Rajesh Jain on entreprenurship, bootstrapping, solving for India, learning from failure [#23]

Rajesh Jain on entreprenurship, bootstrapping, solving for India, learning from failure [#23]

Released Sunday, 17th July 2022
Good episode? Give it some love!
Rajesh Jain on entreprenurship, bootstrapping, solving for India, learning from failure [#23]

Rajesh Jain on entreprenurship, bootstrapping, solving for India, learning from failure [#23]

Rajesh Jain on entreprenurship, bootstrapping, solving for India, learning from failure [#23]

Rajesh Jain on entreprenurship, bootstrapping, solving for India, learning from failure [#23]

Sunday, 17th July 2022
Good episode? Give it some love!
Rate Episode
List

Rajesh Jain (www.rajeshjain.com) is a legend in the Indian startup ecosystem. He is one of the earliest tech entrepreneurs of the country, one of the original success stories of the dotcom era and beyond (he is the founder of IndiaWorld & Netcore). He is a deep thinker and has wonderful insights on entrepreneurship, bootstrapping, bringing prosperity to the country, dealing with failure et al. Hope you enjoy!

If you like this conversation, don't forget to subscribe, and please rate the podcast on Google podcasts, Apple, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen to it. Thank you and let's get started.

Timestamps:

  • 1:08 Welcome and Intro.
  • 3:39 His entrepreneurship journey, starting India's early dotcom company. 
  • 10:44 Getting into technology & martech.
  • 20:19 (Not) Raising external capital, building 'proficorns'.
  • 28:56 Design choices to create bootstrapped companies.
  • 36:13 Solving for India. Creating economic prosperity.
  • 48:46 Making India 'irreversibly prosperous' using digital tech. 
  • 51:23 Rapidfire: Writing every day, thoughts on Web3 and DAO, 
  • 57:53 Closing questions. '30 failures and 2 and a half successes'. 

Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the series are solely personal and do not necessarily represent those of my company / employers.

Show More