbit 43:34 - Snabbit’s Vision for the Future 45:12 - Snabbit’s Biggest Focus Right Now 46:07 - Aayush Learnings Over the Last One Year __________________________________________________ Check out the latest videos from the Day One series: 🔵    • Scapia: Building India's Best Travel Credi...   🔵    • From Doctors to Founders: The MOC Model | ...   🔵    • Skydo: Building India's First Cross-Border...   🔵   • Roti, Kapda, Makaan, SIP: The ZFunds Story...   🔵    • Vridhi: Reimagining Home Lending For Bhara...   🔵   • PierSight: Indian Satellites To Protect Gl...   __________________________________________________ Our Socials LinkedIn:   / elevationcap   Instagram:   / elevationcap   Twitter: https://x.com/ElevCap __________________________________________________ About Us Early-stage venture capital firm. Proud partners of visionary founders. Never too early to get in touch with us. Built For The Audacious