The news reached epidemic proportions a few hours earlier today with journalists calling to ask if I (and many others) now thought that Indian entrepreneurship was dealt a terrible blow with Nikesh Arora’s resignation from Softbank. But no. One man’s resignation letter to his boss does not an Indian start-up disaster make.
Nikesh Arora was one of the biggest names on the Indian startup scene. As the President of Softbank, he’d overseen some of the biggest investments in Indian startups in 2015, including large rounds in Housing, Oyo, Grofers and Snapdeal.
Softbank President Nikesh Arora isn’t the most prolific tweeter. Since joining Twitter in 2009, he’s only sent out around 2000 tweets on the platform. But as soon as the news about his resignation as Softbank President went public, Arora went on a bit of a tweeting spree.
Working at a startup can be a life changing experience. Being a part of a business as it’s being built, grown and scaled up and contributing to it every step of the way can indeed be a satisfying career goal. Most young people would prefer to work at a startup a conventional company for their friendly work culture and minimal HR intervention. However, when startups too start adopting and enforcing similar policies and rules as those companies, it defines the employee morale to give the job their 100%, slack away or quit altogether.
the public reaction was immediate – while many bemoaned the loss of one of India’s brightest minds from its shores, a small minority didn’t seem all that displeased at his departure.
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