Trying make sense of what is happening around the world can be a bit challenging and stressful and you really don’t know where to turn for answers. On top of that trying to make sense of the current economic situation and what the consequences are for us is even more stressful. Where previously there was hardly any debate on the economy and the shadow banking system now there is no dearth of commentary and analysis of what went wrong and what needs to done moving forward to rescue the economy. Every newspaper, TV station,  magazine, commentator, economist, talk show host and citizen journalist (myself included) have a point of view on the current economic situation. But, the sad truth is none of us know the answer.  In spite of the information overload I find that we are like seven blind people trying to describe an elephant, i.e. the economy. Everybody is describing their bit, but nobody is able to describe the whole picture. Where is the wise one? Where is the all-knowing guru?

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TeliBrahma headed by Suresh Narasimha received $2 million as its Series A funding.  Inventus Capital Partners, a VC firm headed by Kanwal Rekhi invested $1 million and with this investment Kanwal and his team make their first investment in India.  I have an interview with Kanwal, where he talks about his new company Inventus and about entrepreneurship in India. Watch out for the interview.

Last year I did an interview series with Suresh, or the Bluetooth man as I call him. Suresh feels very strongly about his startup and their offering and why he is working outside the walled garden. What struck me was Suresh’s desire to build a product company from India, and what it takes to build one.

You can listen to Part-1 and Part-2 of the interview.

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