Building a tech hub is not a two year project. It is closer to raising a kid. You do not get a finished adult in year two, and you should not expect a finished tech hub in Manjeri either. People love to ask how long does it take to become a tech hub, as if there is...
People in Manjeri have started calling their town “Silicon Jeri.” It is a catchy name. But one coworking campus with an accelerator program is not the same thing as a real tech hub, at least not yet. Key takeaways A single campus and accelerator is a...
A few years ago, Manjeri was known for its markets, its schools, and its quiet Malabar pace. Today, people are starting to call it Silicon Jeri. This is the story of how that shift actually happened, one stage at a time. Key takeaways Silicon Jeri began as an idea to...
Manjeri is not the only small town trying this. Across India, more towns are asking the same question: can we build a real tech hub without sending our best people to Bangalore, Hyderabad, or Dubai? Silicon Jeri did not invent this idea. But it has become one of the...
Most founder stories skip the part where the idea just did not work. Nobody wants to lead with that. But if you spend enough time around a coworking hub like Silicon Jeri in Manjeri, you start to notice a pattern in the ideas that quietly stopped moving forward, and...
