Discover what's capturing attention across the Founding Fuel network this week.
Venture Capitalists in their current avatar resemble an old boys club where an unspoken caste system exists. But is anyone looking at real value creation?
Navroz Mahudawala
Managing Director | Candle Partners
Inflated valuations? No problem. It is a good thing actually and demonstrates entrepreneurship financing is maturing
Sachin Joneja
Independent Consultant
A curated selection of five pieces that got our attention this past week. These are intended to help introspect on our day off.
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16 kms/hour. That is the minimum speed entrepreneurs and CEOs ought to be able to run at to stay on top
Dr. Rajat Chauhan
Founder | Back2Fitness
The pleasure centres that tickle Internet junkies and drug addicts are the same - we know this because of recent advances in the neurosciences
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
It makes better business sense to serve a customer over the lifetime of the relationship rather than merely sell. A simple way to make that happen is by changing how you incentivise your salespersons
Rajesh Srivastava
Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author
Smart companies aren't hiring salespeople anymore. They're investing, with good reason, in a different breed altogether.
Rajesh Srivastava
Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author
It often took several years - and sometimes decades - for companies to spread their wings around the world. But now, the old globalisation model is set to change dramatically.
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
If you want to be CEO, stop thinking of yourself as a paid professional. Think of yourself as the owner
Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur
Family managed businesses run the risk of being run over by their more contemporary counterparts. If they adhere to some ground rules though, they can come up trumps.
Harsh Vardhan
Strategy Consultant
Jack Ma who created Alibaba, China's biggest online marketplace is a hero in the country. And with good reason at that.
Neelima Mahajan
Editor in Chief of Think: Act Magazine, Roland Berger
The MBA programme, as we know it in India today, is an import from the West with modest efforts at adaptation. The time to change it has come.
Rishikesha T Krishnan
Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy
Some pointers to books, articles, websites and hidden links on what it takes to build a great business model
R Sriram
Co-Founder | Next Practice Retail
Eight lessons that emerged in setting Founding Fuel up
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
Many young tech entrepreneurs prefer to wear arrogance on their sleeve. Much like Steve Jobs did at Apple. Except that they are picking up the wrong lesson to learn.
N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
