Alok Ranjan '06 is the founder and C.E.O. of ifoodtv, based in Menlo Park, California. "As a child, I asked my father why the police didn’t do more to stop the lawlessness, and he said there were too many of us in the country for them to accomplish much. At first, I thought I’d join the government and try to change things, but I also had an entrepreneurial bent. I wanted to have an impact."

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