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Vinod Khosla’s entrepreneurial journey inspires India

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Vinod Khosla, a technology pioneer and founding CEO of Sun Microsystems, relocated to Delhi in the mid-1990s to be closer to his parents. However, the Internet boom led him back to Silicon Valley, where he remains a cutting-edge figure in areas like AI, medical technology, and cryptocurrency. Khosla’s journey reminded me of a recent statement by India’s commerce and industry minister at the “Startup Mahakumbh” event.

Minister Piyush Goyal stirred controversy by saying, “Are we going to be happy being delivery boys and girls… Is that the destiny of India? This is not a startup; this is entrepreneurship…

What the other side is doing—robotics, machine learning, 3D manufacturing, and next-generation factories,” contrasting India’s startups against China’s advancements. The term ‘startup’ is often loosely used. Ideally, it should refer to technology-driven companies capable of significant growth through innovations.

Cutting-edge entrepreneurship is more about adventurous ambition than just growth. India has had real startups less celebrated than their ‘unicorn’ counterparts. InMobi, a mobile ad platform rivaling Meta, emerged as India’s first unicorn, functioning globally with over 750 million consumers across 165 countries.

Khosla’s Silicon Valley influence

I-flex solutions, founded in the 1990s, was acquired by Oracle for nearly a billion dollars, and productivity software company Zoho competes with Microsoft from Chennai. India has a strong history of encouraging research through the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and other state-run bodies, laying the foundation for innovation.

Institutions like ISRO and the Defence Research and Development Organisation have made significant advancements quietly. We should remember the entrepreneurial adventures of Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata, who pioneered steel production in India in 1907, and Verghese Kurien, who built Amul in rural Anand, long before the term ‘startup’ entered the Indian vocabulary. Patience, patents, and perseverance define true startups, not just scale, speed, and salesmanship.

India needs a climate that encourages risk-taking without confusing it with mere gambling. We must reduce the culture of startup wannabes seeking government freebies and instead focus on genuine innovation. It is high time for some of India’s billionaires to invest significantly in patent-seeking teams of innovators.

This approach might not always lead to huge success, but it will surely foster a spirit of discovery and adventure, just like that seen in figures like Vinod Khosla and Elon Musk. The opportunities in AI, quantum computing, and genomics are immense. Minister Goyal’s timing is impeccable.

China’s advancements should serve as a wake-up call rather than mere inspiration. With a historical legacy of nurturing research in challenging conditions, India has no excuses but to push forward innovatively.



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