BT MindRush 2021: Challenges and opportunities for startups in the COVID-19 pandemic Business Today MindRush 2021 startups: Zerodha CIO and founder Nikhil Kamath, Wow Momos' Co-founder Sagar Daryani and Cars24 Co-fonder and CEO Vikram Chopra expound on the challenges and opportunities for the startup world during COVID-19 Mehak Agarwal | January 22, 2021 | Updated 14:53 IST Zerodha CIO and founder Nikhil Kamath, Wow Momos' Co-founder Sagar Daryani and Cars24 Co-fonder and CEO Vikram Chopra discuss COVID-19 as a challenge and an opportunity for startups at BT Mindrush 2021 Coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent shutdowns threw several curveballs at the startup world- increased losses, layoffs and pay cuts while also providing them with an opportunity to embrace changes. Startups like Wow Momos and Cars24 reported heavy losses during the first month of the nationwide lockdown.