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This Week: Scaling fast vs. having a viable economic model, Tim O’Reilly on Silicon Valley’s favourite growth strategy, and Twitter's travails

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This Week: Scaling fast vs. having a viable economic model, Tim O’Reilly on Silicon Valley’s favourite growth strategy, and Twitter's travails

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July 3, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Huawei, AltSchool, Sidewalk Labs, Chernobyl and mobile market

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

July 9, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Nudge vs. boost, Superhuman fiasco, Monopoly’s origins, Amazon’s liability and problems with brain restoration

N S Ramnath
Senior Editor, Founding Fuel

July 5: Apps to track your emotions and build resilience; build trust; take a shelfie

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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

Book discussion: A conversation between D Shivakumar and Arun Maira on Maira’s book, ‘Listening for Well-being’
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This Week: Aadhaar and the midday meal scheme, privacy and data security, defining your personal brand, and more

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March 5, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: Facebook, 5G, and Raghuram Rajan’s ‘The Third Pillar’

N S Ramnath
Senior Editor, Founding Fuel

A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: the future of food, terrorism, human interactions and work.
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September 17, 2021: What’s with Infy and the I-T portal; A consultant’s job; Pressure

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A long view on what the next two years might signal for the Indian economy and politics—and how the electorate will be groomed for 2024
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June 7: Fix your workstation—and that pain, get a good night’s sleep, challenge yourself

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June 4: Why tech alone is not enough; improve access points—like Zoom; how Anurag Kashyap made Black Friday; how to call out offenders

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Climate change is undoing the gains India made from the green revolution. In this extract from his book, Race for Tomorrow, Simon Mundy talks about how, in the struggle to respond, companies like Mahyco are experimenting with genetic engineering to create new super-crops

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