·Technology & the Future
The Cluetrain Manifesto for our times
This week: Technology and preparing for the future, customer obsession, working with constraints and more
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·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
Moderate constraints actually boost creativity. Here's why
The popular belief is creative minds work best in unstructured, open-ended environments. But some research suggests that the opposite might be true
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Technology & the Future
The Sceptical Optimist: A philosopher’s take on technological progress
In this interview Nicholas Agar, author of ‘The Sceptical Optimist’, talks about why unquestioning enthusiasm and a blanket rejection of technological change are equally misguided
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Leadership & Organisation
Jeff Bezos and the power of leadership to drive change
This Week: How incumbents innovate, Flipkart’s fightback, why Aadhaar matters—and more
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·Economy, Policy & Society
How Uganda fixed leakages with transparency, and why it matters to India
India’s subsidy system needs reform, but the lack of information from the ground undermines the state’s ability to design right policies. Aadhaar promises that information and transparency
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Business & Strategy
Welcome to Tencent’s Flipkart, Amazon’s new adversary
With its recent deal, Flipkart now has not just a bigger war chest in place, but also a new set of allies that give it the heft to challenge Amazon once again. Make no mistake: it has significant implications for the future of the Indian e-commerce market
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Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur
·Business & Strategy
Searching for the future: It’s time to upgrade the Baidu business model
After years of reliance on search ad revenue, it’s time for Baidu to reconsider its business model and diversify
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·Leadership & Organisation
When growth leads to a slowdown, how do you tackle the paradox?
In their book ‘The Founder’s Mentality’, Chris Zook and James Allen, partners in Bain & Company, talk about what leaders can do for sustainable and profitable growth
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
The ground beneath our feet
This Week: UPI and fintech—a historical perspective, business storytelling, monetizing innovation, essentialism and more
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·Economy, Policy & Society
As debate rages over AI displacing jobs, history offers some insights
The dawn of IT in Indian banking from the 1950s to the 1980s teaches important lessons that are valid in today’s context
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N Dayasindhu
Co-founder and CEO | itihaasa Research and Digital
·Business & Strategy
Innovation the smart way, an interview with Georg Tacke
Georg Tacke, CEO of Simon-Kucher & Partners, discusses common pitfalls in product innovation and how to avoid them
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·Business & Strategy
Stories, not places, inspire us to travel
Storytelling can help tourism. For travellers seek memories not just photographs
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Indranil Chakraborty
Founder | Storyworks
·Economy, Policy & Society
Privacy in the time of Aadhaar
This Week: Aadhaar and the midday meal scheme, privacy and data security, defining your personal brand, and more
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·Economy, Policy & Society
Midday meals and Aadhaar: The debate reveals how to make the system robust
Look closer at the debate and you’ll see takeaways to strengthen the system
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
Dorie Clark on defining your personal brand
“If three people call you a horse, buy a saddle,” says personal branding expert Dorie Clark. The final article in a five-part series on how individuals and companies can stand out in a competitive marketplace, differentiate their products and build a high-value company
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