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Mar 2024
35m 42s

Venture Meets Mission with Arun Gupta

Center For Strategic And International Studies
About this episode
In the last episode of the podcast, host Jim Lewis talks to Arun Gupta, a venture capitalist, lecturer, entrepreneur and author of ‘Venture Meets Mission’. They discuss the landscape of venture capital and government collaboration, tech innovation and overcoming a risk-averse culture. 
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