
Getting The Funding Piece Right
Creative inventors with creative ideas need creative capital
Rishikesha T Krishnan
Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy
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Creative inventors with creative ideas need creative capital
Rishikesha T Krishnan
Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy

Pointers from a veteran who has been investing from the early days of the internet in India. As he says, "Made it on some, and failed on many."
Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur

The sixth edition of La Ultra, the cruellest run on Planet Earth, concluded recently. The race director shares lessons he learnt from the various participants on high performance
Dr. Rajat Chauhan
Founder | Back2Fitness

China is committing itself to automation. If all goes as per plan, soon robots and automation will be the norm in Chinese factories
Neelima Mahajan
Editor in Chief of Think: Act Magazine, Roland Berger

Involve customers and cede control over certain activities by providing them an obstacle-free, easy-to-navigate and secure platform to perform tasks
Rajesh Srivastava
Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author

The writing is on the wall: the robots will take our jobs. Martin Ford, author of 'Rise of the Robots', explains the implications for human beings and the market-driven capitalist system.
CKGSB Knowledge
Knowledge Partner

Question and overthrow fondly held assumptions if you are to build an enterprise for the future
Harsh Mariwala
Chairman | Marico

Shift the conversation to two things: what about the rival's business plan enabled it to raise the money? And, how is it at all relevant to you?
Subroto Bagchi
Author, entrepreneur and philanthropist

A Q&A with Zeynep Ton, author of "The Good Jobs Strategy", on how four retailers make more money by paying above-average wages.
CKGSB Knowledge
Knowledge Partner

Fears about technology displacing jobs are unrealistic. A network of technology-led enterprises will disrupt old-style massive factories and generate more opportunities for employment
Arun Maira
Former Chairman, BCG India | Member, Planning Commission

The best way to keep your business intact is to destroy it with a superior solution, before someone else does
Founding Fuel

The emergence of an IP and technology-based leader from India will have a bigger long-term impact than a few Indians heading major global corporations
Rishikesha T Krishnan
Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy

How to navigate a job market where a lot of people are looking at start-ups primarily for a big spike in their salaries
Nitin Srivastava
CEO | Toqfactor Technologies

New age competition is hydra-headed, indirect and invisible. The best way to tame it: be obsessed about your customers
Rajesh Srivastava
Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author

It's too early to write offline retailers away. There is a lot going in their favour. But the winners in this battle will be those who integrate online and offline experiences for their consumers.
Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur