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About<\/p>\n\n\n

I teach entrepreneurship the way founders actually live it.<\/h1>\n\n\n
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I’m Dr. Milan Patel \u2014 an assistant professor, startup mentor, and researcher working where the classroom meets the startup.<\/p>\n\n\n

My work starts from a simple conviction: entrepreneurship isn’t a subject you memorise \u2014 it’s a practice you learn by doing, and by studying closely the people who have already done it. As an assistant professor at GLS University in Ahmedabad, I spend my teaching hours helping students turn raw ideas into real ventures, and my research hours making sense of what actually moves India’s startup ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n

I hold a PhD in Entrepreneurship from Gujarat University, where my doctoral research examined the role of startups in economic growth across Gujarat’s incubation centres. My research has examined the Startup India initiative and DPIIT-recognised startups \u2014 how official recognition translates into funding, jobs, and growth. But I never wanted that research to sit unread in a journal. So I translate it into things founders and students can use: case studies, frameworks, talks, and a book.<\/p>\n\n\n

That book, Built From Scratch<\/em>, follows seven Indian startups and the lessons hidden inside their journeys \u2014 the very stories I bring into the classroom and into mentoring conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n

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At a glance<\/p>\n\n\n

The short version<\/h3>\n\n\n