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In these chilly dot-com days, who would begrudge an enterprising soul some insurance against Wall Street’s cold shoulder?
Some start-ups might keep overhead low; others put off an initial stock offering. But for a few dozen technology start-ups born recently here in the heart of Silicon Valley, staying on the right side of fate has meant calling in a priest.
The companies in question are all run by techies whose family roots are in India. Analysts estimate that this growing ethnic group is behind roughly 900 high-tech firms in the Bay Area.