In conversation: Dibyojyoti Mainak, Consultant General Counsel, Mobile Premier League

In conversation: Dibyojyoti Mainak,  Consultant General  Counsel, Mobile  Premier League

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Opting to specialise early in his career, Mainak discusses the qualities required to succeed in a start-up environment and the importance of legal support for fledgling businesses in India.

There aren’t many people in the start-up space who are lawyers; I realised that I was probably one of the first guys who said at a very early stage that I wanted to be part of the start-up sector, this is where I want to focus, this is the most interesting space.

I graduated in 2015 from National Law School Bangalore. I was hired by a law firm and I spent some time there before I was hired as general counsel of start-up news curation app Inshorts, around the time they raised $20m from Tiger.

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