Startup Fridays Season 2 Ep. 7: My hope is, entrepreneurs even crazier than us will rise and build for India — Rohan Verma

<p>Our guest today is Rohan Verma, CEO and executive director at MapmyIndia, a Mumbai-listed company in the areas of digital mapping, geospatial technologies and automotive mobility technologies. In this episode, Rohan talks about why he is optimistic that a serious tech product ecosystem will emerge in India over the next five years. He also hopes that entrepreneurs with foresight will rise and make India self-reliant for the crucial underlying infrastructure as well.</p> <p><strong>Notes:</strong></p> <p>(00:47) Introduction to The Startup Fridays conversation</p> <p>(01:12) Our guest today — Rohan Verma, CEO and ED, MapmyIndia</p> <p>(02:32) On how MapmyIndia was started</p> <p>(04:31) Early applications and use cases</p> <p>(07:10) A couple of important milestones</p> <p>(09:02) Challenges in the early years of the company</p> <p>(11:36) Flagship products and platform of MapmyIndia today</p> <p>(14:01) The direction in which the company is growing</p> <p>(15:54) More on the tech — what’s at the heart of MapmyIndia</p> <p>(18:17) Emerging use cases for location technologies</p> <p>(20:48) MapmyIndia for consumers</p> <p>(23:09) The toughest obstacles in building a tech product company in India</p> <p>(25:47) No centre in Silicon Valley — passionate about India</p> <p>(27:38) Biggest lessons</p> <p>(29:39) How being a public company’s CEO is different</p> <p>(31:36) What did Rohan have to unlearn</p> <p>(33:41) What should India do to build up its tech products ecosystem</p> <p>(37:25) Liberalisation of geospatial data policies in India — significance</p> <p>(41:38) What worries Rohan about India’s tech scene</p> <p>(44:39) Examples of crucial underlying building blocks in the tech industry that India must build its own</p> <p>(46:58) Rapid fire questions</p> <p>More about Rohan and MapmyIndia</p> <p><a href="https://www.mapmyindia.com/"><u>https://www.mapmyindia.com/</u></a></p> <p>Theme music courtesy Twisterium</p> <p><a href="https://shrtm.nu/Pxh9"><u>https://shrtm.nu/Pxh9</u></a></p>