·Business & Strategy
How platforms really work: A week-long interactive immersion
November 25-29: A special week of learning on the Future of Platforms for the Founding Fuel community
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·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
It's Not Just Rocket Science Dummy!
Team Indus doesn't see the Lunar XPRIZE as just a technical problem to be solved; it's equally about ensuring a buy-in from a whole host of stakeholders
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor, Founding Fuel
·Business & Strategy
The Changing Face of Competition that can Knock You Down
New age competition is hydra-headed, indirect and invisible. The best way to tame it: be obsessed about your customers
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·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
Why we do what we do, and where does money come into it
Why do I go to work? Why should I go to work? Just for the money? It matters, sure. But if it were to be my ‘WHY’, I will die unhappy
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
Enjoy the data while it lasts. It won’t for too long
Behind your back, a fierce battle is being fought between actors of all kinds over who owns you. It will end soon. But a price will have to be paid. That includes our privacy
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
·Leadership & Organisation
The dilemma of being Nandan Nilekani
Much is being reported and celebrated on the return of one of the original co-founders of Infosys to its helm as chairman. But is that what he may have wanted? Is it desirable? What kind of lessons emerge?
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
Policymakers should get out of the way of solar: Tony Seba
Solar energy is going to be a growth area, says the clean energy expert. India needs to unbundle its utilities and bring in some deregulation to let the market for solar happen more quickly
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·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
VidyaGyan: Allowing Indian Talent to Flower and Bloom
An effort to make sure that the best and brightest don’t get left behind merely because they were born poor or underprivileged
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Rishikesha T Krishnan
Former Director, IIMB, Professor of Strategy
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
Building Enterprises That Last
A special Google HangOut with a stellar panel offers insights on how to build enterprises that last.
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·Business & Strategy
Bridging the gap between academia and practice
Academic research in management needs to be more useful and relevant. But any intent to influence practice won’t happen, unless researchers learn to step out of their comfort zone and engage with the real world
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
·Business & Strategy
Revisiting innovation at the bottom of the pyramid
How do you come up with the disruptive differentiators that will serve the unique needs of the millions of Indians with limited purchasing power, and who are difficult to access? Co-create and build ground-up
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Rishikesha T Krishnan
Former Director, IIMB, Professor of Strategy
·Economy, Policy & Society
FF Recommends: How to plan the jab
March 13, 2021 | FF Daily #322: For citizens, there are many unanswered questions swirling around India’s vaccination process that’s currently underway. Here’s a primer on what to expect—and how to smoothly navigate the system
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·Economy, Policy & Society
A brief history of money, identity and Aadhaar
Is the current debate in India around privacy misplaced? All evidence suggests it is about the evolution of money and the need for a uniform identity
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
·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
Former Director, IIMB, Professor of Strategy
·Technology & the Future
The US-China war for tech supremacy is splitting the world in two
It’s important for India to understand the Sino-US ‘techonomic’ rivalry in emerging technologies like AI, 5G, and IoT, and China’s efforts to carve out a sphere of influence. So that it can tweak its own relationship with China. Read part one of this two-part essay
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G Venkat Raman
Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Management, Indore