
Why India’s global startup playbook, built for SaaS and scale, is ill-suited for deeptech
The backlash against Goyal’s remarks was swift and predictable. Startup founders, enablers and watchers joined camps either defending or criticising the progress of India’s entrepreneurial ambition and effort. But beyond the discourse on the internet, Goyal’s remarks pointed to an uncomfortable truth: builders in India have long struggled to turn foundational science into scalable and…