For the Next 1,000,000 Founders of India
Big Bets. Breakthrough Wins. Hard‑Learned Lessons.
India's boldest founder stories, told through what the founders actually said — every quote on the record, every claim verified at the source. Published daily. Read by the people building what's next.
I may sound like a hypocriteNithin Kamath, Zerodha
It's our fastest growing product everSundar Pichai, Google
One of the board members did not support itN. Chandrasekaran, Tata Sons
I thought that was the end of the worldAravind Srinivas, Perplexity
Sometimes, belief is your only business planVivek Thiruvengadam, Qubit Fitness
This technology remained India's ownArjun Arunachalam, Voxelgrids
They won't go away, but jobs will changeSunil Mathur, Siemens India
The Work
One founder. One line they said. One story you won't scroll past.
From the daily feed — Nandan Nilekani on a million startups, Nithin Kamath on the contradiction at the heart of broking, N. Chandrasekaran's exit from a $300 billion empire, and the founders most media never covers.
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Verbatim or nothing.
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