Chopra: Most Top 100 Tech Founders Never Worked Anywhere Else
Paras Chopra · Wealth Creation, Life's Purpose, Brotherly Stories - Paras & Pallav on Building Global SaaS Products · Aug 25, 2023 · at 35:06
Paras Chopra, founder of Wingify, argues against the idea that founders must gain prior corporate experience before building large tech companies.
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“In fact, interestingly, I think if you take like a top 10 tech companies, top hundred, more likely than not, people would not have worked anywhere else.”
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