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With patient capital to fix basic problems, India too can think big
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

With patient capital to fix basic problems, India too can think big

Having bijli-sadak-pani allows entrepreneurs to think big by dreaming up models that are built on platforms and marketplaces. To fix that, the quantum of capital and the timescale of investment are equally important.

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Tom Hyland

Tom Hyland

Co-Founder and Partner | Aspada Investment Advisors

India fights a drought
·Economy, Policy & Society

India fights a drought

In this podcast, Amit Chandra, managing director of Bain Capital in India, social entrepreneur Nimesh Sumati and Sundeep Waslekar, president of Strategic Foresight Group, talk about how communities and social entrepreneurs are finding long-term systemic solutions and what India can learn from others

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What makes a winner
·Leadership & Organisation

What makes a winner

Insights from Larry Weidel’s book ‘Serial Winner: 5 Actions to Create Your Cycle of Success’

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

A day in the life of India
·Economy, Policy & Society

A day in the life of India

For all the hyperbole that exists around the idea of India, step into the real India, and all notions implode. Ours is a nation of young people with no idea of what to do with them

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Fixing India’s jobs machine
·Economy, Policy & Society

Fixing India’s jobs machine

Employment patterns are changing due to technology, emergence of new forms of enterprises, demand for social security, need for new skills, and the way enterprises are regulated

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India | Member, Planning Commission

Creating value with Little Data
·Business & Strategy

Creating value with Little Data

Big Data is for big pockets—for others, a bunch of easy-to-adopt data practices can still create significant value

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Nitin Srivastava

Nitin Srivastava

CEO | Toqfactor Technologies

Saving Private Flipkart
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Saving Private Flipkart

Flipkart is in the middle of a crisis of its own making—stalled growth compounded by management churn and the imminent possibility that it will cede the top slot to Amazon. But it’s not too late to change its strategy.

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor | Entrepreneur

Measuring and managing performance
·Leadership & Organisation

Measuring and managing performance

K Ramkumar, Executive Director of ICICI Bank, talks about how ability combined with motivation brings forth performance. But you cannot manage ability; you have to manage motivation and commitment

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K Ramkumar

K Ramkumar

Founder and CEO | Leadership Centre

The Chinese way
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

The Chinese way

Edward Tse argues in his book 'China's Disruptors' that innovation is happening in China at a pace that will influence the rest of the world sooner than later. Though he doesn’t mention Indian innovation, the comparison is inevitable

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy

Indian e-commerce in 10 charts
·Economy, Policy & Society

Indian e-commerce in 10 charts

A snapshot of what is happening in online retail

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

How we think and how we can get better at collaboration
·Leadership & Organisation

How we think and how we can get better at collaboration

Insights from Dawna Markova and Angie McArthur’s book, ‘Collaborative Intelligence: Thinking with People Who Think Differently’

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

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