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This week in disruptive tech—October 3, 2016
·Artificial Intelligence

This week in disruptive tech—October 3, 2016

A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: A new partnership to make Artificial Intelligence beneficial to people; autonomous vehicles and online education; Elon Musk’s plan to colonise Mars

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

Has Samsung Electronics been fired?
·Business & Strategy

Has Samsung Electronics been fired?

Recalling 2.5 million handsets is the best decision a leader can make argues an outlier. Consensus and evidence says it is the worst

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Why we might be reading the data wrong
·Business & Strategy

Why we might be reading the data wrong

Among other things, the problem might lie with our inadequate understanding of the domain we are trying to map through data

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Nitin Srivastava

Nitin Srivastava

CEO | Toqfactor Technologies

How Design Thinking can help the Swachh Bharat Mission
·Economy, Policy & Society

How Design Thinking can help the Swachh Bharat Mission

The mission will succeed—or fail—because of people. And to get people involved, we need to reframe the problem and identify ways for each set of stakeholders to contribute

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Amrita Chowdhury

Amrita Chowdhury

Director | Gaia Smart Cities

Will India’s tryst with online courses pay off?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Will India’s tryst with online courses pay off?

The opportunity to transform higher education is enormous. Yet much will depend on whether faculty in our places of higher learning are able to handle the transition to this brave, new world

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Paper Boat: Riding on a wave of nostalgia
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Paper Boat: Riding on a wave of nostalgia

In this video, Neeraj Kakkar, co-founder of the Paper Boat brand and Shripad Nadkarni, an investor in the brand, talk about the magic formula that got people hooked and which helped them create a new beverages segment—ethnic drinks

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Life lessons from Kris Gopalakrishnan
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Life lessons from Kris Gopalakrishnan

The co-founder of Infosys Technologies and founder of Axilor Ventures opens up in an intensely personal conversation on the various stages of life

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How India’s digital economy can rediscover its mojo
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

How India’s digital economy can rediscover its mojo

The recent crisis of confidence brought by the unicorn meltdowns isn't for real. India’s digital economy is actually poised for a bright future. Just that we need a new lens to look at the real opportunities

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor | Entrepreneur

Why leaders need to ask, not tell
·Leadership & Organisation

Why leaders need to ask, not tell

Leaders need to learn how to engage everyone, especially young minds, in co-creating the future. The failure to do so can lead to widespread disillusionment and widen the generational gap

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

This week in disruptive tech—August 19, 2016
·Technology & the Future

This week in disruptive tech—August 19, 2016

A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Can technology tackle trolls and disinformation, Pepper the “emotional” robot, personalised learning through AltSchool, and more

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

What is Indian about the Indian entrepreneur?
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

What is Indian about the Indian entrepreneur?

Endless growth, the goal of a Western template of business, is not sustainable. A characteristically Indian model would be to make profit while being mindful of the impact of business on society

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Baba Prasad

Baba Prasad

President and CEO | Vivékin Group