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at all. It's merit that wins, not innovation doesn’t have a pin
credentials. Young India now code.
has access to what was once
So, if you’re reading this
reserved for the privileged few:
wondering if you should start
capital, talent, and knowledge.
that idea you’ve been sitting on,
The barriers that used to exist—
here’s my advice: Don’t wait for
whether based on geography,
the perfect moment. It doesn’t
education, or social standing—
exist. Take the risk. Build. Fail.
are crumbling. If you have an
idea and the determination to Learn. And maybe, just maybe,
see it through, the playing field you’ll create something that not
has never been more level. only changes your life but also
India's startup story isn’t inspires someone else to take
about copy-pasting models
their own leap.
from the West anymore. It’s
This is India’s time. Not just
about creating solutions that
for big cities, not just for men,
are uniquely Indian. Whether it's
not just for the privileged. It’s for
building vernacular solutions for
everyone with an idea and the
Bharat, developing sustainable
pet food, or even pioneering DNA courage to pursue it. And that,
storage technologies, young to me, is the true spirit of Startup
entrepreneurs are proving that India.

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