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The Founder-Exit Tragedy
01-august-2026

Outlook Business Magazine - The Founder-Exit Tragedy

India's start-up ecosystem is entering a new phase, with more IPOs, larger pools of private capital and an increasing number of global ambitions. But if start-up founders increasingly view companies as assets to monetise, the ecosystem risks producing fewer enduring institutions and more transient successes. Our cover story is trying to drive home the point that the tragedy isn’t that founders leave, it’s that they exit before building what they promised. Our second cover story gives an insight into how Indian states have become the architects of the country's EV transition. Also includes an interaction with Delhi CM Rekha Gupta on the new EV policy.