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The dragon mellows
·Economy, Policy & Society

The dragon mellows

Some reflections on a recent trip to China: The Indian growth story is opening some more doors, the impact of the slowdown is showing in wage rates and costs, and there's a concerted move to clean-up

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB, Professor of Strategy

The moral imperatives to a lie
·Leadership & Organisation

The moral imperatives to a lie

Contemporary wisdom has it that any lie is offensive. But is it? As Krishna argues so lucidly in the Mahabharata, reasons exist to lie

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Gaining ‘Tracxn’ in the startup world
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Gaining ‘Tracxn’ in the startup world

Neha Singh, co-founder of Tracxn Technologies, talks about why she chose to be a generalist despite her techie credentials; how the startup ecosystem is evolving in India; and what founders ought to know about venture capitalists

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Enabling Strategic Agility in Organizations
·Business & Strategy

Enabling Strategic Agility in Organizations

Strategic agility allows companies to respond quickly to short-term needs while simultaneously keeping long-term good in mind

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Baba Prasad

Baba Prasad

President and CEO, Vivékin Group

The ultimate guide to good journalism
·Economy, Policy & Society

The ultimate guide to good journalism

There is content, content and more content. But there is only so much you need

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Smart people don’t work for you
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Smart people don’t work for you

The management thinker Prof. Mohanbir Sawhney on why it is important that large businesses partner with startups. And Dean Ranjan Banerjee of SPJMIR on thought leadership that can emerge when industry and academia engage

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

Count #MeOut of the debate
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Count #MeOut of the debate

Much of how we live is dictated by narratives amplified by those perceived as influencers. It’s time to shut the noise out and seek our own individual narratives

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

The doughnut and the hole
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

The doughnut and the hole

A message for social change-makers seeking ‘impact on scale’ even as sources of funding dry up: Stay focused on the purpose (the doughnut) and not the scale and brand of your organisation (the hole). Innovate. And learn to be a catalyst

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India, Member, Planning Commission

Does India mean business?
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Does India mean business?

Founding Fuel invited How India Lives, a Delhi-based data start up to analyse public data and present the state of entrepreneurship in India.

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Senator, we sell bads
·Economy, Policy & Society

Senator, we sell bads

Facebook is undergoing a moral crisis. Is it because of its business model, its culture, or something deeper?

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor, Founding Fuel