
I first met Dr Charantimath in a TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) event hosted
by the Deshpande Foundation in Hubli, Karnataka. I was invited to speak
about my journey in founding redBus.in. When I received this invitation, I
was happy, motivated, and intrigued. I was happy to learn that entrepreneur-
ship fever has reached Tier II towns in India; motivated to do my bit to con-
tribute to the knowledge of entrepreneurship in Tier II towns; and intrigued
thinking about who the audience might be.
I was very pleased to see the diversity in the audience—there were stu-
dents, academicians, young entrepreneurs, established business persons,
government employ ...