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Briefing #1 | US-China relationship: It’s complicated
·Economy, Policy & Society

Briefing #1 | US-China relationship: It’s complicated

Even as Trump signed a flurry of executive orders, the tensely awaited tariff orders were conspicuous by their absence

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Dinesh Narayanan

Dinesh Narayanan

Independent journalist, Author of The RSS and The Making of The Deep Nation

The Global Politics of AI
·Economy, Policy & Society

The Global Politics of AI

The big powers are escalating the AI race, but some scientists fear that the technology will spin out of human control

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Sundeep Waslekar

Sundeep Waslekar

President, Strategic Foresight Group

How L&T completely muffed up a valuable teachable moment
·Leadership & Organisation

How L&T completely muffed up a valuable teachable moment

Around the world, CEOs, even the smartest of the lot, are known to occasionally suffer from a foot-in-the-mouth disease. Yet there are playbooks in place on how to deal with such crises–something that L&T has chosen to ignore.

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

The best stories of 2024
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

The best stories of 2024

Scintillating, insightful conversations and incisive articles on business, entrepreneurship and geopolitical trends

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

The existential dilemmas facing cultural festivals
·Economy, Policy & Society

The existential dilemmas facing cultural festivals

Can a festival survive and thrive without corporate sponsorship? Yes — and here’s how Bangalore literature festival found freedom through community funding

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor, Founding Fuel

My top ten business books of 2024
·Business & Strategy

My top ten business books of 2024

The best books of the year on how the past informs the future, tackling tough situations, and technology

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner, Advent International

Tech Titans and Billion Dollar Bets
·Business & Strategy

Tech Titans and Billion Dollar Bets

SoftBank insider Alok Sama talks about the mind of the investment company’s iconic founder Masayoshi Son, how venture capital operates, the tech bros, India’s true potential, and more

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Practice making mistakes
·Leadership & Organisation

Practice making mistakes

An extract from ‘The Journey of Leadership: How CEOs Learn to Lead from the Inside Out’ by Dana Maor, Hans-Werner Kaas, Kurt Strovink and Ramesh Srinivasan

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

What happens to our data after we die?
·Economy, Policy & Society

What happens to our data after we die?

What part of our digital history is worth preserving? And who should have access and control over our social media accounts, passwords and other data?

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

How mega founders unlock startup success - Part 2
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

How mega founders unlock startup success - Part 2

Where do outliers come from? In Part 2 of their conversation Rahul Chandra, author and MD of Arkham Ventures and Third Eyesight’s founder and CEO Devangshu Dutta discuss the startup ecosystem, the power of storytelling, and building for Middle India

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