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Getting The Funding Piece Right
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Getting The Funding Piece Right

Creative inventors with creative ideas need creative capital

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy

20 things to think of for angel investors
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

20 things to think of for angel investors

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."

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor | Entrepreneur

Life lessons on winning from losing
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Life lessons on winning from losing

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

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Dr. Rajat Chauhan

Dr. Rajat Chauhan

Founder | Back2Fitness

China steps towards intelligent manufacturing
·Technology & the Future

China steps towards intelligent manufacturing

China is committing itself to automation. If all goes as per plan, soon robots and automation will be the norm in Chinese factories

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Neelima Mahajan

Neelima Mahajan

Editor in Chief of Think: Act Magazine, Roland Berger

The Robots Will Take Our Jobs. Then What?
·Economy, Policy & Society

The Robots Will Take Our Jobs. Then What?

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.

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CKGSB  Knowledge

CKGSB Knowledge

Knowledge Partner

It's time to destroy your business
·Business & Strategy

It's time to destroy your business

Question and overthrow fondly held assumptions if you are to build an enterprise for the future

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Harsh Mariwala

Harsh Mariwala

Chairman | Marico

Staying motivated when rivals raise a lot more money
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Staying motivated when rivals raise a lot more money

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?

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Subroto Bagchi

Subroto Bagchi

Author, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Zeynep Ton: Pay Employees More, Get More
·Business & Strategy

Zeynep Ton: Pay Employees More, Get More

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

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CKGSB  Knowledge

CKGSB Knowledge

Knowledge Partner

InMobi's Miip May Be More Important to India than Pichai
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

InMobi's Miip May Be More Important to India than Pichai

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

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy

What we can do about the rising challenges in hiring
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

What we can do about the rising challenges in hiring

How to navigate a job market where a lot of people are looking at start-ups primarily for a big spike in their salaries

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Nitin Srivastava

Nitin Srivastava

CEO | Toqfactor Technologies

The Changing Face of Competition that can Knock You Down
·Business & Strategy

The Changing Face of Competition that can Knock You Down

New age competition is hydra-headed, indirect and invisible. The best way to tame it: be obsessed about your customers

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Rajesh Srivastava

Rajesh Srivastava

Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author

Never Mind Online. Come Offline
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Never Mind Online. Come Offline

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.

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor | Entrepreneur