AuthorDhiraj Kacker

The link between corruption & early stage venture returns in India

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As everyone knows, venture returns are determined by building innovative products and services that reach scale. The operative words being INNOVATIVE and SCALE. Stuff that has not been built or tried before, stuff that delivers much greater “value” to the customer. We also know that India early stage returns have not exactly been stellar. I’ll present one framework here which tries to link...

The link between corruption & early stage venture returns in India

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As everyone knows, venture returns are determined by building innovative products and services that reach scale. The operative words being INNOVATIVE and SCALE. Stuff that has not been built or tried before, stuff that delivers much greater “value” to the customer. We also know that India early stage returns have not exactly been stellar. I’ll present one framework here which tries to link...

My final comments on a Twitter discussion about Design & India focused startups

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Here’s the starting point of the discussion on Twitter: @avinashraghava @dkhare better Q:what is the role of design in d larger socio-eco context? Which business & consumer problem does it solve? — Dhiraj Kacker (@dhirajkacker) January 3, 2014 Just to summarize my thought: the original referenced article talked about design being a key pillar of a startup. My contention is that that is a...