·Product & Innovation
From Bazaar to Breakthrough
The next phase of global innovation may emerge not from invention, but from how India adapts and stretches existing tools.
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Shrinath V
Founder, The Salient Advisory, Product & AI Strategy Advisor
Entrepreneurship Startups And Innovation
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·Founder Journeys
The best stories of 2024
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·Founder Journeys
How mega founders unlock startup success - Part 2
Where do outliers come from? In Part 2 of their conversation Rahul Chandra, author and MD of Arkham Ventures and Third Eyesight’s founder and CEO Devangshu Dutta discuss the startup ecosystem, the power of storytelling, and building for Middle India
·Founder Journeys
How mega founders unlock startup success - Part 1
Good delusions, irrational goals, marathon mindset. In Part 1 of their conversation, Rahul Chandra, author and MD of Arkham Ventures and Third Eyesight’s founder and CEO Devangshu Dutta discuss what sets outlier entrepreneurs apart
·Founder Journeys
The biggest non-Excelable part of the startup success puzzle
An extract from Rahul Chandra’s book, ‘Tightrope to the Moon: How Mega Founders Win the Startup War’
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Rahul Chandra
Managing Director, Arkam Ventures
·Founder Journeys
The risk taker
What makes Elon Musk tick? Insights from the biography by Walter Isaacson
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From employee to entrepreneur
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
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S. Ramakrishna (Rama) Velamuri
Strategic Growth & Innovation Expert, Visiting Professor
·Founder Journeys
The Middle India consumer
Middle India has low trust for a new interface. Here’s how Razorpay, Smartstaff, Meesho, Dehaat and Krazybee are investing in gaining trust. An extract from ‘Winning Middle India: The Story of India’s New-Age Entrepreneurs’, by Bala Srinivasa and T.N. Hari
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Founding Fuel
·Founder Journeys
FF Insights #701: Making trillion-dollar companies
July 25, 2022: Climate propaganda; The trouble with education’s ‘success formula’; Age of surveillance
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Founding Fuel
·Founder Journeys
FF Insights #696: Treat everything as an experiment
July 18, 2022: James Webb’s impact; What can’t be taught; The paradox
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Founding Fuel
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