The Founder-Exit Tragedy

The Founder-Exit Tragedy

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  • COVER STORY
    Wealth, Purpose and the Foundations of a Great Nation

    There appears to be a critical shortage of doggedness in Indian start-up founders today. Some leave when the road becomes hard. Some choose angel investing. Others appear content to hang up their boots. If founders don't play the long game, India's rockstar start-ups can't become generational companies.

    BY Neeraj Thakur 1 August 2026

    Wealth, Purpose and the Foundations of a Great Nation
The Founder-Exit Tragedy
01-august-2026

Outlook Business Magazine - The Founder-Exit Tragedy

India's start-up ecosystem is entering a new phase, with more IPOs, larger pools of private capital and an increasing number of global ambitions. But if start-up founders increasingly view companies as assets to monetise, the ecosystem risks producing fewer enduring institutions and more transient successes. Our cover story is trying to drive home the point that the tragedy isn’t that founders leave, it’s that they exit before building what they promised. Our second cover story gives an insight into how Indian states have become the architects of the country's EV transition. Also includes an interaction with Delhi CM Rekha Gupta on the new EV policy.



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