Sramana Mitra: Let me just comment on what you said. The problem with the venture capital model that we have arrived at this point over the last, let’s say 30 years, is that it is all consuming. The investors expect the entrepreneur to put everything aside except for making the venture a success; and that success must be success that makes the investors money. Otherwise, it’s not considered a success. If the investors don’t make money, the founder’s not going to make any money at all.
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>>>Sramana Mitra: I think the distribution is going to be an interesting point, which is one of the reasons why I find the Agentforce announcement exciting. The same way that a lot of SaaS companies were able to distribute through app exchange, a lot of agent companies will be able to distribute through Agentexchange, and that is going to be invaluable.
>>>The people who understand those enterprise systems the best are in the best position to build those agents. Is there going to be a big opportunity to build agents that are from entrepreneurs?
How do you think about it?
>>>I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and I request you to spend a minute or two deeply meditating on it. I urge you to watch your feelings, thoughts, reactions to the piece, and write what comes to you, what thoughts it triggers, in the dialog area. Let us see what stimulation this interaction yields. For today – Janla IV
Janla IV | Sramana Mitra, 2019 | Watercolor, Ink | 16 x 20, On Paper