B J Arun-TiE Silicon Valley president- The COVID-19 pandemic is an emerging and very rapidly evolving situation. We saw health advisories regarding not hosting gatherings of more than 1,000 people, being changed to 250 and finally 100, literally on a daily basis this past week. We saw dozens of conferences either get canceled, postponed, or […]
Ritu Jha- Policy announcements make for great headlines, but the devil is in the detail and execution is the hard part, remarked TiE Silicon Valley president BJ Arun as he headed to Houston, Texas, to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s grand community rally on Sunday, Sept 21. The rally at the NRG stadium is expected […]
Ritu Jha- “Any budget that publicly aspires to double the size of the India economy over the next five years is welcome and puts the onus on the government to try and deliver,” said B.J Arun, TiE Silicon Valley president reacting to India’s Union 2019-2020 budget. Presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the budget has […]
Ritu Jha- Silicon Valley investors who once welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Startup India initiative are upset that the Indian government is now seeking startups to pay 30 percent tax on investment. Investors here are unclear what steps to take in the face of India’s bureaucratic shifts. “Yes, I was shocked when I heard […]
