I write to you from Hyderabad airport, after another long day of meetings, late finishes, early starts. I am earth-shatteringly tired and exhausted and I still have a flight to catch and a journey to the hotel.
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Alpesh Patel’s Political Sketchbook: The UK India Tech Exchange
- 13 Mar 2024
On the panel as Dealmaker in the Department for Business and Trade, in the Indian High Commission and FICCI event, I am looking for in the Global Entrepreneur Programme scale up companies whose founders would be suitable for the UK Innovator...
Alpesh Patel’s Political Sketchbook: This Is India’s Sparta – Karamsad
- 14 Feb 2024
Independent minded and giving strength to the rest of the nation is what the Spartans were known for.
- 04 Oct 2018
I write to you from India – actually Bangalore where I will be participating in one of the largest technology events in the country, on behalf of the UK Government’s Department for International Trade as one of their Dealmakers.
- 01 Oct 2018
Do you want to raise money for your company? What if you had an incredible opportunity?
The UK Government’s Treasury Department has just launched a review into barriers for women in business. When I wrote my book about women entrepreneurs, ‘Our Turn’ sponsored by the then Bank of Scotland, little did I know just how many advantages...
- 24 Sep 2018
How do you make money from Brexit? Remember how Soros made money - £1billion – from the collapse of Sterling? Again, that was because of Europe and Sterling being pegged to the German Mark.
- 20 Sep 2018
A few years ago I wrote “I write to you having returned from India, Dubai, Malaysia and Singapore. I visited our High Commissions in Delhi, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. On my return I have just done a BBC interview. Let me tell you why I am optimistic...
- 18 Sep 2018
A few years ago I wrote “I write to you having returned from India, Dubai, Malaysia and Singapore. I visited our High Commissions in Delhi, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. On my return I have just done a BBC interview. Let me tell you why I am optimistic...
- 11 Sep 2018
The England and India Cricket team captains worry the red poppy to re-launch the initiative to commemorate the service in World War 1 of Indian soldiers on this the Centenary of the end of the War. As Britain has another conflict with Europe...
- 11 Sep 2018
I write to you on 9/11. When the World Trade Centres were destroyed. World Trade. Think of it for a moment.
The US stock market is at near all time highs. Google is headed by an Indian. Microsoft is headed by an Indian. Adobe is headed by an Indian. Cognizant is headed by an Indian. Pepsi is headed by an Indian. It’s not the Indians, it’s the diversity...
