Publisher | Penguin |
ISBN 13 | 9780670097012 |
ISBN 10 | 0670097012 |
Author | Rahul Chandra |
Book Format | Hardcover |
Language | English |
Book Description | All incredible entrepreneurs have some fundamental traits in common!They are full of energy, industrious and patient, and display qualities such as perseverance and resilience. On top of these, they share some important traits that, as an investor, one should look for while backing an early-stage start-up founder. These traits include ambition, the need to prove, the need for speed, vision, the ability to manage stress and focus on winning. This book takes readers into the fascinating mind of the 'mega founder' and decodes how they think, work and successfully navigate the complex world of start-ups. The Tightrope to the Moon unequivocally articulates that the journey of a start-up to a billion-dollar company is largely the outcome of the founder's resolve and ability to achieve success against countless odds. |
About the Author | RAHUL CHANDRA has been investing in technology startups as a venture capitalist for more than twenty years. His investing journey has taken him through venture ecosystems in India and Silicon Valley. He was the first employee in the 1998 vintage, $30-million India-dedicated Walden International Fund. He moved with Walden to work out of Palo Alto, California, evaluating Silicon Valley startups. He saw India transforming with booming domestic consumer consumption and conceived a new India-dedicated venture fund. In 2006, he co-founded Helion Ventures and relocated back to India. His investments at Helion in SMS Gupshup, Equitas Small Finance Bank (IPO), Spandana (IPO), Shubham Housing Finance, UnitedLex, Toppr, RailYatri and MoEngage led to the creation of many market leaders. His Helion journey was captured in his previous book, The Moonshot Game. In 2020, he started Arkam Ventures, a technology venture fund that invests in companies serving middle-India consumers and India-born SaaS startups for the world. Some of the companies he has invested in at Arkam include smallcase, Jar, Jai Kisan, BharatAgri, Fyno, Trential and Skyroot. Rahul has an undergraduate degree from BITS Pilani and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Bengaluru, Karnataka. |
Publication Date | 30 September 2024 |
Number of Pages | 224 pages |