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Two kinds of leaders exist: mercenaries and missionaries. Both can win battles. But when it comes to fighting a war, whom would you go with?
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
Who is my product for? What is my real goal? A relentless focus on these two questions allowed Forus Health to develop a low-cost, sturdy device to detect preventable blindness. This extract from Soum Paul’s book ‘Flight of the Unicorns’ tells the founders’ story
Soum Paul
Entrepreneur | Film-maker and writer
Multiple futures are possible. But we live now. Pointers to what may emerge lie in history and with people
Founding Fuel
The pro-privacy debate has become an anti-Aadhaar stance. Are we missing the forest for the trees?
N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
Is the current debate in India around privacy misplaced? All evidence suggests it is about the evolution of money and the need for a uniform identity
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
MINISO co-founder Ye Guofu takes us inside his emerging retail empire
CKGSB Knowledge
Knowledge Partner
He was destined for greatness. But tragically, many like him stay wedded to their ideas. Somehow, they did not learn when it is time to let go
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
This Week: Building modern empires through economies of engagement, the importance of anonymity, and deliberate practice
Founding Fuel
When the legend walks towards Centre Court at the finals of Wimbledon later today evening, whatever the outcome of the match be, his victory is a given
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
A minor subplot in the grand narrative of Aadhaar has raised important questions about privacy
N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
History repeats itself and biology insists humans reproduce (or innovate). Else, death is inevitable. It is in an entrepreneur’s interest to study both themes closely
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
The tech giants are rewriting the rules of how business empires are built. How deeply they can engage the millions on their network is the key to the kingdom. No business, including their own, is invulnerable. The concluding part in a two-part series
Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur
This Week: A systems approach to problem solving; tech businesses and funding for potential; customer data and privacy
Founding Fuel
That artificial intelligence is here to stay and is intrusive is one thing. Question is, should Homo Sapiens regulate it to survive the onslaught?
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
The gold rush in technology investing changed the way firms are valued and built. Those predicting its premature demise are likely to be proven wrong. If anything, the pace at which these firms will change the landscape around us is set to accelerate
Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur
