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Oct
4
Vishal Sampat, a 2003 alumnus from my alma mater, K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, has just been voted Rank 4 among Asia’s Best Entrepreneurs under 25, by BusinessWeek. He is the founder of Convonix, a Search Engine Optimization and Marketing firm, operating out of Bombay.
While this is wonderful news for Vishal, I’m also glad that Asia - and indeed India - 3 out of the 5 top Entrepreneurs are Indian - is getting the focus it deserves. I’ve been tracking a lot of very exciting ventures being set up in India (and so have VCs!) over the past three years, extremely smart ideas being conceptualised, and businesses being forged. Tomorrow’s successful firms are going to be nothing like what we’ve seen till date - they’re going to be very small in terms of employees, very focused on a niche market, and most importantly - constantly evolving. And this list of entrepreneurs is leading the way.
As BusinessWeek says,
Asia’s future as the most economically vibrant region on the planet seems assured with the arrival of this bunch, whether they are still running these businesses a decade from now or doing something else.
The future does, indeed, look assured! Let’s hear it for Asia’s Best Entrepreneurs Under 25!