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The Satara uprising
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

The Satara uprising

Across Maharashtra, fresh farm produce was rotting after supply chains were disrupted by the national lockdown. The local administration in one of the districts offered a window of opportunity to small farmers’ collectives to build a farm-to-home model—and dramatically turn the tide

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Anmol Shrivastava

Anmol Shrivastava

Entrepreneur, strategist, and technology consultant

The BJP’s real Brahmastra
·Leadership & Organisation

The BJP’s real Brahmastra

With its thumping win at the hustings last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP have proven themselves as master storytellers. The way it executed the integrated communication strategy for the crucial 2019 elections holds important lessons for leaders across India Inc

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Anmol Shrivastava

Anmol Shrivastava

Entrepreneur, strategist, and technology consultant

Indian e-commerce just hit a new normal
·Economy, Policy & Society

Indian e-commerce just hit a new normal

Two days ago, the government quietly ushered in a new policy that will transform the Indian e-commerce landscape forever. While much depends on the final implementation, the implications are nothing short of staggering

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor, Entrepreneur

Why Reliance is struggling to launch its 4G service
·Leadership & Organisation

Why Reliance is struggling to launch its 4G service

Reliance's famed project management skills are being severely tested as its strains every sinew to roll out its mammoth broadband wireless network. At its core, questions are being raised about its centralised organisational model for managing its new ventures

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Trendspotting 2021: Inside India’s Great Digital Reset
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Trendspotting 2021: Inside India’s Great Digital Reset

A new set of winners and losers are poised to emerge from the ashes of the pandemic. And a wall of foreign capital is pouring in to fund a slew of digital startups. A peek into what 2021 portends

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor, Entrepreneur

Honey I shrunk your bank branch
·Business & Strategy

Honey I shrunk your bank branch

Banks are sitting on a powder keg. Their business models are likely to be blown to bits if they choose to wait out for the digital disruption to gather steam.

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor, Entrepreneur

The McKinsey case and consulting’s ethical dilemma
·Leadership & Organisation

The McKinsey case and consulting’s ethical dilemma

The case is symptomatic of a wider issue: in the race to generate wealth for their partners, are management consulting firms in danger of losing sight of their original purpose—to be trusted advisors to CEOs?

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India, Member, Planning Commission

Understanding India’s millennials
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Understanding India’s millennials

We need a more nuanced understanding of this generation. If we look beyond the middle class, urban youth, their aspirations and motivations differ greatly

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB, Professor of Strategy

Welcome to Tencent’s Flipkart, Amazon’s new adversary
·Business & Strategy

Welcome to Tencent’s Flipkart, Amazon’s new adversary

With its recent deal, Flipkart now has not just a bigger war chest in place, but also a new set of allies that give it the heft to challenge Amazon once again. Make no mistake: it has significant implications for the future of the Indian e-commerce market

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor, Entrepreneur

Behind the data breach at BigBasket
·Technology & the Future

Behind the data breach at BigBasket

Interesting fact #1: BigBasket is not alone, there have been a spate of data breaches at other digital entities in recent months. Interesting fact #2: One name, Cyble Inc, comes up every time—they're the ones that have revealed the breach every time. What's going on? And what can those in the digital economy do about it?

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

The importance of being anonymous
·Economy, Policy & Society

The importance of being anonymous

A minor subplot in the grand narrative of Aadhaar has raised important questions about privacy

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor, Founding Fuel

Trendspotting: The shape of all things digital in 2019
·Technology & the Future

Trendspotting: The shape of all things digital in 2019

How cheap bandwidth and smartphones together with micropayents will affect tectonic shifts in telecom, TV and Bollywood, retail, banking and more

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor, Entrepreneur