India, May 27 -- An entrepreneur has shared his journey from being dismissed by Ashneer Grover to getting into the world's most prestigious startup accelerator, Y Combinator. Rounak Adhikary's comeuppance was four years in the making, and it arrived in the form of a ticket to the United States.

On Tuesday, the founder and CEO of ProjectX shared a throwback video of the moment when he tried to pitch his product to Ashneer Grover, the founder of BharatPe, only to be summarily dismissed.

The interaction took place in 2022, when Adhikary was part of the audience at a public event where Ashneer Grover was speaking. When Grover called on him to speak, Adhikary said he wanted to "pitch" to the millionaire.

"You want to pitch? Tu baith jaa yar...