Nasscom President Debjani Ghosh Speaks at TieEcon Mumbai 2019

Great Speech by @debjani_ghosh_ @TiEMumbai #TiEConMumbai India's #Startups must aim 2 b the best (The #SecretSauce of Israel's startups is the #PassionForExcellence the #JewishMother inculcates!!). Need #TASTE ie #Trust #Agility #Scale #Talent #Experience https://t.co/kuiZ2pPt2l

— Satyen Baindur (@Satyen_Baindur) February 18, 2019

Many excellent points in speech; #Excellence the norm @isro, but not everywhere in India, need #Focus!!  Need 2 go #Exponential, not merely #Incremental; #Voice possibly the #NextBigThing; Need #Bilingual Talent (i.e. both #Tech and #Domain skills & expertise); #Trust is critical

— Satyen Baindur (@Satyen_Baindur) February 18, 2019

Talent vs Luck: What Matters More in Success?

.@arxivblog #Talent vs #Luck: N=1000 agents w Capital C(t=0) = 10; Talent T_i Є (0,1) w NormDist(0.6,0.1); Period 40y w 500 events, 50% of which r lucky - increase agent i’s capital w prob α 2 Talent T_i; At end, highest capital w agent whose T_i barely above avg! (0.62 vs 0.6) pic.twitter.com/L5IWeuq5PL

— Satyen Baindur (@Satyen_Baindur) March 2, 2018

https://t.co/mg9UoVKDZd via @steinly0 @techreview

— Satyen Baindur (@Satyen_Baindur) March 2, 2018

One straightforward implication for #Grants disbursing agencies and #Innovation promotion authorities etc - better to widely distribute roughly equal monies transparently, and at outset, rather than 'pick winners' b4hand!

— Satyen Baindur (@Satyen_Baindur) March 2, 2018