Sharing in successes

I’ve just returned from almost three weeks in India, where I met potential investees for our energy portfolio. There is so much happening in India, and it really seems like we have a few good opportunities in front of us. 

One thing I found fascinating is the fact that almost everyone I met wanted to talk about the Reliance Power IPO and Tata Nano $1000 car, both of which hit the news while I was there. These two events have really captured the imagination of an entire subcontinent. People of every economic class were proud and felt like these were their own successes, even though for most Indians, the economic connection to both was quite distant. It was a reminder that the desire in all of us to find successes that we can relate to and share in is extremely powerful. It is a core tenet of Acumen Fund’s philosophy and a central part of our work in helping form new companies & institutions