Indian founders
11 statements across 9 episodes · 5 bullish · 3 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Feb 17, 2020 by Anand Lunia · across every show →
Everything said about Indian founders, oldest first
Feb 17, 2020 bullish
Feb 24, 2020 positive
Mohapatra: Indian founders now build for global markets from day zero
“A lot of the founders now, they have evolved to think about world on a, the globe on a local scale, right? So, they think about, they used to think about India as the first market, now they think about India plus Southeast Asia as the first market, or they thi…”
Mar 26, 2020 negative
Mar 26, 2020 bearish
Domkundwar: Indian pure workflow SaaS startups will struggle to scale revenue
“It is going to be really, really hard for Indian founders who build SaaS companies that are pure workflow, web based application kind of companies to scale to be 10,000,020 1,000,030 million ARRs, right? Because the market is extremely competitive.”
Feb 22, 2025 neutral
Narayana: US founders ship faster while Indian founders obsess over product sophistication
“Indian founders are a lot more obsessed about the sophistication of the product while I've seen founders in the US have the fail fast approach. They're like, hey, build a feature, see if this feature works, then build the next feature, and then finally build t…”
Feb 22, 2025 negative
Narayana: Indian founders lack storytelling and go-to-market skills compared to US founders
“US entrepreneurs are much better exposed on going to market. I think that is one thing that I see lacking the most in Indian founders. We are very strong engineers. We can be very strong product people. We are not naturally very good in storytelling. We don't …”
Apr 4, 2025 neutral
Apr 18, 2025 neutral
Patel: Indian founders are hiring in Eastern Europe for specialized talent
“I have met people who have hired, you know, who are in India, hiring outside India because certain type of talent is not available in India, right? So that, that is happening. I know founders who are Indian founders who have Who are working with companies or h…”
Jan 23, 2026 bullish
Apr 30, 2026 positive
Ravikumar: Indian founders arriving in the US are more fully formed
“I think there's just something about founders when they're building in India today, they just have this, like, scrappiness, and by the time they come to the U.S., they feel a little bit more formed than a lot of the very raw companies you even see in the U.S.”
Aug 14, 2026 positive
Jain: Indian SaaS founders must sell to the US from day one
“For a lot of India founders, I will say don't sell in India. U.S. Is the biggest market for almost every industry. Go and start selling from here. Do not even think about starting from India. You will get stuck. You won't be able to make that jump. A lot of fo…”