The CEO of
This comes after the dismal news of the company shutting shop, recently to “reboot its operations” after the founders decided that their business model wasn’t working, despite 12 years of operations.
According to reports, C.S Aditya of Jig Saw Solution and Advertising, who filed a criminal case against Mr.
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He further adds, “When a startup is shutting down or revamping, it’s the founder’s responsibility to inform and settle all the stakeholders; the employees, the investors and the clients. Their announcements led to the media agency to react in a negative manner as they were afraid that they’ll never get back their dues.’’
The real big flaw is IN the government’s
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We are standing at the cusp of a huge social problem, where we want immense growth from companies but when many of the companies fail in this blind pursuit of growth, not matching the infrastructure, judiciary or the police are left to cope with it.
When the laws aren’t clear around disruptive companies, they will always be subdued and held accountable to ‘criminal’ acts they didn’t commit.
Yogendra Vasupal’s Medium post concludes with, “I have always quietly felt that all knowledge/IT/BPO workers in Bangalore are only looked at as a source of revenue which can be gotten by shaking them down. This is across all Govt Depts. This is while we pay and bring in the bulk of the taxes to the city. We have no one to blame except our own apathy.”
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The future of the Indian startup ecosystem looks bleak with investors being more cautious before investing, good talent avoiding new businesses and vendors being afraid of non-payment of dues, after such cases.
For the Indian entrepreneur who fails, the odds are stacked high against him with authorities untrusting of the new businesses and their shiny advertising boards that are put down, as brutally as his position in the society.