41: Hemant Mohapatra (Lightspeed India) || Startups have become the most coolest thing to do in India || 1947 Rise

Hemant is partner at Lightspeed India and also happens to be a poet who excels at math. Before joining Lightspeed, Hemant worked at a16z, Google and AMD.

Show Notes

(00:41) Intro to the episode with Hemant Mohapatra

(02:24) Hemant’s early life in India

(03:46) Why did Hemant decide to move back to India and his framework

(10:40) How Hemant’s perspective about India has changed in the past 4 years

(23:45) How are Indian founders different from the founders in US

(26:16) Something that Hemant has recently changed his mind on

(26:48) Something Hemant has been obsessed about recently

(29:35) Heroes of Hemant’s life

(32:28) Values and framework utilized by Hemant in his journey.

(36:39) Practices that help keep the mind clear

(38:07) Favourite authors of Hemant

(42:00) Who is he outside of work