Discover what's capturing attention across the Founding Fuel network this week.
Climate change and growing urbanisation is slowly but surely changing a way of life in Himachal Pradesh. A tale of two ordinary villages and one town that are not on the tourist map
Sveta Basraon
Editor and Head of Operations | Founding Fuel
The outlook for fintech companies has shifted from unchecked optimism to uncertainty. The rose-tinted glasses are off and some of the well-funded companies are pivoting. Their future will depend on their ability to look beyond technology as the panacea. Part 1 of a 4-part series
N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
The ground reality has changed. Fintechs are realising that partnerships and ecosystem thinking are key to winning the market, not competing with the incumbents. Part 2 of a 4-part series
N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
Fintechs bet on data and algos to know the credit-worthiness of the underserved. However, there's a gap in what the data can reveal because of consumer behaviour. Part 3 of a 4-part series
N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
Fintech must contend with inherent conflicts with what the regulators want. Fintech’s push for rapid scaling needs to balance with the regulators’ push for financial stability and consumer protection. Part 4 in this 4-part series
N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
A message to young graduates: Don’t ignore regular salaried employment. It can gain you valuable business experience and serve as a springboard to an entrepreneurial career
S. Ramakrishna (Rama) Velamuri
Strategic Growth & Innovation Expert | Visiting Professor
Is the government’s Make in India programme creating a system where a large section of workers in manufacturing could find themselves trapped in low wage jobs with no future?
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
Book discussion: A conversation between D Shivakumar and Arun Maira on Maira’s book, ‘Listening for Well-being’
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Here’s a pattern that I’ve observed throughout my career: incumbents mostly lose; they somehow survive but don’t thrive. An incumbent growing faster than the market over a decade is more an exception, rather than the rule.
D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
It is the intersection of what you say about yourself and what others say about you
D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
FF Life: The power of social media has lulled leaders into believing that a carefully curated digital identity is the sure-fire passport to success. They are entirely off-the-mark
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
What do we need more of: leaders who dominate global institutions or local leaders with a make-in-India mindset?
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
Book Review: ‘After Tiananmen: The Rise of China’ by Vijay Gokhale
Jabin T. Jacob
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies | Shiv Nadar University
Strategies and practices to enhance productivity and happiness at the workplace
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Book Review: ‘Sustainable Business Model Design - 45 Patterns’ by Florian Ludeke-Freund, Henning Breuer, and Lorenzo Massa
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