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Are you asking the right question?
·Business & Strategy

Are you asking the right question?

Observe, articulate the pain point and ask an audacious question that seeks to convert the problem into a solution

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Rajesh Srivastava

Rajesh Srivastava

Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author

How to turn problems into solutions
·Business & Strategy

How to turn problems into solutions

Lessons from low-cost carriers and the gin market in India

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Rajesh Srivastava

Rajesh Srivastava

Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author

The Attacker's Advantage
·Leadership & Organisation

The Attacker's Advantage

Pepsico’s CEO shares lessons from Ram Charan's book on how business leaders grapple with uncertainty

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

Who's eating your lunch?
·Business & Strategy

Who's eating your lunch?

In the new world of digitization, if you don’t disrupt your own business, it could take a start-up with just 50 people backed by venture capital money to blow a huge hole in your business.

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Everybody loves a good fight
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Everybody loves a good fight

To build an Indian software product company from Chennai is tough. Freshdesk did it. And it is now taking the fight to its US rival Zendesk.

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

Trust is built at Ground Zero
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Trust is built at Ground Zero

How does one build trust among founders in a start up team?

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Subroto Bagchi

Subroto Bagchi

Author, entrepreneur and philanthropist

The Future of India
·Economy, Policy & Society

The Future of India

Trends in the US could portend the challenges India will face

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy

Know what not to do as well
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Know what not to do as well

Test your hypothesis and consider a what-if scenario where the solution you have decided on, vanishes

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Nitin Srivastava

Nitin Srivastava

CEO | Toqfactor Technologies

Secrets of the highly-engaged employee
·Leadership & Organisation

Secrets of the highly-engaged employee

The solution is simple: Build a culture of trust

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Rajesh Srivastava

Rajesh Srivastava

Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author

Igniting the Spark in Your Employees
·Leadership & Organisation

Igniting the Spark in Your Employees

Create a fair and transparent workplace that allows for autonomy and is free of fear

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Rajesh Srivastava

Rajesh Srivastava

Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author

Backstage with Team Indus
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Backstage with Team Indus

India’s space startup prepares for its trip to the moon

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

It's Not Just Rocket Science Dummy!
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

It's Not Just Rocket Science Dummy!

Team Indus doesn't see the Lunar XPRIZE as just a technical problem to be solved; it's equally about ensuring a buy-in from a whole host of stakeholders

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

The Inglorious Goal of Doing Nothing
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

The Inglorious Goal of Doing Nothing

Why are increasing numbers of people pining to 'retire by 40'? And why are we envying those who seem to be doing nothing, instead of feeling sorry for them?

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Gourav Jaswal

Gourav Jaswal

Entrepreneur