
There have been talks about how CXO’s from American companies see India producing a la Google or Microsoft. The huge IT capabilities lead them to believe that a world class product company is just around the corner. But, in my opinion, a product company in the league of Google/Microsoft/Apple is a long way to go and my reasons for the same
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Lack of Local Market – the biggest problem is lack of big enough local market in India. Any product company cannot become big unless they have a large enough local market to prove and refine themselves. Look at Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter and one big reason for their early success is the large enough local market for them to grab. They ventured out of US only after they have established themselves in their local market. In India, barring a few domains like online gaming, no other domain provides a big enough market for any product company.