Mr. Anand Deshpande (@anandesh), after completing his Ph. D. in Computer Science, quit his job at HP Labs in the USA. He returned to India in 1990.

And from there started a 30 Year Transformational Journey of Persistent Systems

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1990- 2001

Persistent at that time was a technology provider for database product companies primarily in the USA and other western countries.

Milestones in 1999

~Reached 100 employees in
~Got 1st external investor in Intel 64 Fund
~Revenue crossed 10 Cr

(1/5)
2001-2008

~Innovation partner for software product companies
~Stayed away from the IT outsourcing services wave
~Focused on Outsourced Product Development
~Became a leader in this space
~Employees 1000
~Revenue crosses 100 Cr
~$18.8 Mn funding from Norwest & Gabriel

(2/5)
2009-2016

~Strategic partner to leading technology companies.
~Partnerships with IBM & Salesforce
~Product development to implementing Tech solution
~2010 IPO oversubscribed 93 times
~37 offices across 17 countries & 5 continents
~Employees 5000
~Revenue crosses 1000 Cr

(3/5)
2017 & Beyond

Digital Transformation: From helping software product or service companies, Persistent shifted to enterprises building software-driven business

~Significantly expanded the addressable market size.
~Employees 10000
~Revenues ~ USD 0.5 Billion

(4/5)
Of all the interviews we watched of Mr. Deshpande, this quote is our favorite:

"When you are building products, decide first on the shipping date, then on spending. The other machinery and sales will work automatically."

More to come soon on Persistent Systems!

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