By P.T. Bopanna
I have known Roshan Cariappa (in picture sipping coffee) from his school days. He was the best buddy of my son Devaiah Bopanna. Cariappa hosts podcasts @Bharatvaarta and @OperatorStartup.
Cariappa recently interviewed Vineet Devaiah, a tech wizard who was the Coorg Person of the Year, 2012, selected by the portal coorgtourisminfo.com, promoted by me.
Cornell educated CEO of TeliportMe, Vineet shot into fame after he declined the offer from Google to buy out his company.
I have reproduced below from X (twitter) Cariappa’s interview with Vineet:
Cariappa writes:
I spoke to Vineet earlier this week on the @OperatorStartup podcast and felt that indescribable joy.
The kinds I get when I meet pure souls. He’s still the same – tinkerer, hacker, pirate, romantic, pure soul. Still at it even after 14 years. He doesn’t speak in bullet points, but whole paragraphs that dart off in a hundred different directions. He doesn’t have sophisticated answers, only honest ones. He did say rejecting the Google offer was hubris on his part.
Sometimes when I tried too hard, he’d give an impish grin that kinda meant – dude, just build something cool! I haven’t laughed as much in any other 2 hour conversation about startups.
Because, the dissonance was real. The startling contrast I felt in comparison with the average founder today. Ah, okay. That’s all I’ll say about it for now. I can’t wait for you guys to listen in. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy it as much as I did. 🙂 Out soon on