As a foreign person I don't understand Indian dislike for "copycat startups". All of Europe is scrambling for non-US tech alternatives right now.

I'm of Tamil origin (from Sri Lanka) but was born and grew up in Denmark. I never understood why Indians dislike "copycat startups" when they are a million times better than IT coolie sweatshops.

Countries like Germany celebrate their "copycat entrepreneurs" who copy proven business concepts from the US and implement successful Germany/EU-based alternatives.

Here in Denmark many of the billionaire VC investors and "startup gurus" are people who blatantly copied business concepts from the US and adopted them to the European market.

Anyway the world needs more non-US alternatives. Indian "copycat" product companies like Zoho CRM could see increased adoption as much of Europe is looking for non-US alternatives.