The people problem you mentioned earlier continues to this day and is one of the key problems facing TIL. Whats your view?
A. Its difficult for me to take a view now as I have been out of the system for a while. I guess that, if I may say, they sat back to review and take stock a little too long. If I were there, I would just hold the baton and run faster rather than think whether I should hold that baton. Q. There is another round of excitement around the internet, though less exuberant. And youre in the midst of it all, donning many hats. A. (When I left Indiatimes) I wanted to continue in this space, but I realised that internet in India will grow through small and medium entrepreneurs rather than large industrial houses. This medium is best run by individual initiatives — this I realised pretty early. I could have been an entrepreneur on my own, but having worked for large organisations and at the stage of my career and my age, I couldnt have started from scratch. I scanned around for young, bright people who I could invest in with finance and experience. What is important for todays internet entrepre
