How a Teen From Odisha Turned Messy Hotel Rooms Into a Billion-Dollar Brand

Innovation isn’t reserved for boardrooms or Ivy League classrooms. Sometimes, it begins with a simple inconvenience — like checking into a hotel room that looks nothing like the photos online. A flickering tube light, stained bedsheets or a bathroom that doesn’t quite work. The kind of experience most travellers grumble about, post a review on, and move on from. But what if you didn’t move on? What if, instead of frustration, you saw a pattern? And instead of a complaint, you saw a business model waiting to be built? For Ritesh Agarwal, that moment of irritation became a turning point. Long...