Dr Gullapalli Nageswara Rao on shaping the future of eye care with compassion, disruptive tech
“Always remember the poor who gave their bodies for you to learn medicine. You owe it to them.” Every time a new batch of ophthalmologists joins LV Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad, its founder Dr Gullapalli Nageswara Rao tries to instill a sense of empathy for India’s poor. “The rich didn’t even let you touch […]
Anu Acharya of Mapmygenome on being called a woman entrepreneur
Anu Acharya, the founder of bioinformatics startup Mapmygenome, comes from a traditional “Marwari” family but not a business household. She grew up in Bikaner in a family of academicians. “I learned the value of money early in life.” When Acharya came up with the idea to do a bioinformatics startup in 1998, there wasn’t even […]
Amit Bhawani of PhoneRadar on fighting fanboy temptations to stay honest with the user
How can you be a fanboy and a reviewer of the product at the same time? How can you expect consumer technology product makers to give you their latest gizmos for early reviews if you’ve called their last release “not worth the buy”? I’ve always been fascinated by the world of technology product reviewers and […]
How Zoho works
In June this year, we broke away from the mould to bring you companies, not just people, that are outliers with How AngelList works. If there’s one thing common in most of the companies that appear outliers, it’s their founders. From Steve Jobs to Elon Musk and even Jeff Bezos, the founder’s mentality continues to […]