No Musk Or Gadkari: How A Hoax Start-Up Event Unfolded
By Kaisar Andrabi Delhi- A three-day long event beginning March 24 in Uttar Pradesh had promised budding entrepreneurs a platform to connect with potential investors and industry experts for funding. The lineup of speakers included Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai, Masayoshi Son along with venture capitalists from Sequoia and Tiger Global. Scores of entrepreneurs who paid Rs 6,999- Rs 25,000 to attend what was supposed to be the "world's biggest startup-funding event" in Greater Noida found out that there was no Tesla, Google or SoftBank’s CEO. None of the investors that the organisers had claimed wou...