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So you want to join a startup, eh?
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

So you want to join a startup, eh?

What makes you think you’re cut out for one? Do you have it in you? How will you measure yourself?

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor | Entrepreneur

Designing a sharply positioned platform
·Business & Strategy

Designing a sharply positioned platform

All digital platforms have similar products or similar content. How is the consumer to distinguish between this glut of providers?

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Amrita Chowdhury

Amrita Chowdhury

Director | Gaia Smart Cities

The Chinese innovation machine
·Business & Strategy

The Chinese innovation machine

China has evolved into a leading geography for innovation. How has it done that? George Yip and Bruce McKern explore that question in their book ‘China’s Next Strategic Advantage’

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy

Something’s cooking in Apple’s India business
·Business & Strategy

Something’s cooking in Apple’s India business

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s recent learning mission to India may open up new possibilities for the world’s most valuable company. But here’s the nub: it may not quite follow the script drawn up by the Indian government

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Lessons from fighting a drought
·Economy, Policy & Society

Lessons from fighting a drought

Droughts can be managed to take the sting out of the phenomena. Here are seven learnings from Amit Chandra, managing director of Bain Capital in India, social entrepreneur Nimesh Sumati and Sundeep Waslekar, president of Strategic Foresight Group & Cauvery delta farmer Ravichandran Vanchinathan

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

With patient capital to fix basic problems, India too can think big
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

With patient capital to fix basic problems, India too can think big

Having bijli-sadak-pani allows entrepreneurs to think big by dreaming up models that are built on platforms and marketplaces. To fix that, the quantum of capital and the timescale of investment are equally important.

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Tom Hyland

Tom Hyland

Co-Founder and Partner | Aspada Investment Advisors

India fights a drought
·Economy, Policy & Society

India fights a drought

In this podcast, Amit Chandra, managing director of Bain Capital in India, social entrepreneur Nimesh Sumati and Sundeep Waslekar, president of Strategic Foresight Group, talk about how communities and social entrepreneurs are finding long-term systemic solutions and what India can learn from others

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What makes a winner
·Leadership & Organisation

What makes a winner

Insights from Larry Weidel’s book ‘Serial Winner: 5 Actions to Create Your Cycle of Success’

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A day in the life of India
·Economy, Policy & Society

A day in the life of India

For all the hyperbole that exists around the idea of India, step into the real India, and all notions implode. Ours is a nation of young people with no idea of what to do with them

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Fixing India’s jobs machine
·Economy, Policy & Society

Fixing India’s jobs machine

Employment patterns are changing due to technology, emergence of new forms of enterprises, demand for social security, need for new skills, and the way enterprises are regulated

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India | Member, Planning Commission