Opinion: My Advice To The World's Entrepreneurs: Copy And Steal, The Silicon Valley Way

Vivek Wadhwa, The Washington Post | Monday April 30, 2018

In a videoconference hosted by Indian start-up website Inc42, I gave Indian entrepreneurs some advice that startled them. I said that instead of trying to invent new things, they should copy and steal all the ideas they can from China, Silicon Valley and the rest of the world. A billion Indians coming online through inexpensive smartphones offer Indian entrepreneurs a...

Opinion: The End For Indian Outsourcers - Or A Chance For Rebirth?

Vivek Wadhwa, The Washington Post | Monday May 22, 2017

The Indian information technology industry generates $150 billion in revenue but is facing an existential crisis largely of its own making because it became complacent and overconfident even as technologies and markets changed.

Opinion: Silicon Valley Should Learn From India's Moves Toward Less-Cash

Vivek Wadhwa, The Washington Post | Tuesday January 24, 2017

India may have leapfrogged the U.S. technology industry with simple and practical innovations and massive grunt work. It has built a digital infrastructure that will soon process billions more transactions than bitcoin ever has.

Opinion: What Stephen Hawking Gets Right And Wrong About 'The Most Dangerous Time For Our Planet'

Vivek Wadhwa, The Washington Post | Thursday December 08, 2016

Stephen Hawking made a bold headline last week: "This is the most dangerous time for our planet."

Opinion: Tesla Is The Spark That Apple Needs

Vivek Wadhwa, The Washington Post | Friday April 29, 2016

Apple's dismal earnings announcement shows why it badly needs to rethink its innovation model and leadership. Its last breakthrough innovation was the iPhone -- which was released in 2007. Since then, Apple has simply been tweaking its componentry, adding faster processors and more advanced sensors, and playing with its size -- making it bigger in the iPad and smaller...

Opinion: Facebook Didn't Understand Culture Of India

Vivek Wadhwa, The Washington Post | Monday February 15, 2016

Facebook is being compared to the treacherous East India Company, and director Marc Andreessen is being accused of being anti-Indian, a racist, and worse. It won't surprise me if Indian activists launch a "Quit India" movement to expel Facebook from India, modelled on Mahatma Gandhi's efforts against the British in 1942. All of this is because of a failed effort by Fa...

Opinion: India Deserves Better Than Zuckerberg's Watered-Down Internet

Vivek Wadhwa, The Washington Post | Tuesday January 05, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg is taking intense fire in India over an initiative that his organization Internet.org launched, to provide limited Internet access to the masses.