Vinod Muthukrishnan was a sailor before he became an entrepreneur. From deck cadet to navigation officer aboard mercantile ships, he saw many a storm in his nine-year sojourn at sea.
One of the lessons he learnt was to remain clear-headed in rough weather. “When things started to go bad fast, your greatest talent was how calm you could be," says Muthukrishnan.
As startup founders grapple with the mother of all storms in the business world, he believes those at the helm who work to a plan instead of making knee-jerk moves are more likely to come out on top of the situation.
Muthukrishnan sailed into a relatively safe harbour just before the covid-19 storm struck. US multinational Cisco acquired his five-year-old Chennai-based customer
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