Baghchi and Mindtree..

hullo again,
Most of the software techies in my generation have watched MindTree startup and grow from strength to gtrength. I used to read the Business World columns on 'Making of MindTree' every week when I was studying CDAC. I used to get all pepped up after reading those columns, till date I have great regards for the company and would want it to succeed. I came across two nice articles on the Making of Mindtree since its inception to 2004 from Subroto Baghchi. Spent the morning reading those two at the following link.

http://www.mindtree.com/about/mkmt.html

Some excerpts..

- Rostow Ravanan is one of the co-founder, his name was kept by his atheist grandfather who was also a freedom fighter, all his childern were named after anti-gods :-).
- People who demonstrate high emotional security build organizations.
- You do not manage culture, nobody likes his or her culture to be managed. You have to focus on building values and insist that people who work in MindTree, share those values. You leave culture alone as long as you have shared values. If people live the values, the culture can take care of itself.
- Peter Drucker once said, “many problems cannot be solved – they have to be survived.” He also said, “you do not solve problems, the only way to cope is to be ahead of them.”

"This is one is for Indian Entrepreneurs, Cheers!!!"
N