Eccentric. To draw a parallel, Rahul reminds me of Evan S of SnapChat, but only that Evan managed to correct his act and that's down to the mentors he had.<p>Either way, there much to learn from Yadav and his amazing team at Housing. They managed to create a great business in a short amount of time, sustained growth and managed to iterate rapidly. Now, I don't know for sure if all that growth happened inspite of Yadav, or because of him; but its hard to find fault with him, and he's achieved a lot in his short career already, and has to be credited for a lot of wealthy individuals he's now created in the process.<p>So much money has been poured into Housing at absolutely sky-high evaluations ($900m in a round led by Japan's SoftBank a few months back), Housing.com's competitor CommonFloor.com has its founding team intact (and one that's much mature in terms of experience). So there is some cause of worry.<p>Indian start-up scene is going through an unprecedented amount of growth propelled by all the talent that isn't leaving the country any more (most unicorns are founded by IITians that otherwise would have left the country for Silicon Valley) as VCs and Angles continue to pour a lot of money into the ecosystem.<p>IMO, Housing is a success story (as much as Ola Cabs, Zomato, Snapdeal are).<p>Orig comment: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9491156" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9491156</a>