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Post by Propagandhi711 Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:27 am

it struck me that all the high flyer desis in tech industry appear to be in "old" tech - OS, web1.0 etc. looks like the web2.0 revolution passed by without major impact by indians. wrong/right?

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Post by b_A Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:43 pm

I don't about that but I read the analysis somewhere that the Indian immigrant H1-B wave which started in mid 90s created a big pool of techies with the required 15-20 yr experience for top posts. This is only the beginning of the high profile Indian origin CEO's.

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Post by Propagandhi711 Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:31 pm

what I meant is, during web1.0 heyday you heard of so many desis setting up networking companies and whatnot, and generally being a big force in sillycon valley and such. you dont hear about any innovators in web2.0 with desi sounding names. I shoulda clarified that...

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Post by nevada Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:39 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:what I meant is, during web1.0 heyday you heard of so many desis setting up networking companies and whatnot, and generally being a big force in sillycon valley and such. you dont hear about any innovators in web2.0 with desi sounding names. I shoulda clarified that...

Gurbux Chahal successfully founded and sold companies way back when and is currently a CEO of a 2.0ish sounding company. But he is more of a businessman who makes great deals rather than a techie.

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Post by Propagandhi711 Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:51 pm

nevada wrote:
Propagandhi711 wrote:what I meant is, during web1.0 heyday you heard of so many desis setting up networking companies and whatnot, and generally being a big force in sillycon valley and such. you dont hear about any innovators in web2.0 with desi sounding names. I shoulda clarified that...

Gurbux Chahal successfully founded and sold companies way back when and is currently a CEO of a 2.0ish sounding company. But he is more of a businessman who makes great deals rather than a techie.

yeah and there's that four square guy and couple others...

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Post by b_A Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:33 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:what I meant is, during web1.0 heyday you heard of so many desis setting up networking companies and whatnot, and generally being a big force in sillycon valley and such. you dont hear about any innovators in web2.0 with desi sounding names. I shoulda clarified that...

It may have something to do with the easy availability of venture capital in the bubble days of late 90's. And Indian economy opening up in mid 00's.

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