For a man who sparked India’s dot.com goldrush Rajesh Jain sounds unfashionably old-economy. “It’s not easy being an entrepreneur in India. When you don’t have enough money, then you get really creative. People [read dot com entrepreneurs] are not thinking hard enough about how to make money; having a proWt model that works is still the key.” Seven months ago, in November, this 32-year-old Indian engineer sold his four-year-old internet portal, IndiaWorld, to an Indian internet service provider, for an audacious $115 million cash.
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