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Asking the right questions to structure thinking – Chirag Gupta

“What works very well is not necessarily to share the knowledge but to use that knowledge to ask the right questions to the startup. To help them arrive at a conclusion is more powerful than sharing my knowledge with them.”

Chirag is the Managing Partner at 8X Ventures, a Deep-Tech focused venture capital firm. He invests and enables startups that will lead disruptive innovation and create sustainable value.

Prior to 8X, he has held leadership positions at 500 Global (most active early stage Venture Capital firm with $1.8+bn AuM), Careem (MENA’s first unicorn acquired by Uber at $3.1bn), McKinsey (best management consulting firm worldwide), PwC/Strategy& and Korn Ferry. During these experiences, he helped 10+ corporations build their unique startup “explore” strategy, helped multiple startups grow to unicorn status, and partnered with govts of 8+ countries to grow their startup ecosystem.

Chirag holds an MBA from University of Chicago: Booth (#3 top MBA globally) and Nanyang Business School (#5 top MBA in