23. Girish Batra & The Startup Ecosystem in India

Girish Batra is the Co-Founder of JumpStrat Business Consulting and a strategist with 26 years of experience. He helps startups and entrepreneurs in India on their path to success. Girish discusses how education and the scarcity mindset in India gave birth to innovation, which has led to a prosperous startup ecosystem in the country. He dives deep into the difficulties startups have gaining capital in India, and how the tough lives people in India lead inspired him to pledge to put his wealth to good use. Our conversation is just the beginning.

Show Notes

🏔 What does “Girish” mean? 1:39

📌 India is rated in the top 20 countries with a prosperous startup ecosystem. 3:46

🎯 How Bangalore became the biotech capital of the country, and why the scarcity mindset gives birth to innovation. 5:16

💰 Gaining capital for your startup in India is extremely difficult, but it will improve as people make more money within the ecosystem. 6:49

💡 Apart from the capital needed to start a business, the thing most startups lack is strategy. 7:56 

💼 How Girish started working for startups. 10:56

📚 He talks about the tough life most people in India lead and what inspired him to pledge to put his wealth to good use. 13:14

📢 Don’t take yourself or others too seriously. 15:33

😊 Girish encourages people to enjoy the moment. 16:29

Connect with Girish: www.sarthy.vip

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