The Startup Journey

Was wowed by Deshpande's simple yet powerful speech and interaction at the TiE Chennai organized event on February 5 . Amazing how someone who's been living in Boston for 30 years is so much in touch with the grassroots issues in even small town India - and more importantly able to come up with practical solutions to them. My top takeaways from the many that he provided: India's Creme-De-la-creme is Taking Charge 2% of Indians are Globally Competitive. And the cream of this segment is now applying its intellectual and financial resources to tackle some of key problems of the bottom of the pyramid. The advantage that we enjoy, as compared to say China, is that citizens here enjoy the freedom to take action (and, as required, also partner with the state) to deliver these basic services. The Govt should have an M&A arm to acquire NGOs! Just like how big corporations (especially in developed countries) keep a keen watch on the innovation experiments being made by...