New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- Alec Ross, a well-known futurist, author, and entrepreneur, praised the NXT Conclave 2025 for the variety of speakers and the international viewpoints that were shared. Ross highlighted the conclave's distinctive speaker lineup when he said, "We've literally gone from a Hungarian minister to an American cowboy. So I'll be bringing the perspective. We've talked a little bit about America and America's place in innovation."

Introducing himself, Ross spoke about his entrepreneurial background. "While I'm an academic and I write books, I come from this sort of cowboy world of entrepreneurship and venture capital," he said. He spoke about how he and three friends began a company in a basement with essentially no capital ...