Why Dr. Malpani prefers angel investing over cynical older doctors
Dr. Aniruddha Malpani · 100x Entrepreneur | Episode 1 |Dr Aniruddha Malpani, Founder Malpani Ventures · Sep 6, 2019 · at 11:38
Dr. Aniruddha Malpani, IVF specialist and founder of Malpani Ventures, explains on 100x Entrepreneur what motivates his angel investing and daily mindset.
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“And I think if you read books which are optimistic, which have a positive spin, and that's one of the major reasons why I'm an angel investor. You know, as an old doctor, you hang out with other old doctors who are always complaining about the world is going to the dogs, no one respects doctors, all patients go to Dr. Google and they challenge your authority. And how good things were in the good old days, which I find extremely depressing. Whereas when you hang out with entrepreneurs, they're optimistic, they're young, they want to change the world, and some of that rubs off onto you.”
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