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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Man says US founders talk to him like a peer, Indian founders seem to maintain a ‘founder aura’

A startup enthusiast who cold-messaged founders in India and Silicon Valley has sparked a discussion on social media after highlighting what he described as a difference in communication styles between the two startup ecosystems.

Hriday Kadam said in a post on X that several founders in San Francisco interacted with him as a peer despite him being a student, while some Indian founders appeared to maintain a greater sense of hierarchy in their conversations.

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