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1947 Rise

5: Tejeshwi Sharma (Sequoia Capital)

Aug 10, 2021
29:36

Tejeshwi Sharma is the managing director at Sequoia Capital India. He has led investments in companies like Byju's, Dream11, Bounce, CRED, Moglix, Purplle, Rebel Foods, Whatfix, Unacademy.

SHOW NOTES

  • The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00)
  • Overview of the Indian tech ecosystem evolution starting from 2010 (5:15)
  • What is next for India? How can India reach the scale of the US and China, what needs to be true? (9:20)
  • Advice to Indians living abroad and are thinking about moving back to India (12:45)
  • Books that changed the way how he thinks about work and life (17:45)
  • What does he struggle with (23:15)
  • Rapid-fire questions (27:00)

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