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Satyam Gupta

Rayan Abt

Humanities

20 September 2018

Dear Sister,

It been a long time, and I apologize for not writing a letter to you as soon as I reached here. I

hope all my remittances have been received by Mom and Dad. If not please tell me, I will tell my

agents to work on it as quick as they can. However, after failing 20 startups in India, and having

a successful first startup in San Francisco, I got over involved in the workflow of the US. It’s

been really hectic here for the past 6 months with the unstoppable flow of work and software

development. After finally bringing my company in momentum, I can sit down and write a letter

to you. I wish you should also join me in San Francisco, since its filled with opportunities and

entrepreneurship value. My company's name is Instacart and it is a grocery company. My

companies main motive is to sell groceries to our customers after buying them from the stores

on order. The customers order from an app on their mobile phones which is available across all

platforms like Alexa, and the Google assistant. We list their requirements and that gets sent to

an employee who then buys them from a store and delivers it to their customers. We are

currently only in San Francisco, however we will increase our involvement internationally to

places like Australia, places in europe and we are currently working towards moving it to parts

of India too. However, by my past experiences of investing in India I think it might not be the

best idea, and here is why.

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After failing 20 startups in India I planned to start

my Company in the US. Before coming to India to

start my business, I studied here for 5 to 6 years

and I think I have assimilated in the US and I think

that adapting to the Indian society will be really hard

for me. There are way too many rules to follow and

on top of the the corruption level is really high too.

Being an immigrant in India, I think that it is really

hard to adjust to the society, and to learn the rules and regulations of India. There is not much

opportunities in India to launch my startup. My 20 tries, of launching my company has failed, so

my decision of coming back to the US to start my business is a good idea. It is much easier to

launch a company in the US since there are simple rules, a clear set of instructions, not much

bribery and an infinite amount of opportunities. All of these factors have pushed me from India

to the US. I believe that India is turning from an LEDC to an NIC, and it is harder for new

companies to grow themselves into bigger companies, because of the large amount of illiteracy

and not an adequate amount of skilled labour it was hard for me to start my own company. On

the other hand, entrepreneurship is really undervalued, and really unstable in India. Some of the

advantages India is facing is the decrease of overpopulation from the country, since many

people are moving to other countries. A disadvantage India is having from me leaving is that the

skilled youth of India are moving to aid another countries economy and not their own. This are

the reasons why I left India and came to the US. On the other hand, my business plan was not

adequate and society accepting for the nationals for India. Since, the people might just save

some money and go buy their rather than spend more and chill in their houses. However, in the

US there are working couples, with some lazy people who can’t or don’t want to waste their time
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shopping for groceries; and would rather prefer spending more money than doing more work.

That is what my company takes profit of, and that is how we help both our customers and our

selves. However, this seems to not be the same story with people in India.

Now, that I am here in the US, I think that I am using my time wisely in what is important, and

not in what is not important. I don't spend my time circling the desks of corruption and bribery. In

the US, there are loads of opportunities and people who are passionate about creating a

company and welcoming new business men. I think I have assimilated to the US society really

fast due to the accepting society here. I have also got a naturalised certificate faster and without

much back and forth to the office. I can also say that many people in the US are not

Xenophobic, and they accept foreigners to launch

startups in their companies. I can agree that there is

some acculturation in the US, with loads of

westernization and change but that is only a bit. I think

the advantages to the US for my Migration is increased

jobs for their citizens, more economy profit. My business

has the motive to supply groceries to houses when a

customer orders it online. THis increases the efficiency

of buying groceries for working couples, moms, and the

citizens of the US. The disadvantage to the US is the

competition american companies will face, while the

jobs spaces of Americans are being acquired by non-nationals.

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In conclusion I think that India might be a really good place to launch startups in the future but

right now in its transition period it is hard to do so. Do to the lack of opportunities, and unstable

startups I think that investing in the US or even in London will be a great idea for entrepreneurs.

That being said, the US is a better investing point for new entrepreneurs than in india, however

if a company is developed and well known it is a good idea to invest in India. I hope you can get

back to me as soon as possible, and also tell me about you decision on moving to the US

Take Care,

Satyam
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