Bhubaneswar, Feb. 19 -- Subrat Kar, founder of MotorFloor and Arvind Pani, co-founder of Riverie Language Technologies shared their entrepreneurial journey at the OTV Foresight 2025 event in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday, emphasizing the importance of risk-taking and a new mindset to take Odisha to new heights.

During their interaction, the two shared significant challenges in the Indian ecosystem and how the concept of startups was virtually nonexistent when they started.

"When I started, the word 'startup' didn't even exist in our vocabulary. Families fear failure as 99% of ventures collapse. Convincing my parents was harder than building products," stated Subrat Kar.

"I have a younger brother. From tender days, we always dreamt of making...