Delip Andra

Delip Andra

Co-founder and CEO of a stealth mode startup that aims to democratize education. Founded two venture-backed startups, Minekey and Euclid, that created products that attracted millions of users and large enterprise customers.

LinkedIn: http://cofounderslab.com/profile/delip-andra
Twitter: https://twitter.com/delip
Cupertino, California, United States
Member since August 09, 2007
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Education
1994 IIT Kharagpur , BS , Electrical Engineering
I am a(n):

Entrepreneur

If you're an entrepreneur or corporate innovator, why?

Love applying technology to solve problems

My favorite startups:

Apple, Google :-) (they were startups at some point - right :-))

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?

Frustrating: Things always take more time and more money than originally anticipated..

Rewarding: Deep satisfaction when you see your product touches millions of people around the planet

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs/innovators make?

Not making the tough decisions when required

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

1. Follow your heart and be persistent
2. Be willing to make tough decisions
3. Focus on a few things that really matter

Full bio

Delip is the Co-founder and CEO of a stealth mode startup that aims to democratize education.

Delip founded two venture-backed startups, Minekey and Euclid, that created products that attracted millions of users and large enterprise customers. Minekey leveraged social collaboration and personalization technologies to develop a discussion network that connected several million users based on their topics of interest. Euclid pioneered cloud services during the late nineties. 

Delip previously worked with Philips in Europe and India where he commercialized several innovations developed at Philips Labs.

Delip is a founding advisor at HDS Global and a board member at Evergent.

Delip earned a Bachelor of Technology degree with Honors from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.