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
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