“Corporate VCs should invest not only in technology adjacencies for their Business Units, but also to capture innovation in disruptive areas.” Here is an interview with Joydeep Bose - veteran corporate VC (Intel and Cisco) and currently Executive Vice President-Corporate Strategy & Business Development at Tejas Networks - brought to you in association with Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) magazine . Q: You have one of the best track records of CVC investing in Asia over the last 16 years. What do you attribute your success to? A: I strongly believe that success is always a function of timing and opportunity with a bit of luck. I attribute my success to mainly three things - sector knowledge, operational experience and deep understanding of the ecosystem. Guy-Kawasaki once said “Venture capital is something to do at the end of your career, not the beginning. It should be your last job, not your first.” I relate to this a lot. I started as an engineer,d...