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Ronnie Screwvala on why upGrad is neither a startup nor an edtech

First Principles

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The Serendipity of Cable TV

I think some part of it is karma and destiny. Some part a lot of serendipity, I believe in that too. When you start earning 500 rupees on weekends between doing three theater plays with a palam sea or doing young world and magic lamp, cumulatively you earn 500 rupees. That to me is like salary at that point. And this was all hobby. This is what I was loved doing. So that DNA crept into me enough that says, I should be doing things in my life. Now imagine if I was in the cup 2022 and doing something like that, you know, angel investors wouldn't come in. But when you are at that stage,

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