Behind the unconventional success of Wingify founder Paras Chopra

Paras Chopra founded the software firm Wingify almost 15 years ago, defying most venture-backed startup playbooks in his entrepreneurial journey. A few days after selling his startup to private equity fund Everstone Capital, he remarked on the microblogging platform X, formerly Twitter, “The biggest change in my life after the Wingify exit is that I’ve started taking Uber Premier instead of Uber Go :).” From being bootstrapped from inception to the sale of the startup to stepping down from his CEO role and handing over the reins to his cofounder,…