Start-ups and the HRO Paradigm: Getting Ahead in the Game India’s tryst with the start-up universe began in 1998 when the Sabeer Bhatia-led Hotmail was acquired by Microsoft for an estimated $400 million. Since then, we have seen a number of instances of Indian start-ups becoming global giants, especially in the field of IT/Technology. India is today home to 21 unicorns as per the Hurun Global Unicorn List, 2020, which are collectively valued at $73.2 billion. These success stories, as well as a push from the government, have encouraged young Indians across the spectrum to walk the path of entrepreneurship. While every entrepreneur is ambitious about fulfilling their business’ potential and emerging into a unicorn/global giant, it is noticed that despite predilection for growth, 90% of the start-ups fail, under 50% make it to the fifth year and only 30% get past ten years! This is a harsh reality which all potential entrepreneurs should judiciously take note of. Stat...