We had been at Ravianna’s (Megha’s cousin) place last night. Three of his contemporaries, Ajit Shelat and Raghunath Iyer from IIT Bombay and Mukund (Emulex CTO) were also there. Ajit and Raghu were the early founding members of Switch-on which they successfully sold to PMC Sierra. They then went on to start the India operations of Nevis Networks and were here on work.
It was interesting meeting them over a glass of single malt. I’m always in awe of entrepreneurs. Contrary to what I used to think, they all come in different flavors. Ajit is a very quiet person. Raghu was very energetic and was passionately showing photographs of birds in his garden in Pune that he had taken. Mukund came across as someone eager to know about everyone and catching up with old friends. And I’ve met enough entrepreneurs to say that each is unique in his or her own way.
And so it was over a glass of single malt that I wondered what was that common characteristic that makes an entrepreneur an entrepreneur. Surely there is something that binds them all. Perhaps its not seen on the outside. But somewhere in the far distance, when one gets to the top of the hill and jumps over to the other side, I have a feeling one will find all these entrepreneurs waiting there with open arms, knowing that you’ve figured it out…
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