About Prasun Choudhary:My next guest on The One Percent Project is Prasun Choudhary. He is the operating partner of OYO Hotels Japan. He joined OYO in 2015 and as a founding member first headed OYO’s expansion in South and East of India and now Japan. Prior to OYO, he has spent a significant amount of time in corporate banking and strategy consulting.Japan is a unique market traditionally and culturally. Market entry for any foreign entity intriguing. We kick this conversation off with Prasun on how he navigated through Japan’s traditional mindset to launch OYO Hotels Japan.Our Conversation:Building OYO JapanWhat does he look for when hiring for OYO and how did he navigate through Japan’s traditional hiring process?How has the OYO model disrupted the Japanese hospitality marketOperational learning from running OYO in emerging and developed marketsThe impact of COVID and post-COVID hospitality trendsRitesh Agarwal’s leadership style through the pandemic