
What start-ups ought to do now
The most successful companies in recent times are those that have incorporated Design Thinking into their DNA

Pankaj Tibrewal
Founder, Operator and VC
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The most successful companies in recent times are those that have incorporated Design Thinking into their DNA

Pankaj Tibrewal
Founder, Operator and VC

Taking a bet opens up opportunities, but first ask yourself -what can I bet on, without betting the company?

Subroto Bagchi
Author, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Narratives are much more memorable than bullet points on a PowerPoint slide when trying to make your teams understand your strategy

Indranil Chakraborty
Founder | Storyworks

Cheap labour and algorithms make everything you want done possible. But it's not going to take you any place significant. Unless you’ve got chutzpah like KV Kamath or Arun Maira

Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Companies as diverse as Airbnb and PepsiCo India are involving proactive consumers to gain competitive advantage

Rajesh Srivastava
Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author

What leads to the belief that twenty-first century companies cannot be created by people over 30? Or 40? Or even 50?

Gourav Jaswal
Entrepreneur

BGI's secret sauce: an endless curiosity, a unique low-cost platform and a willingness to take on ambitious projects

Neelima Mahajan
Editor in Chief of Think: Act Magazine, Roland Berger

Scarce capital forces you to think harder about your problems, including potential ones.

Nitin Srivastava
CEO | Toqfactor Technologies

Korn Ferry International CEO Gary Burnison talks about the traits that successful leaders share in his book - Lead

D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International

Insights on how to change behaviour from Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter's book Triggers: Sparking positive change and making it last

D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International

Sheelika Ravishankar, who leads the HR function at Team Indus, talks about the Indus Spirit, and what their people have to do if they are to win the Google Lunar X Prize
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Some of the most admired entrepreneurs started late in life. Dr G. Venkataswamy started Aravind Eye Hospitals after he retired; Steve Jobs was 52 when the iPhone was launched

Rishikesha T Krishnan
Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy

How to attract users without having to shell out money on traditional marketing activities

Rajesh Srivastava
Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author

People are finding ways to share everything. Technology is enabling a new method of consumption that gives people access without ownership. Sooner or later your business will be a target

Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur

How do you ensure that your company's values are not just abstract concepts? Listen and share stories from employees on how they are living these values

Indranil Chakraborty
Founder | Storyworks