Kanwal Rekhi
5 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 23, 2026 by Kanwal Rekhi · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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Jan 23, 2026 negative
Rekhi: Excelan hired HP exec as CEO for Wall Street IPO optics
“Board is telling me that, yeah, we are going to have to put a CEO here who looked like a wall street. Yeah. Acceptable CEO. Yeah. This is like a star from the central casting. So we hired, you know, this guy from HP as it was general manager of a division and …”
Jan 23, 2026 negative
Rekhi: Founders obsessing over early-stage valuation are being foolish
“If you are hung up on the valuation in the bid need and you're spending six months a year to raise money, you're being foolish. You're being left behind. You could double, triple value if you took the money and started to build this stuff.”
Jan 23, 2026 positive
Jan 23, 2026 negative
Rekhi: 1970s US tech stereotyped Indians as unfit for management
“By mid seventies, 75, 76, Both universities and industry were starting to see, you know, that Indians are pretty good in what they do. But again, a new Brand start to emerge. You know, these guys from India, you know, they have this mathematical gene, you know…”
Jan 23, 2026 negative
Rekhi: 1980s manager refused promotion because whites wouldn't follow Indians
“When I talked to my boss about, you know, moving into management, he was pretty clear. He said, you know, we, I'm not, we're not sure that you would be good in, you know, that you're very good at what you're doing. We're paying you good salary, but we're not s…”