Entrepreneurship and Building World-Class Products in India

Early Upbringing and Student Days [02:51]

Early Interests and Inspiration [04:20]

Getting into Engineering by accident [07:59]

Learning Marketing and Finance at IIM Calcutta [09:55]

Early years at Pond’s and Result:McCann [12:03]

Importance of Brainstorming and Ideation when Collaborating [14:21]

Managing Pre-Startup Anxiety [16:43]

Beliefs and Opinions on VC Funding [19:51]

Life at Crossroads in 2004 [23:12]

Moving from a Services Company to a Product Company [27:40]

Setting up a Co-Creation Mindset in a Product Company [30:47]

Comparing the Key Traits a Working Professional versus an Entrepreneur versus an Advisor [32:27]

How to Bridge World-Class Education with World-Class Research [37:07]

Bringing a Transformation in Education through Experiential Learning [44:01]

Building a Product in a Crisis versus Building a Product when there is no Crisis [50:04]

Bringing a Diverse Team onboard for the Oxygen Project [52:56]

Building World-Class Products from India for the World [55:48]

Enabling a Culture and Mindset that values Continuous Learning [58:40]

Srikant gives Three Pieces of Advice to his 10-Year Old Self [1:02:17]