
To Guy Kawasaki,
SUBJECT- Call from India !
Dear Guy,
Greetings from Shiv Nadar University !
At a time when Mr. Trump’s flawed policies are counteracting his vision for a self sufficient America or when BREXIT has thwarted Europe’s solidarity ,I truly believe that India , if not south east Asia is by far going to be the hot bed of frugal innovation in the 21st century !
We are 19,000 strong startup based country which drew over 5 Billion$ capital in the form of angel,venture and private equity funding .
All seems good until we peruse upon some hard statistics and draw some conclusions. There’s a big flaw !
To an outsider like me the ecosystem looks like a big casino where VC’s come , bet big and then look for a comfortable exit strategy .
Innovation has gone for a toss and so has democracy and meritocracy ! The carelessness propelled by the swag of getting funded is resulting in more startups dying of indigestion than starvation !
When I prepare my presentation on CANVA sitting on my MACINTOSH , I can confidently say that we need a true innovator/entrepreneur like you who has been there(the beginning of silicon valley’s startup culture ) and done that time and again !
As we come close to our universities Annual Entrepreneurship Summit , I on behalf of thousands of students bitten by the entrepreneurial bug would like to invite you to give a keynote talk on the way forward for the Indian Entrepreneurship Ecosystem .
To the best of our knowledge , you truly personify silicon valley’s startup culture and is the only person except late Mr. Jobs whose name come to our mind.
We will be truly indebted if you could come to ______ at ______ and enrich our 4 member speaker line-up comprising of pioneers like you looked up by the country on way to become the largest youth population by 2020 !
Thankyou so much for your time and consideration !
We look forward to a positive reply .
Best,
Abeer Choubey
SHIV NADAR UNIVERSITY
+91 9205958943

