Reports and Investigations Students Entrepreneurship Culture at IIT Kanpur The last decade in the Indian start-up ecosystem saw the rise of several unicorns – start-ups that reached a value worth a billion dollars. An integral part of this ecosystem and the culture of entrepreneurship in the country has been the list of IIT alumni, with firms building software to establishing household brands. The pandemic […] Written by Vox Populi March 23, 2023March 23, 2023
Beyond IITK In Conversation with Porter’s founder: Vikas Choudhary How was Porter born? It all started with Pranav and me spending our free time discussing potential startup ideas while Pranav was at JP Morgan. Our first serious idea was to organise the black and yellow cabs in Mumbai but as we dwelled on that idea, the ‘unionbaazi’ emerged as a big hurdle and the […] Written by Vox Populi December 30, 2015May 15, 2021
Beyond IITK In Conversation with Rahul Yadav (Part 1) The Entrepreneurship Summit, IIT Kanpur organised by the E-Cell witnesses distinguished founders, businessmen, VCs and journalists each year. This year new records were set when Rahul Yadav, founder and ex-CEO of the hottest Indian start-up, Housing.com, addressed the enthusiastic junta at this annual event. Devin and I got the opportunity to squeeze out a short […] Written by Vox Populi September 3, 2015May 15, 2021
Events Startup Valuation : Panel Discussion, eSummit’15 A lot of us wonder whether it’s too late to venture into startups? We also wonder whether the Indian market is saturated or are we approaching a startup bubble? And most importantly, how are startups evaluated? In order to address these questions, the Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kanpur organised a Panel Discussion on “Astronomical Startup Valuations – […] Written by Vox Populi August 30, 2015May 15, 2021
All about IITK Events Institute Reports and Investigations Students Entrepreneurship at IIT Kanpur “An entrepreneur searches for change, responds to it and exploits opportunities. Innovation is a specific tool of an entrepreneur. Hence an effective entrepreneur converts a source into a resource” ~Peter Drucker Entrepreneurship is about solving real world problems using business as a tool! So say, for instance, your home city faces frequent power cuts. You […] Written by Vox Populi August 3, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Alumni Beyond IITK Rajeev Motwani: There wasn’t a startup he didn’t love Rajeev Motwani, wanted to study mathematics and become another Gauss! His father, however, persuaded him to study computer science. Little did he know how closely the two are related? He graduated with B.Tech. in computer science from IITK in 1983 and PhD from Berkeley in 1988. Rajeev was a wise theoretician that had the rare […] Written by Vox Populi March 29, 2014December 23, 2020
