Startup Bharat 2047: Understanding Startup Failures and Creating a Framework for Global Entrepreneurial Leadership

Abstract

The Indian startup ecosystem has reached a stage of scaling and quality where the policy question is not so much how many ventures are registered but rather how many will survive, learn, internationalise and lead. The Government of India mentioned that by 31 March 2026, recognised start-ups crossed 2.23 lakh and created more than 23.36 lakh direct jobs, placing start-ups at the heart of the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision of development. The paper attempts to look at the startup failure risk through the integrated framework of finance, market access, regulatory burden, founder leadership, innovation capability, mentorship support, digital adoption and global entrepreneurial orientation. A cross-sectional quantitative design is proposed. In lieu of actual field survey data, the article utilizes an explicitly labelled simulated demonstration dataset of 300 startup founders and ecosystem participants. Descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, ANOVA, multiple regression, logistic regression, principal component analysis and mediation analysis are conducted. The results simulated reveal that financial constraint, market-access limitation and regulatory burden increase failure risk; whereas, founder leadership capability, innovation capability, mentorship support, digital adoption and global entrepreneurial orientation reduce failure risk. The results reveal a substantial amount of failure-risk variance explained by the regression model. The mediation model indicates that global entrepreneurial orientation partially mediates the effect of ecosystem support on startup sustainability. The paper presents a Start Bharat 2047 Global Entrepreneurial Leadership Framework which embodies financial resilience, market intelligence, innovation capability, digital transformation, policy navigation, ethical leadership and ecosystem collaboration. The researchers conclude that startup failure is not just a private entrepreneurial loss. It is an ecosystem design problem that needs data-driven support. Also, it requires leadership development and making globally oriented capabilities.