A young male who was born to be an entrepreneur drops out from a computer-science program at a prestigious university.…

A young male who was born to be an entrepreneur drops out from a computer-science program at a prestigious university.…
I still remember the first time I heard about computers. They were straight out of science fiction. I began to…
When Vijay Vashee joined Microsoft in 1982 he was just one of two Indians at the 160-person company. It added several more…
Listen to the tales of successful company founders and you will get the impression that they sailed smoothly to success.…
When Wall Street Journal and Forbes published articles, a few years ago, predicting the demise of Indian IT, I responded in BusinessWeek that they were dead wrong.…
The Economist asked me to comment on a debate about whether China can innovate. Here is my response. Feel free to…
One of the technology industry’s most serious shortcomings is that it leaves out women and some minorities. I have written a lot about…
I expect that, within a few years, my Tesla electric car will drive by itself, using Google software. Yes, I…
Microsoft’s announcement that it is buying Nokia’s Devices and Services unit shows it thinks that by acquiring the right technology, it…
Yes, I know that that’s a very provocative title. But after analyzing data that B-school professor Raj Aggarwal sent me,…
I’ve been one of the staunchest advocates of skilled immigration and have long argued that this should be a top…
One of the best and most fun books I’ve read on entrepreneurship is by my friend Daniel Isenberg, titled Worthless, Impossible…
When students asked me what subjects they should major in to become a tech entrepreneur, I would say engineering, mathematics,…
When I saw my son Tarun forget his lines and freeze up on the big stage at the 2011 Economist Ideas…
Companies often hire management consultants to find ways to improve productivity. They focus on process and procedure. But there is…
The technology industry has a gender problem. The vast majority of its Venture Capitalists are male as are the founders…
My Wall Street Journal article about why I discourage students who want to become entrepreneurs from doing an MBA provoked a far…
On the flight back from Mexico, I started to feel a shooting pain in my left arm. It was as…