Bridging The Indo-US, Social Impact-Startup Ecosystems | Raju Reddy | Pitch Cafe Podcast EP 7
Pitch Cafe Podcast · Vidyangi S. Patil (Vida)
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Show Notes
In this episode of Pitch Cafe, I talk with Raju Reddy 😃 BITSian, and legendary silicon valley investor successfully launching founders from India. He talks about building new kinds of societies as he explains about Kakatiya Sandbox - a novel innovation ecosystem for FRESH MINDS and a lot more! He is the founder and former CEO of Sierra Atlantic, a company that grew to be a best-in-class global services company over a period of 17 years 😃 Raju is the Co-founder of Kakatiya Sandbox, an initiative in rural Telangana (India) building an ecosystem for long-term, positive social impact. He is an active TiE Silicon Valley charter member and served as Convener for TiEcon 2016 ✨ He enjoys working with young entrepreneurs and mentoring them to build great global companies 🔥 He is an entrepreneur and an angel investor. In Silicon Valley, he is grooming founders to build organizations with value 🤩 Previously, Raju spent 10 years at Intel. He enjoys working with young entrepreneurs and mentoring them to build great global companies. Raju currently serves on the board of Belong, GreyOrange HealthCube, and Seclore and previously on redBus (acquired by Naspers), Esspresso Logic (now CA), Hitachi Payments, and CognoVision Solutions Inc. (now part of Intel) 😊 Raju is currently a Board member of RAND Corp Center for Asia Pacific Policy, FalconX, and EnActe Arts. He previously served as the Chairman of BITSAA Intl., the alumni body of BITS Pilani. In this video, Raju points out how students working and doing internships while they are in college can bring out fresh Entrepreneurial mindsets. He talks about his and his colleague’s initiative SVQuad(Silicon Valley Quad) with Kanwal Rekhi, BV Jagadeesh, and Manu Rekhi discusses the traits he looks for in a founder when he wants to invest 😁👌
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
2:19 Who Is Raju Reddy As A Person?
4:50 His Experience From School In The Past
7:15 Why BITS Pilani Is Said To Have A MIT Culture
9:25 How Investment For The BITS Students Was A Success
11:40 Promoting Entrepreneurial Mindsets
17:22 Ecosystems Raju’s is A Part Of
20:24 What Is SVQuad?
23:05 Traits Of A Good Founder
27:18 What is Kakatiya Sandbox?
35:18 Programs Of Raju’s Brilliant Initiative
46:03 How Can Youth Entrepreneurs Join Kakatiya Sandbox
49:19 Parting Thoughts And Conclusion