India, Jan. 7 -- A startup founder has shared how his experience working as a Zomato delivery partner in Bengaluru helped him pay his college fees, stay financially independent and eventually build his own company, and why that journey has led him to publicly back Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal amid ongoing debates around gig work and quick-commerce timelines.

In a detailed LinkedIn post, Suraj Biswas, founder and CEO of Assessli, wrote that he "stands with Zomato" and "stands with Deepinder", adding that his perspective comes from lived experience. Biswas said that in 2020-21, before college fully began and before he launched Assessli, he worked as a Zomato delivery partner in Bengaluru. "Not a story for sympathy. A story of independenc...