That brings me to the topic of this post. The increase in number of startups in the last year (post the economic recession) has created a demand for mentors/entrepreneurs. And since the supply is not up to that level, a lot of incubator firms have started trying to help out these startups. Now I am not against the role of an incubator in startup ecosystem. But what I see is a lot of these self proclaimed mentors aping western incubator business model here in India. Firstly, I firmly believe that western incubation model does not work here. The startup ecosystem here is not as mature as that of silicon valley. Secondly I do not think it is physically possible to ^help^ 10-20 startups at the same time.

It was interesting to recently see the fresh faced, seemingly fresh out of college, telegenic anchor interview the seasoned CEO