Thread by @TheEmissaryCo

In the US, despite screeching from avocadollenials, entrepreneurs are viewed in a highly positive color.

I think that's in part that many of the most famous ones, have drastically changed American society for the better or are pushing innovation (Jobs, Gates, Musk, Bezos, etc..)

In India, is this really true with the biggest entrepreneurs? Jio is the exception to the rule.

But many of India's big entrepreneurs don't capture that same spirit of adventure and innovation as the American crop of the last 40 years.

For a second, they kind of remind me of "The Men Who Built America" - Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Ford.

But even then, they really don't seem as "value add" as much as old US industrialists. Not even close on second thought.

This may be due to India's byzantine laws regarding business, embrace of socialism, & downstream disdain for the rich.

Going by today, I can't blame many people for disliking India's biggest entrepreneurs tho with these factors considered.

Where is the innovation & adventure?

I don't really care how much an Indian entrepreneur makes. I just would like to see more competition and innovation.

Corporations aren't inherently bad. But you need a constant churn and competition to ensure there's not a stagnation and rot.

Hence, unleash the market.