Insights Mohanjit Jolly Nov 17, 2022 Jolly’s Volley: Attitude vs. Aptitude I like simple, straightforward frameworks that are easy to understand, digest and implement. I wanted to take the opportunity to […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Jun 2, 2022 The Big Picture – In conversation with CureFoods CEO – Ankit Nagori 7 hours of sleep, 10 minutes of meditation and 45 minutes of workout — that particular statement really struck a chord […]
Insights Iron Pillar Apr 6, 2022 India Tech Trends: Volume IV – Tech Unicorns Market Landscape The first product tech company in India that reached Unicorn status was Inmobi in 2011. 100 new Tech Unicorns have […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Mar 17, 2022 The Big Picture – In conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Jay Chakrapani In the latest episode of Iron Pillar’s Big Picture podcast, I had a delightful conversation with Jay Chakrapani, my dear […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Mar 10, 2022 The Big Picture – In conversation with Jiffy.AI CEO Babu Sivadasan On the heels of Iron Pillar’s investment in JIFFY.ai’s Series B earlier this week, it was my pleasure to have […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Feb 8, 2022 The Big Picture – In Conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Vijay Sundaram In this issue of Iron Pillar’s Big Picture conversation, I had the pleasure of an incredible dialog with a dear friend, an […]
Insights Rahul Garg Dec 17, 2021 The Big Picture – In conversation with SVP of Growth at Hotstar – Kumar Aakash In this candid conversation, Aakash & Rahul discuss Web3, creator economy & challenges of building in Blockchain. They dig deeper […]
Insights Rahul Garg Nov 30, 2021 Blockchain & Web 3.0: The Conundrum of Tokens vs. Equity In the world of technology, the discussions around Web 3.0 & Metaverse have clearly taken a centre stage, and the […]
Insights Rahul Garg Nov 11, 2021 The Retail Lenders of Tomorrow Everyone knows that the penetration of financial services in India is one of the lowest amongst large economies globally, and […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Nov 10, 2021 The Big Picture – A conversation with Skill Lync Founder – SuryaNarayanan In this version of The Big Picture, it was nothing short of delightful and inspirational to speak with SuryaNarayanan PaneerSelvam […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Oct 11, 2021 The Big Picture – In conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Catherine Mohr Delighted to bring you another episode of Iron Pillar’s Big Picture series of candid conversations. It was a real pleasure […]
Insights Iron Pillar Sep 22, 2021 India Tech Trends: Volume III – Tech Unicorns Market Landscape India has built 82 tech Unicorns till date. 40 new Unicorns were created since January 2020. We believe India will […]
Partner Blog Mohanjit Jolly Aug 5, 2021 The Arc of Employability – Future of Work and Education, Part I It would be an understatement to say that we are living through unprecedented times. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Jul 28, 2021 The Big Picture – In Conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Lars Nilsson Thrilled to bring you another edition of “The Big Picture” conversation with Lars Nilsson, a dear friend, a phenomenal technology executive […]
Partner Blog Mohanjit Jolly Jul 17, 2021 Intelligent Enterprises will Lead the Way in CX Massive discontinuities and resultant chaos like the dot com bubble or the global financial crisis have always led to the […]
Partner Blog Rahul Garg Jun 30, 2021 Bringing method to madness: India Investment themes & framework As I highlighted in one of my previous articles – Decoding the incredible growth story of India – India is likely to […]
Insights Rahul Garg Jun 16, 2021 Decoding the incredible growth story of India Tech All of us would agree that India is at the cusp of a massive breakout in terms of tech innovation […]
Partner Blog Mohanjit Jolly May 10, 2021 Building for the world: Understanding the role of IP for startups As the world gets more global and competitive, it is becoming imperative that startups think about their IP very strategically, […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Apr 28, 2021 The Big Picture – In Conversation with Talal Shamoon – CEO of Intertrust In this episode of “The Big Picture” series, I had an enlightening and free-flowing conversation with Talal Shamoon, member of the […]
