Startup Ecosystem in Kolkata: Lack of Big Ideas

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Unicorn chasing VCs are looking for big ideas.

Their philosophy: Go BIG or Go HOME.

My philosophy: PLEASE DON’T GO HOME.

There are many more $5M, $10M, $20M ideas out there than billion dollar ideas. 

These ideas are perfect for building sustainable bootstrapped businesses.

West Bengal would look very different if 100,000 such businesses sprouted and grew this decade.

Eastern India would look very different if a million such businesses emerged and became sustainable.

It does NOT matter whether these are product businesses or services businesses.

They will develop expertise.

They will generate employment.

No need to obsess about Unicorns.

Let’s just get the pipeline going.

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This segment is a part in the series : Startup Ecosystem in Kolkata