India shouldn't try to be factory of the world: Gururaj Deshpande

Sandbox's Gururaj Deshpande says entrepreneurs should focus on designing and manufacturing for India

For over a decade, Gururaj Deshpande, Indian-born Silicon Valley technologist and investor, has focused on building entrepreneurs at Sandbox in Hubbali. The effort now is being replicated in Telangana and Varanasi and Deshpande is setting up India’s largest incubator to promote more startups. In an interview with Alnoor Peermohamed, he discusses India’s startup ecosystem, the need for innovations outside metros and the new Trump administration in the US

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What’s your view on the success of Sandbox? You spoke about the ecosystem building process, do you think it’s been a success in that perspective? Is it applicable in other