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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by ishi on Sunday June 18, 2017 @06:27AM (#14579985)
Some would argue that Israel has "the hottest startup culture outside the US". There are 96 Israeli companies listed in NASDAQ, and only 12 Indian ones. http://www.nasdaq.com/screening/companies-by-region.aspx?reg... http://www.nasdaq.com/screening/companies-by-region.aspx?reg...
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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by sandGorgon on Sunday June 18, 2017 @06:46AM (#14580058)
That's because India's domestic markets are large enough. In fact, the hottest startup culture is actually China - but those are closed markets.

When you build startups in India, you build for the fastest growing economy in the world. Yes - startups still do list on international markets, but that is a combination of Nasdaq, Singapore and BSE.

For example, the largest "unicorn" in India - Flipkart - is listed in Singapore.

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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by sah2ed on Sunday June 18, 2017 @06:53AM (#14580086)
I had to google that BSE is the Indian exchange, Bombay Stock Exchange.
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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by cmadan on Sunday June 18, 2017 @07:54AM (#14580269)
Flipkart is registered in Singapore but not listed on the SGX (Singapore's stock exchange).
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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by sandGorgon on Sunday June 18, 2017 @08:15AM (#14580335)
not yet - but that is the reason it is registered. Same for Ola IMHO. Its was the most regulatory friendly arrangement to allow for an international IPO while still operate things like wallets and multi-brand retail in India.
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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by tianlins on Sunday June 18, 2017 @07:02AM (#14580114)
Then you can also argue CHINA has "the hottest startup culture outside the US", based on NASDAQ http://www.nasdaq.com/screening/companies-by-region.aspx?reg...

Also among the top 10 unicorns by valuation (http://fortune.com/unicorns/): 6 from US, 3 from China and 1 from India.

Of course, the answer really depends on what you mean by "startup culture".

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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by sandGorgon on Sunday June 18, 2017 @07:34AM (#14580209)
you are right - I have mentioned that in my other comment. But China is a closed ecosystem. India's markets can be tapped by international founders. For example - look at Zoomcar. Literally impossible to do that in China.
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