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[email protected] https://yourstory.com Follow us on TwitterFacebookLinkedInInstagram No part of this report may be copied, quoted or shared online without the written permission of YourStory Media Pvt Ltd AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INDIAN STARTUP ECOSYSTEM What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of startups in India? Some say it’s all hype – inexperienced entrepreneurs are reckless with money that doesn’t belong to them and then shrug off a failure as learning. Others call it a bubble: some it has burst, others maintain it will burst any time now. The truth lies somewhere in between. For the past decade, Indian startups have created an ecosystem that cannot be ignored. With 40,000 startups in the country – this is not a sector that you can ignore. I believe the Indian startup ecosystem is here to stay because it SHRADHA SHARMA has a track record and because technology has fundamentally Founder & CEO changed the way we do things. Startups are using technology to YourStory come up with innovative solutions for India’s problems. When these solutions succeed in a market the size, scale and complexity of India, they can be duplicated in other large emerging markets too. There is also no dearth of Indian startups who command a solid client base outside the country.