The founder of the Global Alliance of Mass Entrepreneurship and former chairman of Microsoft India feels it is time for young individuals to be business-owners instead of job-seekers
Ravi Venkatesan, founder, Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME). Image: Swapnil Sakhare for Forbes India
They say one needs to have the right risk appetite to start a business. The former chairman of Microsoft India and Bank of Baroda, Ravi Venkatesan, thinks otherwise. “The riskiest thing to be in is a job,” he says. “Whether you’re young or old, start forgetting about them. Stable jobs don't exist. Large companies reorganise, and your job is gone. Companies go through challenges, it lays off people. The fastest and the closest thing to stability is either to be self-employed or start a business,” he adds.
Therefore, as also the founder of GAME—Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship—Venkatesan believes mass entrepreneurship is the future of the country.
Launched in 2018, the alliance aims to create 50 million new jobs in India by 2030 by enabling 10 million mass entrepreneurs, of which at least 50 percent will be women.