West

“A lot of people in India take time to understand a new model because they're not a lot of new models in India anyways. A lot of large companies have been inspired by the West. A lot of fundraising has happened because of pattern matching, et cetera.”

“If you look at West it's a, It has, like, 10 to 12% of the market cap to venture debt in terms of funding a lot of companies.”

“Now, actually, if you see broadly Siddharth, the ecosystem in India for venture debt, it's very underpenetrated. If you see in the West, it's a very, very mature market. There's a significant venture debt to venture equity presence. Whereas in India, it's stil…”

“If you have money, India is the best place to live. You get, you know, five mates and driver and everything is taken care of. In the West, you can't do that. You know, like even when you're earning that kind of money, you still need to vacuum your house and, y…”

“The salaries are on par, really, you know, like, the top you go, like, in fact, your, you, your saving potential will be much, much higher in India than in the West, because in the West it is kind of saturated.”

“I don't think anyone in the West has done anything like as ambitious as UPI. I think it's like an incredible triumph of public-private collaboration.”

“So we have to take some agency away from the children and give it to the parents, because if you were in the West, we would give it to the teachers. If you were in China, we'd give it to the state, you know, but in India, we have to give it to the parents.”

“The fact that so many countries want to join the BRICS means that there is a yearning, a striving for something other than an organization that is dominated by the West.”

“My challenge to a lot of folks building in this BtoB SaaS space is try putting that five, 10,000 dollar plan on your website, and you'll be surprised how many people, especially in the West when doing B to B buy are comfortable swiping their credit card for th…”