Partner Blog Mohanjit Jolly Apr 9, 2021 Jolly’s Volley: Hindsight will indeed by “2020” – The Sequel A year ago, as the WHO officially declared Covid-19 a pandemic, I wrote a “stream of consciousness” blog with the […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Mar 17, 2021 The Big Picture – In Conversation with Simha Sadasiva – Founder of Ushur – Part 2 Delighted to present Part 2 of the “Big Picture” conversation with Simha Sadasiva, co-founder and CEO of Ushur. In this episode, Simha […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Mar 3, 2021 The Big Picture – In Conversation with Simha Sadasiva – Founder of Ushur – Part 1 In this episode of The Big Picture Series, I had a chance to Zoom with Simha Sadasiva, co-founder and CEO of Ushur, […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Feb 20, 2021 Why Iron Pillar invested in Ushur? There exists a core framework that I have been using for years before making an investment decision – relying on […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Jan 19, 2021 The Big Picture – In Conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Sandeep Johri – Part 2 In continuation of “The Big Picture” series of Iron Pillar conversations, here is part 2 of my conversation with Sandeep Johri, CEO of Tricentis. […]
Insights Iron Pillar Jan 15, 2021 India Tech Trends: Volume II – Tech Unicorns Market Landscape India has built 59 tech Unicorns. 30 new Unicorns were created in 2019 and 2020. We believe India will have […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Jan 11, 2021 The Big Picture – In Conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Sandeep Johri – Part 1 In this instalment of Iron Pillar’s “The Big Picture” set of conversations, I spoke with Sandeep Johri, a successful serial entrepreneur, technology […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Dec 20, 2020 The Big Picture – In Conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Dan Decasper As part of Iron Pillar’s “The Big Picture” set of conversations, I had the chance to speak with my good […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Nov 2, 2020 The Big Picture – In Conversation with Shan Kadavil – Founder of FreshToHome As a VC, I am often asked what I look for in entrepreneurs before making a decision. It’s really a […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Sep 29, 2020 The Big Picture – In Conversation with Sreevastha Prabhakar – Founder of Servify Servify is a fast growing SaaS company in the device lifecycle management and technology-enabled post sales service domain. Headquartered in […]
Insights Iron Pillar Sep 2, 2020 The Big Picture – In Conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Kartik Hosanagar
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Jul 15, 2020 It takes a village – Announcing the Iron Pillar Network (IPN) There is an old saying – ”it takes a village to raise a child”. I would argue that the same […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly May 25, 2020 Jolly’s Volley – The Journey of Iron Pillar’s Top Up Fund It was late 2019. Anand, Ashok and I were brainstorming about the next steps in our journey at Iron Pillar. […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Apr 1, 2020 Hindsight will indeed be “2020” The number 2020 will be etched in our collective memories for the rest of our lives, and probably will be […]
Insights Iron Pillar Nov 15, 2019 India Tech Trends: Volume I – Tech Unicorns Market Landscape “Can Indian tech companies scale?” While we could point to favourable macro indicators such as exceptional demographics and strong GDP […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Nov 15, 2019 2019: The year India truly arrived! At the tail end of another trip to India, I am sitting at the Mumbai airport as I write this, […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly Jun 23, 2019 What’s luck got to do with it? Years ago, my wife ran a couple of restaurants in the Bay Area. While the endeavors were intellectually stimulating and […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly May 28, 2019 Democratization and Consumerization – Two trends that are catalyzing enterepreneurship in India I recently spent an afternoon speaking with senior executives at Pearson, the leading education software company. The key topic of […]
Insights Mohanjit Jolly May 28, 2019 Entrepreneurship, the long journey No one has ever said that being an entrepreneur was easy. What I love about entrepreneurs is that even when […]
Insights Iron Pillar Jan 19, 2019 VYOME, the backstory to our investment Last week, Iron Pillar announced its investment in a life sciences technology company called Vyome. At Iron Pillar, we are […]
Insights Iron Pillar Oct 9, 2018 Birth of Iron Pillar This week Iron Pillar proudly announced the final close of its maiden fund, Iron Pillar Fund I, with over $90M […]
Partner Blog Mohanjit Jolly Jun 5, 2018 Case For A Strategic CFO…Sooner Most legendary startups have historically had two key founders – Page and Brin, Gates and Allen, Jobs and Wozniak come […]
Insights Rahul Garg Apr 12, 2018 Two Things You MUST understand about Blockchain & Crypto Blockchain is such a vast topic and there is much written on it. So, in this article, I want to […]
Partner Blog Mohanjit Jolly Mar 15, 2018 The MJ Co-Efficient I am a big fan of turning the complex into something that is relatively simple to digest. I remember, in […]
Partner Blog Mohanjit Jolly Jan 18, 2018 Don’t Underestimate The Power of Serendipity – A Personal Story When asking successful investors or entrepreneurs the reason for their success, the answers might be all over the place – […]